Noob's intro to HiFi forum lingo
FestYboy
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Ok, I've been around audio (pro) for a while, but since joining here, I've come to realize that there's a new language I need to learn.
If someone would be so kind, could you define or break down the more common short hand, acronyms, or slang so that I might follow the threads with better understanding? Thanks so much.
If someone would be so kind, could you define or break down the more common short hand, acronyms, or slang so that I might follow the threads with better understanding? Thanks so much.
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It would be easier if you told us what words/slang you are having trouble with.Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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Mostly the acronyms... Like oppo
I'm guilty of using alot of slang and acronyms in the Festiva forum and having to define or break them down for noobs there or for those over seas who use different words for the same part. -
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Oh, I saw that word being slung around like it was a component, not company. Ok, so that answers that.
I figured IC can be either interconnect or integrated circuit depending on context. TT is turn table. Are there others that y'all can think of?
I figured this thread might help other noobs like me so if a good list can be compiled, it might be stickie worthy. -
I always thought BM was bowel movement. Bass management, knock me over with a feather...
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Oh, I saw that word being slung around like it was a component, not company.
Yes. The English language allows that flexibility. That is one reason why it is a difficult second language.
Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits. -
IC - Interconnect
SC - Speaker cable
PC - Either power cable or over sensitivity
AVR - Audio video receiver
PR - Passive radiator
MW - Midwoofer
TT - Turntable
Cart - Turntable cartridge
DAC - Digital to analog converter
JBH - Jesse's beautiful hairafterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
2 channel:
Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
Theater:
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@mikeyb128 that's a considerable list!
But @Nightfall, you've got the idea I was after.
And maybe I should add to the list: nicknames... things like Klipsch horns... I know within the context, the writer is referring to a specific model or series, but when I see that all I can picture is the actual component, and Google is almost worthless for getting the intended image.
I'm a total noob, but dang it!, I want to learn. -
This is the most important one.
JBH - Jesse's beautiful hairPolitical Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Sitting in a pool of bass.....
You'll know it when you feel it. -
SET single ended triode
DHT direct heated triode
I don't think there's anything else worth knowing, actually.
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Sitting in a pool of bass.....
You'll know it when you feel it.
7 Hz and you might find yourself sitting in a pool of something else entirely
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Pio Elete Pro 520
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404 -
What's your address? -
WALLET - the thing that grows inversely proportionally^5 to the amount of time and people you get to know here.I disabled signatures.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »SET single ended triode
DHT direct heated triode
I don't think there's anything else worth knowing, actually.
You are correct Sir!!! Lol -
What's your address?
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Hurry, bring lawyers guns and money.Pio Elete Pro 520
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404 -
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HT - Polk 703's * NAD T-758 * Adcom 5503 * Oppo 103 * Samsung 60" series 8 LCD -
Focus gentlemen, focus....
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No need to bring my Celestions into this @DSkip. I was a good boy and swapped them for 11Ts as soon as I got them.
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BYSB - blows your sack back (credit: tonyb)
This is one you have to experience to fully understand. Otherwise, it's like trying to describe a color. Plus, that conversation just gets weird, talking about the specifics of sack blowing, ripple effect, sustain, etc.
You'll know it when it happens, or so I hear. I've just taken to BYSB Emulation with a couple of big fans with proper toe-in, but I don't think it's the same.I disabled signatures. -
@msg, I imagine age and frequency of usage of said sack has effect on the aforementioned sustain and ripple....?
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What, no strippers? You got to bring those.
Some things go without saying, @lightman1 knows to always have strippers tag along.Pio Elete Pro 520
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404 -
He did come off as a man's man.
Met @Lightstar1 and @EndersShadow last Saturday. Good guys, (may be a stretch for the notorious @lightman1 )Pio Elete Pro 520
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404 -
Would like to buy some hair product?
No need, my hair is perfect.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Would like to buy some hair product?
Home made organic protein gel
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Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
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A few random ones...
SS - Solid State (transistors, not tubes)
OTL - Output TransformerLess - a specific type of tube amp
Caps - Capacitors
OB - Open Baffle, a type of speaker that is typically without an enclosure
DSP - Digital Signal Processing
DMM - Digital Multi Meter
SW - Sub Woofer
MIT - Musical Interface Technology - very high end cables
OFC - Oxygen Free Copper
FR - Frequency Response
FWIW - For What Its Worth
BTW - By The Way
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMHO - In My Honest Opinion
IIWM - If It Were Me
WWJD - What Would Jesse Do
“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
YMMV? The first M is what gets me? Usually there's an R in that position.
DAC = digital analog converter
Pre/pro = preamp processor -
No need, my hair is perfect.
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