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166 relations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Accelerometer, Acoustic suspension, ADRaudio, Alex Rosner, Altec Lansing, Audio (magazine), Audio crossover, Audio engineer, Audio Engineering Society, Audio power amplifier, Band-pass filter, Bass (sound), Bass amplifier, Bass drum, Bass guitar, Bass management, Bass reflex, Beamforming, Betula pendula, Betula pubescens, BGW Systems, Bone conduction, Boombox, Cassette tape, Cerwin-Vega, Clair Global, Compact disc, Consultant, Contrabassoon, Damon Krukowski, Dancehall, Daniel Levitin, David Mancuso, Diesel generator, Disc jockey, Do it yourself, Dolby Digital, Douglas Shearer, Earthquake (1974 film), Eastern Acoustic Works, Electro-Voice, Electronic dance music, Electrostatic loudspeaker, Equalization (audio), Fly system, Frequency, Gainesville, Georgia, Galaxie 500, Georgia Tech, ... Expand index (116 more) »
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), often pronounced; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.
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Accelerometer
An accelerometer is a device that measures the proper acceleration of an object.
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Acoustic suspension
Acoustic suspension is a loudspeaker cabinet design that uses one or more loudspeaker drivers mounted in a sealed box. Subwoofer and Acoustic suspension are loudspeaker technology.
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ADRaudio
ADRaudio is a manufacturer of high-end concert loudspeaker systems based in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Subwoofer and ADRaudio are loudspeakers.
Alex Rosner
Alex Rosner is an American sound engineer and designer.
Altec Lansing
Altec Lansing, Inc. is an American audio electronics company founded in 1927.
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Audio (magazine)
Audio magazine was a periodical published from 1947 to 2000.
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Audio crossover
Audio crossovers are a type of electronic filter circuitry that splits an audio signal into two or more frequency ranges, so that the signals can be sent to loudspeaker drivers that are designed to operate within different frequency ranges. Subwoofer and audio crossover are loudspeaker technology.
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Audio engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound. Subwoofer and audio engineer are audio engineering.
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Audio Engineering Society
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is a professional body for engineers, scientists, other individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. Subwoofer and audio Engineering Society are audio engineering and film and video technology.
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Audio power amplifier
An audio power amplifier (or power amp) amplifies low-power electronic audio signals, such as the signal from a radio receiver or an electric guitar pickup, to a level that is high enough for driving loudspeakers or headphones.
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Band-pass filter
A band-pass filter or bandpass filter (BPF) is a device that passes frequencies within a certain range and rejects (attenuates) frequencies outside that range.
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Bass (sound)
Bass (also called bottom end) describes tones of low (also called "deep") frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 250 Hz (C0 to middle C4) and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range C2-C4.
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Bass amplifier
A bass amplifier (also abbreviated to bass amp) is a musical instrument electronic device that uses electrical power to make lower-pitched instruments such as the bass guitar or double bass loud enough to be heard by the performers and audience. Subwoofer and bass amplifier are bass (sound) and loudspeakers.
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Bass drum
The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. Subwoofer and bass drum are bass (sound).
Bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. Subwoofer and bass guitar are bass (sound).
Bass management
The fundamental principle of bass management (also called LFE crossover) in surround sound replay systems is that bass content in the incoming signal, irrespective of channel, should be directed only to loudspeakers capable of reproducing it, whether the latter are the main system loudspeakers or one or more subwoofers.
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Bass reflex
A bass reflex system (also known as a ported, vented box or reflex port) is a type of loudspeaker enclosure that uses a port (hole) or vent cut into the cabinet and a section of tubing or pipe affixed to the port. Subwoofer and bass reflex are audio engineering, bass (sound) and loudspeaker technology.
Beamforming
Beamforming or spatial filtering is a signal processing technique used in sensor arrays for directional signal transmission or reception.
Betula pendula
Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch, warty birch, European white birch, or East Asian white birch, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe, it is only found at higher altitudes.
