Equalizer - A component or circuitry within a component that divides audio frequencies into separate bands, allowing the user to change the volume of each band and adjust for differences in listening space acoustics, personal taste or the characteristics of a specific recording.
Imaging - The recreation of sound instruments, voices or non-musical elements of a movie soundtrack in a specific location. Imaging is judged to be successful when all of the sounds produced by a single, stationary sound source appear to emanate from a single location.
Generation Loss - This refers to video degradation caused by successive recordings (dubs of other dubs) from the master source. This is overcome by digital recording.
NTSC - NTSC is the acronym that stands for National Television Systems Committee"and the name of the current analog transmission standard used in the U.S., which the committee created in 1953.
Low-Pass Crossover - A filter, found in a powered subwoofer, that accepts a full range audio signal heading for the subwoofer and passes only those frequencies falling below a predetermined frequency, attenuating those above. The goals are to "feed" the subwoofer only those frequencies that it can comfortably reproduce.
SACD - Receivers that are DVD-Audio/SACD ready enable an outboard digital decoder to be added to the system. A receiver is considered "future compatible" if it offers 6.1 channel outputs that can be used with a DVD-Audio/SACD player.
Bleed - Printing term referring to an image or inked area which extends to the edge of a printed piece. The bleed is the portion of the artwork that is beyond the trim marks of the piece. The bleed is required to account for any slight misalignment during trimming which would otherwise result in an unprinted strip of paper appearing at the edge of the finished piece.
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