Walk the Walk: Audio and Video Terms
From AAD to Voice Coils (we don't have any "Z" terms yet), this glossary will break-down the alphabet soup and "audiophile-speak." Credit for some terms: TheWhippinpost, Aaron Miller, Audio Concepts
The tendency of a loudspeaker to concentrate the sound in a narrow path instead of spreading it out.
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 1:14 PM
A type of crossover design characterized by having a linear or maximally flat phase response. Linear phase response results in constant time-delay (all freq...
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 1:14 PM
Using one channel of an amplifier to drive each Ribbon and midbass so that a stereo pair of speakers requires 4 channels of amplification. Means that instea...
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 1:15 PM
The use of two amplifiers, one for the lows, one for the highs in a speaker system. Bi-amplification can be built into the speaker design or accomplished wi...
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 1:16 PM
1) The condition of possessing two pole sets. In a conventional (non-FET) transistor, one pole set exists between the base and collector, and the other pole...
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 1:18 PM
The use of two pairs of speaker wire from the same amplifier to separate bass and treble inputs on the speaker.
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 1:18 PM
Originally short for Binary Digit. In digital, the small unit of information. A bit represents either an on of off value represented by a 0 or 1.
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 1:19 PM
Refers to a stream of bits transmitted over a communications line between two devices.
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 1:20 PM
Light level of the darker portions of a video image. A black level control sets the light level of the darkest portion of the video signal to match that of ...
Mon, 13 Oct, 2014 at 2:19 PM