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Betula pubescens
Betula pubescens (syn. Betula alba), commonly known as downy birch and also as moor birch, white birch, European white birch or hairy birch, is a species of deciduous tree, native and abundant throughout northern Europe and northern Asia, growing farther north than any other broadleaf tree.
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BGW Systems
BGW Systems is a designer and manufacturer of audio power amplifiers based in Southern California in the United States.
Bone conduction
Bone conduction is the conduction of sound to the inner ear primarily through the bones of the skull, allowing the hearer to perceive audio content even if the ear canal is blocked.
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Boombox
A boombox is a transistorized portable music player featuring one or two cassette tape players/recorders and AM/FM radio, generally with a carrying handle.
Cassette tape
The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.
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Cerwin-Vega
Cerwin-Vega Inc. is a brand name used on products for professional audio components, as well as home audio speakers, and car audio components.
Clair Global
Clair Global, or simply Clair, is a professional sound reinforcement and live touring production support company.
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Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.
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Consultant
A consultant (from consultare "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as expert, specialist, see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations).
Contrabassoon
The contrabassoon, also known as the double bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon, sounding an octave lower. Subwoofer and contrabassoon are bass (sound).
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Damon Krukowski
Damon Krukowski (born September 6, 1963) is an American musician, poet and writer.
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Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.
Daniel Levitin
Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC (born December 27, 1957) is an American-Canadian polymath, cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer.
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David Mancuso
David Paul Mancuso (October 20, 1944 – November 14, 2016) was an American disc jockey who created the popular "by invitation only" parties in New York City, which later became known as "The Loft".
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Diesel generator
A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy.
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Disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.
Do it yourself
"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts.
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Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with Dolby AC-3 (see below), is the name for a family of audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories.
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Douglas Shearer
Douglas Graham Shearer (November 17, 1899 – January 5, 1971) was a Canadian American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures.
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Earthquake (1974 film)
Earthquake is a 1974 American ensemble disaster drama film directed and produced by Mark Robson and starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner.
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Eastern Acoustic Works
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) is an American manufacturer of professional audio reinforcement tools, such as loudspeaker systems and processors.
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Electro-Voice
Electro-Voice (EV) is an American manufacturer of audio equipment, including microphones, amplifiers, and loudspeakers, focused on pro audio applications such as sound reinforcement.
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Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.
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Electrostatic loudspeaker
An electrostatic loudspeaker (ESL) is a loudspeaker design in which sound is generated by the force exerted on a membrane suspended in an electrostatic field. Subwoofer and electrostatic loudspeaker are loudspeakers.
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Equalization (audio)
Equalization, or simply EQ, in sound recording and reproduction is the process of adjusting the volume of different frequency bands within an audio signal.
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Fly system
A fly system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of ropes, pulleys, counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew to fly (hoist) quickly, quietly and safely components such as curtains, lights, scenery, stage effects and, sometimes, people.
Frequency
Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
Gainesville, Georgia
Gainesville is a city and the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, United States.
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Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums: Today, On Fire and This Is Our Music.
Georgia Tech
The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech and GT or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or the Institute) is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Golden ear
A golden ear is a term used in professional audio circles to refer to a person who is thought to possess special talents in hearing.
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California, known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia.
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Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935.
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Heat sink
A heat sink (also commonly spelled heatsink) is a passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from the device, thereby allowing regulation of the device's temperature.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
Home cinema
A home cinema, also called a home theater or theater room, is a home entertainment audio-visual system that seeks to reproduce a movie theater experience and mood using consumer electronics-grade video and audio equipment and is set up in a room or backyard of a private home.
Home theater in a box
A home theater in a box (HTIB) is an integrated home theater package which "bundles" together a combination DVD or Blu-ray player, a multi-channel amplifier (which includes a surround sound decoder, a radio tuner, and other features), speaker wires, connection cables, a remote control, a set of five or more surround sound speakers (or more rarely, just left and right speakers, a lower-price option known as "2.1") and a low-frequency subwoofer cabinet.
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Horn loudspeaker
A horn loudspeaker is a loudspeaker or loudspeaker element which uses an acoustic horn to increase the overall efficiency of the driving element(s). Subwoofer and horn loudspeaker are loudspeaker technology and loudspeakers.
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House music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute.
Infinity Systems
Infinity Systems is an American manufacturer of loudspeakers founded in Los Angeles in 1968 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Subwoofer and Infinity Systems are in-car entertainment.
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Infrasound
Infrasound, sometimes referred to as low frequency sound, describes sound waves with a frequency below the lower limit of human audibility (generally 20 Hz, as defined by the ANSI/ASA S1.1-2013 standard).
Intermodal container
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – such as from ships to trains to trucks – without unloading and reloading their cargo.
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Isobaric loudspeaker
The isobaric loudspeaker configuration was first introduced by Harry F. Olson in the early 1950s, and refers to systems in which two or more identical woofers (bass drivers) operate simultaneously, with a common body of enclosed air adjoining one side of each diaphragm. Subwoofer and isobaric loudspeaker are loudspeakers.
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James Bullough Lansing
James Bullough Lansing (born James Martini, January 2, 1902 – September 29, 1949) was a pioneering American audio engineer and loudspeaker designer who was most notable for establishing two audio companies that bear his name, Altec Lansing and JBL, the latter taken from his initials, JBL.
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JBL
JBL is an American audio equipment manufacturer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. Subwoofer and JBL are in-car entertainment.
John Kenneth Hilliard
John Kenneth Hilliard (October 1901 – March 21, 1989) was an American acoustical and electrical engineer who pioneered a number of important loudspeaker concepts and designs.
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John P. D'Arcy
John Paul D'Arcy (December 28, 1957 – July 4, 1994) was an American electrical engineer and inventor closely associated with designing commercial subwoofers and lasers for Photorefractive keratectomy.
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Josef Anton Hofmann
Josef Anton Hofmann (July 22, 1924 – November 12, 2010) was a London-born American audio engineer and speaker-system designer.
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Keyboard bass
Keyboard bass (shortened to keybass and sometimes referred as a synth bass) is the use of a smaller, low-pitched keyboard with fewer notes than a regular keyboard or pedal keyboard to substitute for the deep notes of a bass guitar or double bass in music. Subwoofer and keyboard bass are bass (sound).
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Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers that are pressed by the fingers.
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Klipsch Audio Technologies
Klipsch Audio Technologies (also referred to as Klipsch Speakers or Klipsch Group, Inc.) is an American loudspeaker company based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Labtec
Labtec Enterprises Inc. was an American manufacturer of computer accessories active as an independent company from 1980 to 2001.
Larry Levan
Lawrence Philpot (July 20, 1954 – November 8, 1992), known as Larry Levan, was an American DJ best known for his decade-long residency at the New York City night club Paradise Garage, which has been described as the prototype of the modern dance club.
List of Bose home audio products
Home audio products sold by Bose Corporation are listed below.
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Logitech
Logitech International S.A. (stylized in all lowercase) is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of computer peripherals and software.
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker driver) is an electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound. Subwoofer and loudspeaker are audio engineering and loudspeakers.
Loudspeaker enclosure
A loudspeaker enclosure or loudspeaker cabinet is an enclosure (often rectangular box-shaped) in which speaker drivers (e.g., loudspeakers and tweeters) and associated electronic hardware, such as crossover circuits and, in some cases, power amplifiers, are mounted. Subwoofer and loudspeaker enclosure are audio engineering, loudspeaker technology and loudspeakers.
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Low-frequency effects
The low-frequency effects (LFE) channel is a band-limited audio track that is used for reproducing deep and intense low-frequency sounds in the 3–120 Hz frequency range.
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MartinLogan
MartinLogan (ML) is a Canadian/US company producing conventional subwoofer speakers as well as floor-standing, wall-mounted, and in-wall hybrid speakers using electrostatic loudspeaker and planar magnetic thin film loudspeaker technology.
Medium-density fibreboard
Medium-density fibreboard (MDF) is an engineered wood product made by breaking down hardwood or softwood residuals into wood fibre, often in a defibrator, combining it with wax and a resin binder, and forming it into panels by applying high temperature and pressure.
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Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based in Beverly Hills, California.
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Meyer Sound Laboratories
Meyer Sound Laboratories is an American company based in Berkeley, California that manufactures self-powered loudspeakers, multichannel audio show control systems, electroacoustic architecture, and audio analysis tools for the professional sound reinforcement, fixed installation, and sound recording industries.
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Mid-range speaker
A mid-range speaker is a loudspeaker driver that reproduces sound in the frequency range from 250 to 2000 Hz. Subwoofer and mid-range speaker are loudspeakers.
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Midway (1976 film)
Midway, released in the United Kingdom as Battle of Midway, is a 1976 American war film that chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II.
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Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publishing business and fitness studio.
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Mixing console
A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems.
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Monk Montgomery
William Howard "Monk" Montgomery (October 10, 1921 – May 20, 1982) was an American jazz bassist.
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Movie theater
A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall (Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, picture theater or simply theater, is a business that contains auditoria for viewing films (also called movies, motion pictures or "flicks") for public entertainment.
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MTX Audio
MTX Audio is an American consumer audio company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that manufactures sound equipment for applications including car audio, home audio, marine audio and live sound products.
Multi-stop truck
A multi-stop truck (also known as a step van, walk-in van, delivery van, or bread truck; "truck" and "van" are interchangeable) is a type of commercial vehicle designed to make multiple deliveries or stops, with easy access to the transported cargo held in the rear.
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Multiplex (movie theater)
A multiplex is a movie theater complex with multiple screens or auditoriums within a single complex.
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Music festival
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or holiday.
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Nathan East
Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass guitarist and vocalist.
Nightclub
A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment.
Null (physics)
In physics a null is a point in a field where the field quantity is zero as the result of two or more opposing quantities completely cancelling each other.
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Orange County Convention Center
The Orange County Convention Center is a convention center located in Orlando, Florida.
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Oriented strand board
Oriented strand board (OSB) is a type of engineered wood similar to particle board, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Paradise Garage
Paradise Garage, also known as "the Garage" or the "Gay-rage", was a New York City discotheque notable in the history of dance and pop music, as well as LGBT and nightclub cultures.
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Passive radiator (speaker)
A speaker enclosure using a passive radiator usually contains an "active loudspeaker" (or main driver), and a passive radiator (also known as a "drone cone"). Subwoofer and passive radiator (speaker) are audio engineering and loudspeaker technology.
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Pedal keyboard
A pedalboard (also called a pedal keyboard, pedal clavier, or, with electronic instruments, a bass pedalboard) is a keyboard played with the feet that is usually used to produce the low-pitched bass line of a piece of music.
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Phonograph record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
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Pimp My Ride
Pimp My Ride is an American television series produced by MTV and hosted by rapper Xzibit, which ran for six seasons on MTV from 2004 to 2007.
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Pipe organ
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard.
Pitchfork (website)
Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music publication founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis.
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Plywood
Plywood is a composite material manufactured from thin layers, or "plies", of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers, having both glued with each other at right angle.
Polk Audio
Polk Audio is an American manufacturer of audio products best known for its home and automobile speakers.
Power alley
Power alley is a term used in audio engineering to denote the line between subwoofers where output from each subwoofer is in phase and is noticeably louder. Subwoofer and Power alley are audio engineering and loudspeakers.
Power compression
In a loudspeaker, power compression or thermal compression is a loss of efficiency observed as the voice coil heats up under operation, increasing the DC resistance of the voice coil and decreasing the effective available power of the audio amplifier. Subwoofer and power compression are loudspeaker technology.
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Pretzel Logic
Pretzel Logic is the third studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released by ABC Records on February 20, 1974.
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Public address system
A public address system (or PA system) is an electronic system comprising microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and related equipment. Subwoofer and public address system are audio engineering.
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QSC Audio Products
QSC is an American manufacturer of audio, video and control products such as amplifiers, loudspeakers, cameras, video endpoints, and digital signal processors including the Q-SYS networked audio, video and control platform.
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Rave
A rave (from the verb: to rave) is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music.
