Most common home theater surround sound configuration. Creates an audible sense of being in the...
Accuracy is a term used to describe how well subwoofers and speakers reproduce the sonic...
Typically defined as someone with a willingness to invest in very high-end audio equipment who...
An acoustical treatment designed to absorb low frequencies and reduce amount of low frequency energy...
Bookshelf speakers are compact loudspeakers ideal for home audio listening given their full-range sound and...
Center channel speakers, or center speakers are often considered the most underrated speaker in a...
The crossover frequency is the frequency at which sound transitions from one speaker to another....
A speaker crossover is an unseen electronic circuit that essentially forms the brain of a...
Deep bass refers to the audio bandwidth between 16-80Hz. The range of frequencies is most...
Diffraction occurs when a sound wave from a speaker driver meets an obstruction, causing the...
Modern powered subwoofers and other audio components deploy advanced digital signal processing to improve sound...
Distortion is any lack of faithfulness to, distance from, or alteration to the true sound...
Dolby Atmos is an immersive audio format that extends surround sound beyond a single plane...
A driver is the mechanical part of a loudspeaker or subwoofer, also called a transducer....
Dual subwoofers, or dual subs, is running two subwoofers in a home theater or music...
In a speaker, dynamic range refers to the ratio between the minimum and maximum peak...
An equalizer is a circuit or component used to adjust the amplitude of audio signals...
Frequency response is a performance attribute of a speaker that measures how well it responds...
Gain control on a subwoofer lets a user adjust the bass levels, or amplitude, to...
The thickness of speaker wire or cable is identified by its American Wire Gauge (AWG)...
Conventional home theater surround sound reproduces sound on a single vertical plane around ear level....
Hertz Hertz, or Hz for short, is a term used in the measurement of loudspeakers...
Imaging refers to the aspect of sound reproduction involving the perceived spatial locations of the...
Infrasonic refers to sounds and notes that occur at frequencies below the audible range of...
On loudspeakers, the ohm is a measurement for electrical impedance and symbolized by Greek character...
The porting system in a subwoofer helps increase maximum output capability of the subwoofer at...
A subwoofer with its own power amplifier built into the cabinet. Subwoofers require a lot...
An electronic device that accepts signals from source components, such as streaming boxes, Blu-ray players,...
An RCA cable is an audio interconnect typically used to connect AV components such as...
The pair of speakers located at the back of the room to reproduce rear surround...
The tendency of a vibrating or oscillating system to vibrate or oscillate at certain frequencies...
The roll-off frequency denotes the approximate low bass and high treble limits in a frequency...
Room gain is a naturally occurring increase in deep bass energy created by the acoustics...
A speaker or subwoofer cabinet that has no port. In general, a sealed-cabinet speaker or...
A measurement of how well a speaker converts amplifier power into acoustic energy—in other words,...
In terms of audio reproduction, this is a speaker system’s ability to simulate a realistic...
An electronic device that provides an audio (and possibly video) signal to an A/V system....
A term that generally describes sound recordings with multiple channels and audio systems with multiple...
A speaker placed in one of the surround positions of a surround-sound system. These positions...
The location within the listening area that sounds the best. Also, the location in the...
Refers to the tonal quality or tone color of a sound that arises from its...
In the realm of loudspeakers, tonality refers to a speaker’s overall signature sound quality based...
A measurement of how much an input signal is distorted by an electronic or acoustical...
A mechanical device that converts an electrical audio signal into physical vibrations or vice versa....
Transient response is a term used to describe a speaker or subwoofer’s ability to deliver...
Refers to how faithfully an audio system reproduces recordings. An audio system is said to...
A tweeter is a speaker transducer (or driver) specialized to handle the highest frequencies ranging...
A voice coil is a coil of wire present in the magnetic gap of a...
A unit of measure of the electrical power delivered by an amplifier to a speaker....
A woofer is a speaker transducer (or driver) specialized to handle the low frequency sounds...
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