On 4/26/2013 4:27 AM, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
ScottW wrote:
On Apr 24, 7:17 pm, Audio_Empire wrote:
Now with cardioids , they have a directional
attribute in their pick-up pattern.
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The common modern use of the word as a noun to name a recording or a
playback system....stereo means two channels.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...british/stereo
I don't care what somebody's dictionary says.
Not the road to effective communication.
Technically the "stereo" part means solid, all three axes. The "phonic" part
means on loudspeakers.
No, the "phonic" part doesn't mean "loudspeakers" technically, it means
an acoustic wave. Etymologically, it comes from "phone", the Greek word
for "voice". "Hooked on speakers" would be a totally different product...
Keith