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As more and more people use there
computers for there home theater use and more and more speaker systems
come on the market, the consumer needs to raise there knowledge to make
the right choice in picking the right system for there needs. Well here
are some important terms you should know, that should make the choice a
little bit easier.
Tech Terms You Should Know: Dolby Digital: A Dolby Laboratories format for repre- Crossover: A circuit that filters away audio signals senting sound in six discrete channels that fall outside a certain range. This is five positional channels and a subwoofer used for preventing a speaker from channel. This is a popular digital surround receiving sound signals it cannot accurately sound format, and is used in most DVD reproduce. A crossover usually consists of movies. one or more pairs of inductors and capacitors. DTS Sound: Digital Theater System, A multi-channel system Frequency response: range within which the speaker That is a surround sound format that competes will actually produce sound. with Dolby Digital and also delivers sound in discrete channels-5 positional channels and a subwoofer channel. DTS movies are encoded at Mini-Jack: the small audio connector frequently used a higher bit rate than that used by Dolby Digital by headphones and computer speakers so more information about the sound is used will actually produce sound. during recording.
Peak Power Rating (
Burst ): The peak power a speaker can
handle for a very brief period. This is usually higher than the RMS power rating.
Power Per
Channel: The power rating of each individual
speaker output.
RCA Plug: The
traditional plug used in audio and video
cables. RCA connectors are normally coded red for right-side audio, white for left-side audio, and yellow for video. RCA stands for Radio Corporation of America.
RMS Power
Rating: Root Mean Square power rating.
this is a speaker's maximum continuous power output or how much power it can sustain indefinitely, this is more accurate-and realistic assessment of a speaker's power than Burst power.
Satellites:
Speakers ( usually small ones ) that reproduce high
and midrange tones, and that are designed for convenient placement.
S/PDIF:
Sony/Phillips Digital Interface. A format for
transforming digital audio data without first converting it to an analog signal.
Subwoofer:
A speaker designed to deliver very low
frequency
sound. Because the human ear cannot distinguish the direction of very low-frequency sound, the subwoofer's placement does not affect the stereo- scopic staging of music.
THX Certification: A certification
granted to theaters,
home cinema and multimedia products indicating that they have met a level of quality deemed sufficient to re-create a movie theater experience. THX is essentially a quality label created by Lucasfilm, and was named after George Lucas's firat feature film, THX-1138.
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