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diffusori amplificati

Inglese translation: active speakers, active loudspeakers

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Termine o frase Italiano:diffusori amplificati
Traduzione in Inglese:active speakers, active loudspeakers
Inserita da: WendellR

16:30 Dec 7, 2007
Traduzioni da Italiano a Inglese [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Elettronica/Elettrotecnica / Sound Equipment
Termine o frase Italiano: diffusori amplificati
In the context of very fancy sound equipment - speakers, to be precise - this phrase is used quite often. Some examples:

I subwoofer amplificati sono ottimizzati per estendere le prestazioni dei diffusori amplificati ...

XXXX è riuscito a realizzare una linea di diffusori amplificati che suonano come non avevo mai visto e sentito ...

There's "amplificati" everything in this text: subs, woofers, casse, diffusori, etc. "Diffusori amplificati" gets a lot of google hits in Italian, though I still don't know what they'd be called in English.

I'm thinking of "high-performance (loud)speakers" because it doesn't seem to be a specific term of art, but a Kudozian will certainly have better ideas! Thanks!
WendellR
Local time: 15:36
active speakers
Spiegazione:
I don't think "amplified" is wrong,but most usually I've seen them called this way - see for instance:

http://www.mackie.com/products/speakers/index.html

or:

http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/understanding-active-and-passive-sp...

BTW, in Italian, we use "diffusori attivi" too.

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Alfredo Tutino
Local time: 15:36
Grading comment
Aside from the fact that I dislike "amplified speakers" from the point of view of euphony and clarity, here's the "google poll," FWIW:

active speakers: 164,000
amplified speakers: 104,000
active loudspeakers: 51,600
amplified loudspeakers: 2,820

Thanks Alfredo!
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4 +3amplified speakers
James (Jim) Davis
4(hi-fi) amplifiers (amps)
Rosanna Palermo
4active speakers
Alfredo Tutino


  

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(hi-fi) amplifiers (amps)


Spiegazione:
Simple and to the point..you're right on Wendell!

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-12-07 16:43:09 GMT)
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I think everyone knows but just in case..
Hi-Fi = high fidelity (sound)

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Note added at 57 mins (2007-12-07 17:27:31 GMT)
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Wendell I truly think it's a case of "Italian redundancy"
technically, subwoofers are amplifiers also, I think they are trying to "pretty things up" romance language style and refer to the "system" as high gi at the same time :o)

Rosanna Palermo
Local time: 09:36
Madrelingua: Italiano, Inglese
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Comunicazioni a chi ha fornito la risposta
Richiedente: Ay yi yi. Am I totally off base here? Diffusori are amplifiers? I'm fairly sure not - so hi-fi speakers?


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neutrale  Alfredo Tutino: in Italian, an "amplificatore" is a purely electrical device; "casse," "diffusori," etc are electro-acoustic devices used to convert electric signals into sound - i.e. speakers
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1 ora   Affidabilità: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 approvazioni dei colleghi (rete) +3
amplified speakers


Spiegazione:
I'm no expert in this area but a "diffusore" is a speaker. See the images.


    Riferimento: http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=diffu...
    Riferimento: http://images.google.com/images?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=d...
James (Jim) Davis
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accordo  Jennifer Levey: Absolutely right. As commonly used in surround-sound systems. e.g.: http://shopping.yahoo.com/s:Speakers:4168-Brand=Yamaha:b=106
12 min
  -> Thks Robin.
accordo  la_m (X)
33 min
neutrale  Alfredo Tutino: I don't think "amplified" is wrong, but the most common term seems to be "active speakers"
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  -> About 50-50 Alfredo.
accordo  Gina Ferlisi
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6 ore   Affidabilità: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
active speakers


Spiegazione:
I don't think "amplified" is wrong,but most usually I've seen them called this way - see for instance:

http://www.mackie.com/products/speakers/index.html

or:

http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/understanding-active-and-passive-sp...

BTW, in Italian, we use "diffusori attivi" too.



Alfredo Tutino
Local time: 15:36
Madrelingua: Italiano
Punti PRO nella categoria: 4
Grading comment
Aside from the fact that I dislike "amplified speakers" from the point of view of euphony and clarity, here's the "google poll," FWIW:

active speakers: 164,000
amplified speakers: 104,000
active loudspeakers: 51,600
amplified loudspeakers: 2,820

Thanks Alfredo!
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