Each specialty has its own terminology. In the audio field, too. Therefore, when you enter the field of sound, you also need to equip yourself with some knowledge and our terminology. Some common terms often appear in products or advertising. you need to understand them to be able to assess the most intuitive of their equipment to be purchased.
Power (Capacity): The intensity of sound reproduction of a pair of speakers.
Impedance (Impedance): The total amount of countervailing (resistance, capacitance, inductance) on his way to AC. Impedance equal (ohm) and change at different frequency levels.
Watt (power measuring unit): Number Watt larger the capacity of the stronger, but how loud speaker depends on the sensitivity of the speakers, listening room size.
Decibel (dB) is a measure of sound intensity. Each dB is the smallest change in sound intensity, can identify by ear.
Phase (Phase): in the field of audio, phase refers to the relationship in time between two or more waves. For two speakers in the same operating system synchronization is particularly important. That means all the speakers in the speaker system to move out on simultaneously. If the phenomenon of phase speakers will cause a shortage of bass or break stereo imaging.
Audio frequency (audio frequency): Range hear sounds that the human ear, typically between 20Hz and 20kHz.
Frequency Response (Frequency Range): The range balanced sound across the entire audio spectrum is reproduced by the audio device that the human ear can hear at the same volume level, often from 20Hz to 20,000.
Bass (bass): Bass sound in the frequency bands allocated from 0Hz to 200Hz.
Treble (English Scholarship): Treble in the frequency range from 200Hz on – 20KHz.
Stereo (Stereo): The term is derived from the Greek root meaning is uncertain. A two-channel audio format is designed to give the listener the illusion of three-dimensional imaging with floating between two pairs loa.Bandwidth (frequency bandwidth).
Axis (Axis): Street / imaginary axis running from the speakers to the listener position.
Crossover Frequency (cutoff frequency): The frequency that the crossover of the speaker system choose to include audio signals in the speakers.
Maximum Power Rating (maximum capacity): The power level (W) peak that audio equipment can tolerate in between the strip and downs, usually in the upper frequency range of the sub-bass (100 – 200Hz).
Peak Power (peak power): the highest power level of the amplifier or speakers are recommended for safe operation of equipment.
PMPO (Peak Music Power Output): The peak power achieved at a time, not a continuous power of the device. Often recorded on the instant staging, staging mini, or radio cassette artificially created sense for people that have large-capacity machines.
RMS (Root Mean Squared): The system abbreviation refers to the estimated power (in watts) in the field of sound to measure the output power of the amplifier or continuous load capacity of the speakers.
Nominal (Nominal): the sound system at home, nominal terms there are two main interpretations: 1-Capacity Nominal capacity is the minimum required to assess pair amplifier with speakers. 2-Impedance nominal minimum impedance of the speakers theoretically.
Power Hangling: Capacity maximum safe load speakers have been sworn. However, remember that with power amplification too small will be difficult to push the speaker rather than high capacity amplifier.
Shielding (shielded metal visors): Keep wires or machinery without unwanted interference.
Noise (interference): Signal undesirable impact on the source audio signal / image.
Overload (Overload): System Status signal level is too high. The consequences of overloading can be phenomenal distortion or damage to equipment.
Valve (Tube): Lamps electronic, sound warm, seductive.
Bass Reflex (The cabinet resonance): A type enclosures using separate compartments or conduits to enhance the bass.
Dipolar (bipolar): A speaker design with speakers opposite calibration to radiate sound out of phase and directions. That led to another radical sound between speakers and listeners perceive only the sound feedback from the walls around the room listening. This technology is often used in speaker “surround” home theater system.
Diaphragm (vibrating membrane): The speaker driver, membrane vibration is controlled by coil speakers. It moves and produces waves of air, creating sound. Vibrating membrane usually cone or dome.
Transport Compact Disc (CD Ministry engine): The equipment reads the binary information in the form of CD and transferred to the external components for converting into analog signals.
Spe- Digital to Audio Converter (digital signal converter to analog signal) is decoded sequence switches the digital signal into an analog signal.
Integrated Amplifier (Integrated Amplifier): monolithic device could include a preamp and power amplifier section.
Preamplifier (preamp): Parts preamp is the control center of the sound system. The whole thing is done here variables such as volume, sound balance between the channels. Typically, this device has a certain signal amplification. An AV receiver section includes preamplifiers and amplifiers.
Power Amplifier (Amplifiers capacity).
High Pass Filter (high frequency filter): The filter is designed to allow high-frequency signal passing through, while minimizing low frequency.
Low Pass Filter (filter deposits): The filter is designed for frequencies on passing downs strip while doing attenuation of high frequencies in the range.
Equalizer (EQ): Electronic devices act as filters initiative to increase or decrease a certain frequency range.
Filter (Filter): As circuits or mechanical parts to remove or diminish the energy at some certain frequencies while allowing other frequencies pass through.
Crossover (frequency component) is the passive parts (in one cabinet) or actively (in the treatment) divides specific frequency bands to each speaker separately the system’s speakers. Without crossover, each speaker driver will bear the entire band through it.
Crossover Frequency (cutoff frequency): The frequency that the crossover of the speaker system choose to include audio signals to each speaker children.
Crossover Slope (Slope frequency): On the point of the attenuator when speakers must demonstrate unwanted frequencies, measured in dB / oct. The index is higher the larger the slope, will shrink the area in which, sounds transferred from other speakers to speakers.
DSP (Digital Signal Processing): The program is used to change the input signal with a number of popular applications such as processing delay time of the rear speakers, the subwoofer calibration, filter frequencies low from the satellites and adding effects (theater).
DTS (theater system number): As the name of the method of encoding audio channels to watch movies and listen to music. Up to 7 channels (6.1). This method or more dominant compared to Dolby Digital 5.1.
