audio equipment

Music playback devices

Audio equipment refers to devices used for recording, producing, or reproducing sound—microphones, speakers, amplifiers, mixing boards, headphones, and the like.

The term covers everything from professional studio gear to home stereo systems: The band invested heavily in audio equipment.

Often shortened to audio gear or just gear in casual speech.

Related

microphone · turntable · record player · amplifier · earbuds · aux cord · subwoofer · bass drop · PA system · cassette deck · shotgun mic · mixer · preamp · equalizer · tweeter · hydrophone · volume knob · DAC

Categories
Opposites
sensory modality

audio equipmentmonitors

Tracks or displays

screens · projectors · display technology · televisions · video cameras

output vs. input function

audio equipmentmicrophones

Audio input devices

Family

equipment, audio

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G