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors.
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Reciprocating engine
A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature and high pressure into a rotating motion.
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Record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.
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Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels.
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Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Richard Long (sound designer)
Richard Long (1933–1986) was an American sound designer.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Roger Nichols (recording engineer)
Roger Scott Nichols (September 22, 1944 – April 9, 2011) was an American recording engineer, producer, and inventor.
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Roll-off
Roll-off is the steepness of a transfer function with frequency, particularly in electrical network analysis, and most especially in connection with filter circuits in the transition between a passband and a stopband.
Rollercoaster (1977 film)
Rollercoaster is a 1977 American disaster-suspense film directed by James Goldstone and starring George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and Timothy Bottoms.
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Rotary woofer
A rotary woofer is a subwoofer-style loudspeaker which reproduces very low frequency content by using a conventional speaker voice coil's motion to change the pitch (angle) of the blades of an impeller rotating at a constant speed. Subwoofer and rotary woofer are loudspeakers.
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Rutgers University
Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey.
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Sampler (musical instrument)
A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples (portions of sound recordings).
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Sensurround
Sensurround is the brand name for a process developed by Cerwin-Vega in conjunction with Universal Studios to enhance the audio experience during film screenings, specifically for the 1974 film Earthquake. Subwoofer and Sensurround are film and video technology and loudspeaker technology.
Servomotor
A servomotor (or servo motor or simply servo) is a rotary or linear actuator that allows for precise control of angular or linear position, velocity, and acceleration in a mechanical system.
Sound clash
A sound clash is a musical competition where crew members from opposing sound systems pit their skills against each other.
Sound localization
Sound localization is a listener's ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound in direction and distance.
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Sound pressure
Sound pressure or acoustic pressure is the local pressure deviation from the ambient (average or equilibrium) atmospheric pressure, caused by a sound wave.
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Sound reinforcement system
A sound reinforcement system is the combination of microphones, signal processors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers in enclosures all controlled by a mixing console that makes live or pre-recorded sounds louder and may also distribute those sounds to a larger or more distant audience. Subwoofer and sound reinforcement system are audio engineering and loudspeakers.
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Sound system (Jamaican)
In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing ska, rocksteady or reggae music.
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Standing wave
In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space.
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Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals).
Stereophonic sound
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. Subwoofer and Stereophonic sound are audio engineering.
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Stone Love Movement
Stone Love Movement, commonly referred to as simply Stone Love, is one of the major Jamaican sound systems.
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Sub-bass
Sub-bass sounds are the deep, low-register pitches below approximately 70 Hz (C2 in scientific pitch notation) and extending downward to include the lowest frequency humans can hear, approximately 20 Hz (E0). Subwoofer and Sub-bass are bass (sound).
Subharmonic synthesizer
A subharmonic synthesizer is a device or system that generates subharmonics of an input signal.
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Super tweeter
A super tweeter is a speaker driver intended to produce ultra high frequencies in a multi-driver loudspeaker system. Subwoofer and super tweeter are loudspeakers.
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Surround sound
Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener (surround channels).
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Swing era
The swing era (also frequently referred to as the big band era) was the period (1933–1947) when big band swing music was the most popular music in the United States, especially for teenagers.
Tactile transducer
A tactile transducer or "bass shaker" is a device which is made on the principle that low bass frequencies can be felt as well as heard. Subwoofer and tactile transducer are audio engineering and film and video technology.
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TEC Awards
The TEC Awards is an annual program recognizing the achievements of audio professionals.
The Loft (New York City)
The Loft was the location for the first underground dance party (called "Love Saves the Day") organized by David Mancuso, on February 14, 1970, in New York City.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters are an American girl group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Village (studio)
The Village (also known as Village Recorders, or the Village Recorder) is a recording studio located at 1616 Butler Avenue in West Los Angeles, California.
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Theatre in the round
A theatre in the round, arena theatre, or central staging is a space for theatre in which the audience surrounds the stage.
