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GLOSSARY

Audio Sources/Source devices

These are the components of your HiFi system and

all other appliances, whose sound you want to hear

over the system and are thus connected to the pre-

amplifier, amplifier or receiver. This includes CD

players, DVD players, FM tuners, cassette players,

DAT recorders, personal computers, record players,

portable audio devices and many more.

Input sensitivity

Term for the smallest average (RMS) input voltage

which causes the maximum output power at the

maximum volume setting on the amplifier.

Examples: 100 mV to 500 mV (Millivolts) on line

level inputs, 2 mV to 5 mV on the phono MM input

or 0.1 mV to 0.5 mV on the phono MC input.

dB Level

This is a way of describing any physical quantity; it

is a common measurement for signal voltages and

the volume. It is given in decibels (dB). Alternating

signal voltages below 1V (RMS) are described as

“line level” voltages, which are suitable as music

signals for amplifier inputs. Inputs on amplifiers

(mostly represented by RCA sockets), which are desi-

gned for signals on the CD player, tape recorder,

DVD player etc. are also referred to as “line level

inputs”. Those signal inputs must not be confused

with inputs that accept preamplified signals.

RCA

RCA is the American name for a type of coaxial

connectors and sockets, originally the abbreviati-

on for “Radio Corporation of America”, the name

of a United States company. Both the plug and

cable consist of a rod-shaped inner lead and a

cylindrical-shaped outer lead. This enables a

mono audio signal or a video signal to be trans-

mitted. Compared to the XLR plug connector, this

type of connection is also called “unbalanced

signal connection”.

Dynamics

The volume difference between the quietest and

the loudest sounds possible in audio signals, wit-

hout distortion or transition to noise.

XLR

Also: „Symmetrical Connection“ or „Balanced“. A

plug-and-socket connection for audio devices. It is

round (with approx. 1.5 cm in diameter) and

mostly has 3 contacts/pins. XLR is an alternative

connection to RCA used to transmit NF-Signals in

professional audio equipment. The advantage is

one additional transmission path for the same but

phase inverted signal. If the receiving device can

process this, all inducted noise received in the

cable screen can be eliminated. The signal volta-

ge level used for this type of transfer is higher, so

it is a more robust less sensitive signal path.

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