Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
music centre
English answer:
audio (component) system
Oct 4, 2004 19:42
19 yrs ago
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English term
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music centre
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How do you call this thing that has a radio, a tape recorder and a CD player or CD changer, all in one? (I'm especially interesred in the name used in manuals) Music centre? or is it called something else?
Responses
| 4 +7 | audio system |
swisstell
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| 3 +12 | music centre/compact hi-fi/mini hi-fi |
Mark Nathan
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| 5 | cd/tape/radio system |
Deborah Workman
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+7
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Selected
audio system
mine is called a "Hi-Fi component system" but I think that AUDIO SYSTEM depicts it better because all elements are AUDIO after all,
radio, CD and tape.
radio, CD and tape.
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+12
8 mins
music centre/compact hi-fi/mini hi-fi
music centres usually had a turntable as well, and were popular in the seventies.
The modern ones just do CD, radio and cassette and get sold as "music systems", or "compact/mini hi-fi (systems)"
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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2004-10-04 21:21:18 GMT)
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I think you have to say compact audio system as opposed to just audio system in order to distinguish between a single unit and a system made up of separate components (amplifier, tuner, CD player etc)
The modern ones just do CD, radio and cassette and get sold as "music systems", or "compact/mini hi-fi (systems)"
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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2004-10-04 21:21:18 GMT)
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I think you have to say compact audio system as opposed to just audio system in order to distinguish between a single unit and a system made up of separate components (amplifier, tuner, CD player etc)
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
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humbird
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Orla Ryan
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eldira
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Jörgen Slet
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Derek Gill Franßen
: Yes, "compact..." as opposed to "component...".
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nlingua
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Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
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Alfa Trans (X)
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mrrobkoc
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Mathew Robinson
: also 'micro systems' and 'midi systems', or go back a few years and they were called 'stacking systems'
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Deborah Workman
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cd/tape/radio system
Or some variant combination: see http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=cd tape ra...
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a single catch-all phrase in common usage. However, in advertisements, combinations such as in the provided link are very common.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a single catch-all phrase in common usage. However, in advertisements, combinations such as in the provided link are very common.
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