The Alternative Hi-Fi Glossary

[CnoEvil]

SINGLE - what you will be if you last for 3 minutes instead of 20 minutes.

Are we talking SINGLE ENDED, or PUSH PULL here? *biggrin*

 

[lindsayt]

DAC - 1. Cockneys love a DAC.

2. Dodging an awkward technical question, asked by an analogue enthusiast.

3. Often served with orange source.

OHMS - audiophiles meditating on the nature of speaker loads.

CARTRIDGE - Loaded into ARMS to blow digital out of the water.

STREAMING - going with the flow when listening to music.

BIAS - used by analogue enthusiasts to maintain their superiority over digital enthusiasts.

EQUALISATION - getting technically inferior equipment to sound as good as superior equipment.

2 WAY SPEAKERS - these say one thing to your face. Another thing behind your back.

 

[Blacksabbath25]

A 3 way speaker a split personality

 

[Blacksabbath25]

no Subject

 

[CnoEvil]

DITHER - Is what audiophiles do, when trying to decide if the ridiculously expensive upgrade is giving reasonable VFM.

JITTER - Related to the above. It goes to their state of mind, once the decision has been made (in the mind, anyway)...but has to be run by the Leader of the Opposition.

 

[CnoEvil]

You now store your girlfriend's number in your mobile under the name 'Low Battery'. If it rings when you're with the wife, you show her the 'Low Battery' as you go to a different room out of earshot ''to find the charger''.

...now I just need a reason to use this very sneaky piece of advice....but Mrs. Cno has a USB detector (Ultra Sensitive Bullshit detector)

 

[lindsayt]

MAINS - when the power lead and 5 amp fuse become the most important part of the system.

HORNS - beware of the bull.

WOOFERS - barking mad SPEAKERS.

TWEETERS - post frequent, short, messages that nobody pays any attention to.

 

[jjbomber]

PLUG - Reviews for one product (Samsung and Spotify) that are really adverts for another (Cr-Apple and itunes)

BIAS - Determines which company to PLUG.

PRaT - Anyone who believes a WhatHIFI review.

EXTENSION LEAD - Method of buying far more boxes than we need

SENSITIVITY - What are ears have, so we can hear the missus coming home.

WOOFER - Four legged friend for testing how sturdy speaker stands really are.

HI-FI FORUM - Device for people who don't listen, proving that they can't read either.

 

[insider9]

STEREOTYPE - a person who frequents hifi forums

 

[jjbomber]

STEREOTYPE - a person who frequents hifi forums

STEREOTYPING - uses two fingers to type on hi-fi forums.

 

[insider9]

STEREOTYPE - a person who frequents hifi forums

STEREOTYPING - uses two fingers to type on hi-fi forums.

*biggrin*

 

[jimmy1]

hehe good one

 

[nick8858]

QED - Latin term for a type of speaker cable

 

[Samd]

QED - Latin term for a type of speaker cable

Quad e-rats and demon strands - um?

 

[jimmy1]

Ohms - my latin american dealer calls me this

 

[CnoEvil]

SCHIIT DAC - Like a good DAC, only it's Schiit

SCHIIT HEADPHONES - Like good Headphones, only they're Schiit

SCHIIT H/P AMP - I think you get the idea.

 

[insider9]

For anyone using Schiit they should also consider isolation platforms from Pyle.

 

[CnoEvil]

For anyone using Schiit they should also consider isolation platforms from Pyle.

If PYLE made transducers, would they be called PYLE DRIVERS. *scratch_one-s_head*

 

[jimmy1]

For anyone using Schiit they should also consider isolation platforms from Pyle.

hahaha oh man this forum has been too funny last few days

 

[jjbomber]

PASSIVE - It's how you try to remain, when your Wife places a mug of hot Coffee on top of your beautifully veneered speaker;

COFFEE - Someone who has been coughed upon.

 

[lindsayt]

CRYOGENIC TREATMENT - the price will bring tears to your eyes.

BEARD AUDIO - amplifiers for hipsters.

 

[Infiniteloop]

PASSIVE - It's how you try to remain, when your Wife places a mug of hot Coffee on top of your beautifully veneered speaker;

COFFEE - Someone who has been coughed upon.

COFFER - The giver of the cough. Also what you need to fuel this hobby!