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  2. Tweeter - Wikipedia

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    Polycell tweeter from an Infinity speaker, showing the components Ohm CAM 16 speaker with "egg tweeter" Nearly all tweeters are electrodynamic drivers using a voice coil suspended within a fixed magnetic field. These designs operate by applying current from the output of an amplifier circuit to a coil of wire called a voice coil. The voice coil ...

  3. Stereophonic sound - Wikipedia

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    The format was a widescreen process featuring three separate 35 mm motion picture films plus a separate sound film running in synchronization with one another at 26 fps, adding one picture panel each to the viewer's left and right at 45-degree angles, in addition to the usual front and center panel.

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    One string (i.e., in piano music, depressing the soft pedal, which alters and reduces the volume of the sound). For most notes in modern pianos, this results in the hammer striking two strings rather than three. Its counterpart, tre corde (three strings), is the opposite: the soft pedal is to be released. unisono (unis)

  5. What 'secret' loudspeaker codes mean at department stores - AOL

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    This "code" is one of many innocuous sounding secret codes that. If you've been shopping in a big box retail store you've probably heard an announcement on the loudspeaker such as, "code yellow ...

  6. Bi-amping and tri-amping - Wikipedia

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    A speaker system has to be wired to accommodate either configuration, typically with two sets of binding posts, one set for the bass and one set for the mid-highs. A single amplifier can usually power a woofer and a tweeter only through a post-amplifier crossover filter, which protects each driver from signals outside its frequency range.

  7. Loudspeaker - Wikipedia

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    The smaller drivers capable of reproducing the highest audio frequencies are called tweeters, those for middle frequencies are called mid-range drivers and those for low frequencies are called woofers. In a two-way or three-way speaker system (one with drivers covering two or three different frequency ranges) there is a small amount of passive ...

  8. Sound - Wikipedia

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    Experiment using two tuning forks oscillating usually at the same frequency. One fork is hit with a rubberized mallet, causing the second fork to become visibly excited due to the oscillation caused by the periodic change in the pressure and density of the air. This is an acoustic resonance. When an additional piece of metal is attached to a ...

  9. Treble (sound) - Wikipedia

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    Examples of treble sounds include soprano voices, flute tones, and piccolos. The term treble derives from the Latin triplum, used in 13th century motets to indicate the third and highest range. The treble control is used in sound reproduction to change the volume of treble notes relative to those of the middle and bass frequency ranges.