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Tube sound — (or valve sound) is the characteristic sound associated with a vacuum tube based audio amplifiers. Some audiophiles prefer the sound that is produced by the distortion characteristics of tube based amplifiers. The audible significance of tube… … Wikipedia
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Bobsledding (word game) — Bobsledding (an intentional distortion of the name for the sport of bobsleigh) is a relatively new word association game. It has two alternate forms: Bobagomi and Bobagomi Online.Rules of the GameThe game involves at least two, but up to six,… … Wikipedia
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Clipping (audio) — For shortening of voice snippets due to failures in voice activity detection, see squelch and voice activity detection. The altered peaks and troughs of the sinusoidal waveform displayed on this oscilloscope indicate the signal has been clipped.… … Wikipedia
Gain compression — in an electronic amplifier circuit is a reduction in differential or slope gain caused by nonlinearity of the transfer function of the amplifying device. This nonlinearity may be caused by heat due to power dissipation, or by overdriving the… … Wikipedia
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