Archive for October 15th, 2009

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Home Audio Glossary

Banana Jacks & Plugs – Connectors with 4 spring contacts are wrapped vertically around a mid pin similar to a banana peel. Amplifier – A component that increases the gain or level of an audio signal AM – Amplitude modulated ATSC – (Advanced Television Systems Committee) Government-directed committee that developed digital television transmission system. CD-R [...]

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Home Audio Buying Guide

In Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1949 classic, A Letter to Three Wives, the one character who is heard, but never seen, signs a birthday card with, “If music be the food of love, play on.” Technology has certainly advanced since the 1940s and today, it’s even easier to play on with these advances.  Sharp, crisp sounds [...]