Help With Tech Terms

by **cats squirrel** » 29 Oct 2011 15:11

avole wrote:Do you think so? There's three different definitions of active speakers on this thread already, and none of them are technically correct.

Perhaps the best thing is for you to volunteer

but that is your opinion, and lets face, 'fact' is just consensus of opinion. As in other situations, there could be several definitions, such as DAC. Does it describe the box of bits (no pun intended) that turns digital data into analogue signal, or does it describe just the integrated circuit. The answer is probably both, as I suspect will be the case for a few terms.

Being a pendant myself, I would certainly volunteer, but an open mind is essential,here, I feel.

by **avole** » 29 Oct 2011 15:52

cats squirrel wrote:...Being a pendant myself, I would certainly volunteer, but an open mind is essential,here, I feel.

Always hanging around people's necks, huh

?

by **cats squirrel** » 29 Oct 2011 16:31

definition:
PENDANT a pedant keeping a breast of things.

by **avole** » 29 Oct 2011 16:37

I doff my cap to you sir, brilliant response! That should be the first entry in the Glossary.

by **crofk** » 29 Oct 2011 17:08

Or as Wikipedia puts it:
A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with formalism and precision, or who makes a show of his or her learning.

Just sayin'

kc

by **flavio81** » 30 Oct 2011 03:46

I will help you guys:

"Better/more PRAT": Better sound, when you have no way to describe it on more coherent terms.

"ADC" and "DAC": Device that makes analog recording and playback obsolete, respectively.

"High-end": Use to refer to your gear on forums.

"Mid-fi" or "Lo-fi": Use this to make reference to other people's gear on internet forums.

"Reissue": Record that sounds identical to the FLAC version available elsewhere for less money.

"Direct drive": Turntable drive system that is intrinsically flawed and cannot sound good.
"Belt drive": Turntable drive system that is intrinsically flawed and cannot sound good.
"Idler drive": Turntable drive system that is intrinsically flawed and cannot sound good.

"vacuum tube": Technology that sounds better than transistors in all cases no matter if this contradicts actual electronics science.

"Cables": The most important audio devices ever, which are responsible for 99% of the sound quality.

by **crofk** » 30 Oct 2011 12:08

LOL

by **Steerpike_jhb** » 30 Oct 2011 18:00

avole wrote:Do you think so? There's three different definitions of active speakers on this thread already, and none of them are technically correct.

To be technically correct: "There'RE three different definitions of active speakers on this thread already, and none of them IS technically correct."

So, enlighten us with a fourth and technically correct definition of an active loudspeaker.

by **ighten** » 30 Oct 2011 21:15

I actually laughed .. And its Sunday night.. (And I'm listening to Yazoo on the black stuff (don't let the other half loose on Discogs if you value your musical integrity) .. Feck I'm actually enjoying it

by **avole** » 30 Oct 2011 21:29

Steerpike_jhb wrote:
avole wrote:Do you think so? There's three different definitions of active speakers on this thread already, and none of them are technically correct.

To be technically correct: "There'RE three different definitions of active speakers on this thread already, and none of them IS technically correct."

So, enlighten us with a fourth and technically correct definition of an active loudspeaker.

If you want to be pendantic: "There ARE three definitions ..."

by **rhomanski** » 30 Oct 2011 22:46

Y'all think you know how to speak english, but you come on down here to this neck of the woods and we'll teach you proper.

Regards,

Ron.

by **satanfriendly** » 31 Oct 2011 00:11

If you want to be pendantic

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We back to hanging things around people's necks again? Nooses?

by **Sheilajeanne** » 31 Oct 2011 04:54

Yesh!! Did I ever open a can of worms here!

If this were a Tolkien forum we'd say this thread has been well an truly osgiliated! :lol:

Definition:

Go to Osgiliath (v.) To embark on a long and meaningless detour. To digress, to ramble, to go off on a tangent. Synonym: osgiliate.

The slang term "go to Osgiliath", derived from Frodo and Sam's unexpected jaunt to Osgiliath in the film version of "The Two Towers", was the inspiration behind the original Osgiliate Dictionary

http://forums.theonering.com/viewtopic.php?t=94629

Hmm...mabye this forum needs its own version of the Osgiliate Dictionary, and the above cam be its first entries.... :twisted: