Car Audio Glossary of Terms

• Acoustic absorption
• Acoustics
• Amplification
• Amplifier
• Amplifier, power
• Analog
• Attenuator
• Balance control
• Bandwidth
• Basket
• Bass
• Bi-amplification
• Bobbin
• Boomy
• Capacitor
• Clipping
• Coaxial
• Cone
• Crossover frequencies
• Crossover network
• Crosstalk (channel separation)
• Db
• Db spl
• Directionality
• Dispersion
• Distortion
• Dolby noise reduction
• Driver
• Dynamic range
• Efficiency
• Electrodynamic
• Electrostatic speaker
• Equalizer (graphic)
• Excursion
• Fader
• Fidelity
• Flat frequency response
• Floating ground
• Frequency
• Frequency Dependent
• Frequency response
• Fundamental frequency
• Ground loop
• Hertz
• High frequency driver
• High level crossover network (passive)
• High Pass
• High-pass filter
• Impedance
• Inductor
• Input sensitivity control
• Intermodulation distortion (in loudspeakers)
• K
• LED (light)
• Loudness contour
• Loudspeaker
• Loudspeaker compliance
• Low level crossover network
• Low Pass
• Low-pass filter
• Magnet weight
• Magnetic structure
• Midrange driver or component
• Mute switch
• Ohm
• Phase
• Piezo electric tweeter
• Pink noise
• Pink noise generator
• Power handling capability
• Pre-amp
• Pre-amp fader
• Resistance
• Resistor
• Resonance
• Resonant frequency
• Sensitivity (loudspeaker sensitivity)
• Signal- to-noise ratio (sin)
• Sound
• Spectrum
• Spl (sound pressure level)
• Standing waves
• Subharmonic
• SubWoofer
• Transducer
• Transient response
• Treble
• Tweeter
• Voice coil
• Voice-Coil
• Watt
• Woofer