Amplifier

Amplifier

Any electronic device designed to inrease the volume of sound.

Industry: Consumer electronics

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Effects channel

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A channel that includes an effects device (phaser, distortion, flanger, etc.).

Effects loop

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A circuit composed of an output jack and an input jack that allows the insertion of external effects devices in the signal path of an amplifier. Noise performance is usually improved by using the ...

The device used to make guitar amplifiers sound good! Actually, this is the name given to the amplifying devices in some guitar amplifiers. They consist of a glass tube containing several elements ...

EQ (equalization)

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The intentional altering of portions of the audio-frequency spectrum by means of philtres or tone controls; often employed to reduce uneven frequency response or feedback.

Extension-speaker jack

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A feature usually found on the back of an amp that allows a remote speaker to be used.

Feedback

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A circuit that allows a portion of the signal from a later stage in an amplifier to be "fed back" to an earlier stage, or within the same stage. Feedback can be voltage or current, negative or ...