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sound system

1. any system of sounds, as in the speech of a language

2. (Electronics) integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage

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Noun

sound system - a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound

audio system

electronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)

radio-gramophone, radio-phonograph - electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player

recording system - audio system for recoding sound

phonograph, record player - machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

reproducer - an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound

system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"

tape deck - electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system

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sound system

n → impianto m audio inv

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It was very gravely and decorously ordered, and on a sound system; with an appeal, in everything, to the honour and good faith of the boys, and an avowed intention to rely on their possession of those qualities unless they proved themselves unworthy of it, which worked wonders.

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In the future, VEF Radiotehnika RRR plans to upgrade the organization of sound system production and sale.

VEF Radiotehnika RRR sound systems maker sees H1 turnover shrink 2.6 times y-o-y

Readers have personally requested the management to reduce the volume of sound system so that they may concentrate on their studies.

Library and noise

For the Huddersfield Immersive Sound System (HISS) is officially 10 years old.

Sounds like a birthday

PESHAWAR -- Advisor to Chief Minister on Education Ziaullah Bangash on Monday inaugurated centralized sound system at district headquarters hospital Kohat.

Centralized sound system inaugurated in DHQ hospital Kohat

SARGODHA -- Police have arrested 11 people over violation of the sound system Act from different areas of the district, here on Saturday.

11 persons held for violation of sound system Act

A new sound system course is hitting the right notes with young music fans.

Sound system course is a No1

This will be Pakistan's first laser dual atmos system with a screen projection and Dolby Sound system that has both Golden and Silver class seating facility.

Cinepax launches largest cinema in Pakistan

The S3 Black Edition is priced from GBP33,880, with 18-inch five-spoke Turbine wheels (19-inchers on the Saloon) and a standard Bang and Olufsen sound system.

Audi UK to launch Black Edition trim for A3, Q3, TT, S6 and S7 Sportback

The Elasticated Sound System boasts the company's trademark mixture of music, urban dance, poetry, performance and puppetry.

Theatre group hits High spot

A sound system is not just a sound system in the hands of those who know how to get it pumping out music in the right way -- and the right way is how the music will be electrified tomorrow night at Sousami in Limassol, when the music community Alternadiva will be hosting a musical event to raise the roof.