Amplifier

Amplifier

Any electronic device designed to inrease the volume of sound.

Industry: Consumer electronics

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Plate

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

1) Also called the anode, plate is the current collecting element in a vacuum tube. 2) The two terminals of a capacitor, which are on either side of the dielectric.

The amount of power dissipated in the plate element of a vacuum tube. At idle, or quiescent conditions, it is equal to the DC plate current multiplied by the DC voltage difference between the plate ...

Plexi

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The name given to early Marshall amplifiers that had a gold Plexiglas control panel on the front and rear of the chassis. This was later changed in mid 1969 to gold aluminium front and rear panels, ...

Point-to-point

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A method of wiring an amplifier without using a PC board, where the components are mounted on terminal strips or tube sockets lugs, and the wiring is put in by hand to make the circuit connections. ...

Positive feedback

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

Feedback in which a portion of the signal from a later amplifier stage is fed back to an earlier stage (or to the same stage) in such a manner as to add to the input signal.

Potentiomenter (pot)

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A variable resistor used for an amplifier’s volume and tone controls.

Potentiometer

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A variable resistor. It usually has three terminals: the two end terminals, across which the entire resistance appears, and a third terminal, the "wiper", which moves to a different spot on the ...