audio monitor

Listening device receiver

An audio monitor is a device that lets you hear sound from another location or source.

Baby monitors transmit sounds from a nursery to parents elsewhere in the house.

In recording studios and live sound, monitors are speakers that let performers hear themselves or the mix: The drummer asked for more vocals in his monitor.

Stage monitors face the performers rather than the audience.

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mixing console · live sound · feedback · volume · earbuds · playback · recording · broadcast · stereo · bass · treble · waveform · fidelity · booth · baby · surveillance · frequency · frequency response

Opposites
sensory modality

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Screen showing visual feed

camera · video camera · surveillance camera · CCTV · security camera

signal direction

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One who talks

loudspeaker · PA system · amplifier · broadcaster · microphone

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G