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Thiele/Small parameters
Thiele/Small parameters (commonly abbreviated T/S parameters, or TSP) are a set of electromechanical parameters that define the specified low frequency performance of a loudspeaker driver. Subwoofer and Thiele/Small parameters are audio engineering and loudspeakers.
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THX
THX Ltd. is an American audio company based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a variety of sound that is heard when no corresponding external sound is present.
Tom Danley
Thomas J. Danley (born 1952) is an American audio engineer, electrical engineer and inventor, the holder of multiple patents for audio transducers, especially high-linearity, high-output professional horn loudspeaker systems.
Truck bedliner
A truck bed liner, or simply a bed liner, is a protector applied or installed into a truck.
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Tweeter
A tweeter or treble speaker is a special type of loudspeaker (usually dome, inverse dome or horn-type) that is designed to produce high audio frequencies, typically up to 100 kHz. Subwoofer and tweeter are loudspeakers.
U2 360° Tour
The U2 360° Tour was a worldwide concert tour by rock band U2.
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Ultra Music Festival
Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that takes place in March in Miami, Florida.
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Vehicle audio
Vehicle audio is equipment installed in a car or other vehicle to provide in-car entertainment and information for the occupants. Subwoofer and vehicle audio are in-car entertainment.
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Video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
Warehouse (nightclub)
The Warehouse is a historic building located in Chicago, Illinois in the United States, best known for the same-named nightclub catering to the gay and alternative communities that was established in 1977 under the direction of Robert "Robbie" Williams.
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Wavelength
In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.
Western Electric
The Western Electric Company was an American electrical engineering and manufacturing company that operated from 1869 to 1996.
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Woofer
A woofer or bass speaker is a technical term for a loudspeaker driver designed to produce low frequency sounds, typically from 20 Hz up to a few hundred Hz. Subwoofer and woofer are loudspeakers.
5.1 surround sound
5.1 surround sound ("five-point one") is the common name for surround sound audio systems.
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7.1 surround sound
7.1 surround sound is the common name for an eight-channel surround audio system commonly used in home theatre configurations.
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See also
Audio hobbies
- Portable media player
- Siren kings
- Subwoofer
In-car entertainment
- Akai
- Alpine Electronics
- Audi Navigation Plus
- Automotive head unit
- BMW iDrive
- Band expander
- Blaupunkt
- Blue&Me
- Bose Corporation
- Boston Acoustics
- Burmester Audiosysteme
- Carputer
- Clarion (company)
- ConnectedDrive
- Denso Ten
- Ford Sync
- Harman Kardon
- ISO 7736
- In-car entertainment
- Infinity Systems
- JBL
- JVCKenwood
- Kenwood Corporation
- Kia Connect
- Link Motion
- List of car audio manufacturers and brands
- Mark Levinson Audio Systems
- Motorola connector
- Multi Media Interface
- MyFord Touch
- MyLink
- Parrot Automotive
- Pioneer Corporation
- Subwoofer
- Vehicle audio
- Windows Embedded Automotive
Loudspeaker technology
- Acoustic lobing
- Acoustic suspension
- Acoustic transmission line
- Active noise control
- Active sound design
- Audio crossover
- Bass reflex
- Coaxial loudspeaker
- Compression driver
- Constant-voltage speaker system
- Dipole speaker
- Double bass array
- Electrical characteristics of dynamic loudspeakers
- Excursion (audio)
- Horn loudspeaker
- Line array
- Loudspeaker acoustics
- Loudspeaker enclosure
- Loudspeaker measurement
- Loudspeaker time alignment
- Megasound
- Midwoofer-tweeter-midwoofer
- Moving iron speaker
- Neodymium magnet
- Nominal watt
- Parabolic loudspeaker
- Passive radiator (speaker)
- Phase plug
- Power attenuator (guitar)
- Power compression
- Powered speakers
- Rare-earth magnet
- Samarium–cobalt magnet
- Sensurround
- Subwoofer
- Transmission line loudspeaker
- Voigt pipe
- Zeppelin (iPod speaker system)
References
Also known as Cardioid subwoofers, Kicker box, Sub Woofer, Sub-woofer, Subwoofers, Thunder 1000000.