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AHL Audio Category Listings ©
Welcome to the AHL Category Listings ©. The category listings, all alphabetical, are in two parts: audio equipment according to function and sub-group (164 or so), and those things of interest relating to the sound industry.
In creating an index of the categories of audio equipment, we wanted to address several challenges: 1) we could not have too many classifications, nor too few, (2) they had to include past technologies and divine future techniques, and (3) be inter-culturally friendly.
In addition, we want to accommodate all the things that support or pertain to our industry. Also of interest to many folks are "collectibles".
The category listings follow:
| ACOUSTIC APPARATUS
1) Cylinder Phonographs
2) Disc Gramophones See: Archiving Electric Phonographs
Turntables
ACOUSTIC RECORDING &
REPRODUCTION
1) Equipment
ACOUSTIC MATERIALS
2) Playback Curves & EQ See: Archiving 1) Absorption
AMPLIFIERS
2) Diflusion 3) Reflection 4) Resonators & Traps 5) Other 1) Distribution
ANTENNAS
2) Solid State 3) Tube 1) AM/FM/TV/DB
ARCHIVING
2) Other See: Transmitters Tuners
1) Cylinders
BROADCAST
2) Metal Parts 3) Records 4) Tapes See: Acoustical Materials
CABLES
Antennas
Computers Consoles Electric Phonographs Signal Processors Tape Decks Tel. Co. Interface Time Transmitters Turntables 1) Coaxial
2) Fiber Optic 3) Stranded See: Connectors Converters
Patchbays & Cords CARTRIDGES
See: Tape
CASSETTES
Tape Decks
Turntables See: Tape
CINEMA
Tape Decks
See: Acoustical Materials
COMPACT DISC
Amplifiers
Loudspeakers Movie Sound Surround Sound See: Disc Mastering
COMPACTS
Laser Disc
See: Turntables
COMPANDERS
See: Signal Processors
COMPRESSORS
See: Signal Processors
COMPUTERS
1) Broadcast Automation
CONNECTORS
2) Console Automation 3) Cutting Lathe Automation 4) MIDI 5) Programs See: Instruments Laser Discs
Tape Decks CONSOLES 1) Broadcast
CONVERTERS
2) Early Recording 3) Modular Multi Channel 1) Analog to Digital
CROSSOVERS
2) Digital to Analog 3) Fiber Optic 4) Format & Rate 1) Fixed
CYLINDER PLAYERS
2) Tunable See: Acoustic Apparatus
D.A.T.
See: Tape
DELAYS
Tape Decks
DISC MASTERING 1) Analog
ECHO AND REVERBERATION
2) Digital 2. 1) Preparation
2.2) Replication See: Signal Processing
ELECTRIC PHONOGRAPHS
1) Vertical Play
EQUALIZERS
2) Lateral Play 3) Long Play 4) High Fidelity 5) Transcription See: Acoustic Apparatus Turntables
1) Graphic
EXPANDERS
2) Parametric See: Signal Processing
FILM CHAIN
See: Movie Sound
FILTERS
FORENSIC SIGNAL PROCESSING GATES See: Signal Processing
HARDWARE
1) Cabinets & Accessories
HEADPHONES
2) Speaker Suspension & Accessories 3) Stands 4) Other HEADSETS See: Intercoms
HEARING AIDS
HEARING ASSISTANCE INFRARED See: Hearing Assistance
Remote Controls
INSTRUMENTATION
See: Test Equipment
INSTRUMENTS
1) Acoustic
JUKEBOXES
2) Electronic LASER DISCS 1) C.D. Players
LIMITERS
2) L.D. Players 3) ROM Drives 4) WORM Drives See: Disc Mastering Solid State Memories
Tape Decks See: Signal Processors
LOUDSPEAKERS
1) Cabinets & Horns
2) Columns 3) Drivers (Exploded Construction View) 3. 1) High
4) Electromechanical
3.2) Mid 3.3) Bass 3.4) Coaxial 1300 cu.in., .213 cu.m, or less 5) Electromechanical - standard 6) Electrostatic 7) Massless 8) Piezo 9) Planar 10) Ribbon 11) Underwater |
MEASUREMENTS
1) Standards
METERS
2) Techniques See: Meters Test Equipment
MICROPHONES 1) Condenser
MIXERS
2) Moving Coil 3) Ribbon 4) Wireless & Electret 5) Other 6) Accessories See: Consoles
MOVIE SOUND
1) Magnetic Track
2) Optical Track 2. 1) Analog
3) Synchronized Sources
2.2) Digital See: Amplifiers Loudspeakers
Surround Sound Processors
NOISE REDUCTION
1) Consumer
PATCHBAYS & CORDS
2) Professional PHONOGRAPHS See: Acoustic Apparatus
POWER
Electric Phonographs
Turntables 1) Conditioners
PRE-AMPLIFIERS
2) Generators 1) Passive
RECEIVERS
2) Phono 3) Solid State 4) Tube RECORD CLEANING MACHINES RECORD PLAYERS See: Electric Phonographs
REMOTE SYSTEMS
Turntables
1) Hard Wired
SIGNAL PROCESSORS
2) I.R. & R.F. 1) Compander
2) Compressor, Limiter 3) Dipper, Ducker 4) Echo & Reverberation 5) Exciter 6) Expander 7) Gate 8) Sibilance Controller 9) Other See: Crossovers
SOLID STATE MEMORIES
Delays
Filters Forensic Sig. Proc. Noise Reduction Surround Systems Time STEREO See: Consoles
SURROUND SOUND PROCESSORS
Disc Mastering
Microphones Movie Sound Surround Sound Processor Tape Decks Transmitters Tuners Turntables 1) Ambience, Stereo & Special Enhancement
TAPE
2) Discrete Four Channel 3) Matrix 4) Theater Surround 4.1) Commercial
4.2) Residential 1) Cartridge
2) Cassette 3) D.A.T. 4) Open Reel 4.1) Analog 4.2) Digital 4.3) Reels-Flanges, Hubs 5) Other 6) Accessories See: Noise Reduction Solid State Memories
TAPE DECKS
1) Analog
TAPE DUPLICATION
1.1) Cassette
2) Digital
1.2) Open Reel 2.1) D.A.T.
3) Cartridge
2.2) Open Reel 4) Disc Based Systems 5) Instrumentation & Logging 6) Video for Audio 6.1) V.C.R.
7) Wire Records
6.2) V.T.R. 8) Accessories See: Laser Discs Noise Reduction
Solid State Memories Time TEL. CO. INTERFACE TEST EQUIPMENT 1) Continuity Checkers
TIME
2) Distortion Analyzers 3) Oscilloscopes 4) Real Time Audio Spectrum Analyzers 5) Other 1) Compressors & Expanders
TRANSMITTERS
2) Clocks & Timers 3) Time Code Generators and Readers 1) AM& FM
TUNERS
2) Television 3) Other 1) Radio
TURNTABLES
a) AM
2) Other
b) FM c) Novelty d) Short Wave See: Antennas Receivers
1) Compacts, Self-Contained
2) Turntables (Modern) 2.1) Optically Reading
3) Phono Cartridges
2.2) Straight Line Tracking 2.3) Tangential 3.1) Ceramic
3.2) Moving Coil |