Toroidal Transformer: toroidal transformer with high stability and low interference to surrounding circuits.
Banana Plug (banana jack) is a banana-shaped connector with a width of about 0,32cm, length of 2,54cm is plugged directly into the core of the pile rear connecting speakers or amplifiers.
Binding Post (Peg / play station loudspeaker): Pile rear speaker and amplifier for connection to the speaker wires. This pile has many different shapes, from small hole wire clamp type, clamp clip octagonal spiral to crab or receive first hole banana.
Biwiring (Wiring pair) is using two pairs of speaker cables from one amplifier to match rated separately for bass range and high range on a pair of speakers.
Interconnects – Cables (Interconnect): The signal wiring used to connect the device with a low signal from a CD player to the receiver, from a DVD player to the receiver, the receiver subwoofer to power … Most wire signals are shielded structure and use RCA connectors.
Coaxial cable (cable switch) is the impedance of 75 ohm cables, commonly used to connect the TV to a number of antenna systems of the FM radio or TV station. This device is also used to connect the body of the CD player or DVD player to the DA converter.
RCA Connector (Connect RCA): The head jack plugs or standard used to connect audio or video equipment. This type connector RCA Laboratory invented. RCA also referred to street names or phono jack, even when they are used in devices that do not use the phono circuit.
Input Chanel Six (6 inputs): Many current DVD players have built-in Dolby Digital processor inside with 5 way out and a way independent surround subwoofer. To use this utility should have amplifiers 6 lines in the movies (each a line input for an audio channel surround).
Line Level: The level of the input signal to an amplification device as preamplifier or amplifier.
Analog (Similarly): As the description of sound waves continuously.
Digital (Digital): Describing the estimated value of the discrete time period.
Anechoic (Room dumb): No echo. A room is a room without echoes no sound reflections.
Valve (Tube): Lamps electronic, sound warm, seductive.
Bass Reflex (The cabinet resonance): A type enclosures using separate compartments or conduits to enhance the bass.
Dipolar (bipolar): A speaker design with speakers opposite calibration to radiate sound out of phase and directions. That led to another radical sound between speakers and listeners perceive only the sound feedback from the walls around the room listening. This technology is often used in speaker “surround” home theater system.
Diaphragm (vibrating membrane): The speaker driver, membrane vibration is controlled by coil speakers. It moves and produces waves of air, creating sound. Vibrating membrane usually cone or dome.
Driver (tubers speaker / speaker con): A division of the speaker system directly to make sound, for example, mids, bass (woofer) or treble (tweeter). Thus, the term “speaker” should be understood as a speaker system includes crossover + children + enclosures and other minor details.
Cone (cone speakers) is the cone diaphragm is attached to the voice coils to create waves oscillate in air helps ears perceive sound.
Dispersion (Transmit): As the development of sound waves slapped after out of the speakers.
Distortion (Distortion): This is the term used for any factors that alter the original input signal, different from the change in terms of volume.
Damping Material (Material dissipative): Any material that is equipped to increase the dissipation as vitreous, padding polyester or foam … placed in enclosures to reduce the resonance frequency of the bass cone.
Damping (dashed): The weakening of resonance frequency over time.
DAC – Digital to Audio Converter (digital signal converter to analog): The switches / decryption string signal digital signal to analog.
Engineering Balanced Conductors: 2 wires, each strand consisting of 2 independent conductor to transmit signals at two sale period perfectly sinusoidal
Technique 2 Way Time Correct® windings: wire structure is designed with separate transmission lines for high frequency and low frequency transmission frequency to help with a similar speed and precise sound
Technique 3 Way Time Correct® windings: wire structure is designed with separate transmission lines for high frequency medium frequency and low frequency transmission frequency to help with a similar speed and the main sound identified
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface): Mean Multimedia Interface High-resolution, to transmit video signals from source to the TV. To transfer source digital signal to analog. The result indicates a “clean” is transmitted to the TV with an HDMI or DVI equipped. HDMI signal wire can transmit video and audio signals. Jack has 19 metal pins (19 pin).
DTS NEO: 6: The audio processing software studios. Can transform stereo 6 separate channels from two-channel stereo (Analog)
Designed in the multi-channel amplifier.
Creating a sound curtain for the space.
DTS ES (Extended Surround): The development from DTS 5.1 channel. 5.1 Difference between DTS and DTS ES is DTS ES surround channel is added 1 back behind the listener to create a surround effect in 360 degrees. Products advanced amplifier can be up to 7.1 channels. Often designed with multi-channel Amplifier
DTS 96/24: A sound processing software executive newest generation.
96 of 96 khz present (compared with current techniques 48kHz).
24 instances of 24 bits. Allows very broad expression and detail of the sound signal.
Coded for different types of DVD-V, DVD-A, SACD.
Installed in the multi-channel amplifier AVC, AVR, D / A (boxes)
DTS Digital Surround: The audio processing software from source has been transformed into 5.1 decoding separate channels of sound. Designed in the consumer electronics products.
Is encoded into the DVD-V, Laserdisc
Installed in the multi-channel amplifier.
Super Video (S-Video)
As analog video connection, in which the signal B / W and Color are transmitted separately. This signal is then recombined by the TV or receiver signal. The result is that color does not become blurred and the image is “rough” clarity.
– Investments jack includes 4 foot metal din, also known as 4-pin. Welded wire 4
Component Video: Transmission line image. Transmission of brightness, white, black and color signals separately. Components B / W is transferred via cable from video sources, such as DVD to display devices, such as TV or projector screen. Connectivity includes three RCA cables are red, green, blue.
Composite Video: Roads and transmit color video signal. Transmission signal brightness and color together. This connection usually have a yellow Jack
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