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Consumer electronics

A broad field of electronics that are purchased for casual use or entertainment rather than for professional use; such as TVs, VCRS, DVD players,mp3 players, hi fi stereos, games consoles as well as Internet appliances.

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limiter

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

An electronic circuit that acts much like a compressor, except it keeps the dynamic range of a signal within fixed limits.

active

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

Pertaining to electronic circuits (e.g., tone controls) that add to as well as subtract from a given signal. which need a power source to function, as opposed to a passive ...

phase

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The instantaneous "polarity" of an AC signal, or more correctly, the point in the rotation of the vector, measured in degrees, from 0 to 360 degrees total.

passive

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

Electronic circuits that generally subtrack from a signal, and which require no power source. Examples of passive components are: resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers, ...

reverb

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The synthetic creation of ambience, or reverberation (echoes spaced so closely together that they are no longer discernible as individual events), most commonly by means of ...

scaling

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The process of shifting an electronic parameter up or down.

filter

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A circuit which is used to either block or reduce a range of frequencies. There are lowpass filters, which pass frequencies below a certain point, called the "cutoff ...