Sound System

Definition: Sound System

Sound System

Noun

1. A system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound.

Specialty Definition: Sound System

Domain	Definition
General	Apparatus including one or more microphones or other pick up devices, an amplifier and one or more loudspeakers, used for the purpose of broadcasting speech, music or other sounds to a large audience. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Sound system

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A sound system is a system for amplifying, reproducing, and sometimes recording audio.

The configuration of such a system depends on its intended application. A sound system, or public address system or PA system, typically has microphones, an amplifier, loudspeakers, and controls to mix the signals coming from the various micorphones or other input sources (such as phonograph turntables or tape recorders).

Systems can be as simple as church systems consisting of one microphone for the clergyperson and another for the organist; larger systems have dozens of speakers and draw kilowatts of power in order to create a wall of sound and to fill large arenas such as Madison Square Garden.

Most sound systems contain mixing consoles which enable sound engineers or disc jockeys to adjust the volume for each microphone or input source individually.

The system may also contain an equalizer which allows adjustment of different frequency ranges within an audio signal. Sound effects which might be included in a sound system include reverb, digital echo, or digital time delay.

Synonym: Sound System

Synonym: audio system (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sound System

English words defined with "sound system": phonemics, phonology ♦ tweeter. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sound system": astro-technician ♦ PLANETARIUM TECHNICIAN ♦ technical specialist. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sound System

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Turn up this sound system ("Maria, Maria"; performing artist: Santana/Wyclef Jean)
Clever	You are an engineer if you did the sound system for your senior prom. (references; author: unknown)
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Commercial Usage: Sound System

Domain	Title
Books	Kåan�øåoksåiang phåasåa Måalåesåia dåuai �aksøåon råoman l� rabop såiang nai phåasåa Måalåesåia = Bahasa Malaysia pronunciation based on the roman alphabet, and the sound system of Bahasa Malaysia (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Gatecrasher-Global Sound System (reference) Radio Bemba Sound System (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Fisher F2000 Home Theater Sound System 60W (reference) PS2 Game Sound System (reference) Panasonic SC-HT75 DVD Home Theater Sound System (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Image Slideshow: Sound System

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Use in Literature: Sound System

Title	Author	Quote
Life, the Universe and Everything	Douglas Adams	There had been soulful music playing on the ship's sound system - of course.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Sound System

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Guatemala	The FRG supporters allegedly surrounded and beat the activists, destroyed their banners, and cut the cables of their sound system. (references)
Economic History	Lithuania	Lithuanian still retains the original sound system and morphological peculiarities of the prototypal Indo-European tongue and therefore is fascinating for linguistical study. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Sound System

Expressions using "sound system": fit with sound system ♦ high fidelity sound system ♦ stereo sound system. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sound System

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
sound system	1,738	dvd surround sound system	16
surround sound system	271	pa sound system	16
car sound system	218	motorcycle sound system	15
afro celt sound system	72	infinity sound system	15
portable sound system	51	lcd sound system	14
bose sound system	43	massilia sound system	13
church sound system	41	custom sound system	13
auto sound system	30	car audio sound system	13
home sound system	27	bose surround sound system	13
outdoor sound system	24	sound system rental	12
anime sound system	20	sound system design	12
dj sound system	19	club equipment night sound system	12
component sound system that	19	dub narcotic sound system	12
monsoon sound system	18	sound system truck	11
sony surround sound system	18	professional sound system	11
computer sound system	17	innovative sound system	11
home theater sound system	17	concert sound system	10
wireless surround sound system	17	wireless sound system	10
microsoft digital sound system 80	17	alpine sound system	9
pioneer sound system	16	discotheque sound system	9
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Modern Translation: Sound System

Language		Translations for "sound system"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏نظام الصوت. (various references)

Danish		højttaleranlæg (PA equipment, PA system, public address, public address system, public-address system). (various references)

Dutch		PA systeem (PA equipment, PA system, public address, public address system, public-address system), geluidsinstallatie (PA equipment, PA system, public address, public address system, public-address system). (various references)

French		sono (sound). (various references)

German		Lautsprecheranlage (intercom, public address system), Beschallungsanlage (PA equipment, PA system, public address, public address system, public-address system). (various references)

Greek		μεγαφωνικό σύστημα (PA equipment, PA system, public address, public address system, public-address system). (various references)

Indonesian		tata suara. (various references)

Italian		sistema di diffusione sonora (PA equipment, PA system, public address, public address system, public-address system), impianto audio. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		音韻組�" . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		お�"い�"そしき. (various references)

Pig Latin		oundsay ystemsay

Portuguese		sistema sonoro (PA equipment, PA system, public address, public address system, public-address system), conjunto de som. (various references)

Russian		стереофоническая система. (various references)

Spanish		sistema otológico, megafonía (PA equipment, PA system, public address system). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sound System

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-m-n-o-s-s-s-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: mudstones.
	-3 letters: demounts, mudstone, soundest, stemsons.
	-4 letters: demount, dustmen, endmost, etymons, modesty, mounted, moussed, mousses, mysosts, osmunds, snouted, stemson, stounds, sunsets, syndets, systems, tonuses.
	-5 letters: demons, donuts, dosses, douses, doyens, etymon, mesons, modest, mondes, moneys, montes, moseys, mossed, mosses, mounds, mounts, moused, mouses, mousey, mousse, mussed, musses, musted, mutons, myoses, mysost, nouses, nudest, odeums.
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