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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RIAA CURVE

Record Industry Association of America.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RIAA CURVE

RIAA curve play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIAA CURVE

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Riaa curve is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RIAA CURVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

RIAA equalization

RIAA equalization is a specification for the recording and playback of phonograph records, established by the Recording Industry Association of America. The purposes of the equalization are to permit greater recording times, improve sound quality, and to reduce the groove damage that would otherwise arise during playback. The RIAA equalization curve was intended to operate as a de facto global industry standard for records since 1954. However, it is almost impossible to say when the change actually took place. Before then, especially from 1940, each record company applied its own equalization; there were over 100 combinations of turnover and rolloff frequencies in use, the main ones being Columbia-78, Decca-U.S., European, Victor-78, Associated, BBC, NAB, Orthacoustic, World, Columbia LP, FFRR-78 and microgroove, and AES.

Definition of RIAA curve in the English dictionary

The definition of RIAA curve in the dictionary is a graphical representation, adopted as a worldwide standard, of the amplitude in relation to frequency response required for correct reproduction of microgroove disc recordings, compensating for the characteristics of the recording process.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIAA CURVE

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ria
rial
rialto
Rialto Bridge

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIAA CURVE

adoption curve
ahead of the curve
behind the curve
characteristic curve
curve
decurve
French curve
growth curve
hairpin curve
incurve
L-shaped curve
Laffer curve
learning curve
lurve
normal curve
outcurve
Phillips curve
recurve
sine curve
upcurve
V-shaped curve

Synonyms and antonyms of RIAA curve in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «RIAA curve» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIAA CURVE

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The translations of RIAA curve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «RIAA curve» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

RIAA曲线
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curva RIAA
570 millions of speakers

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RIAA curve
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

RIAA वक्र
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

منحنى RIAA
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

RIAA кривая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

curva RIAA
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

RIAA বক্ররেখা
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Translator English - French

courbe RIAA
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Lengkung RIAA
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Translator English - German

RIAA-Kurve
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Translator English - Japanese

RIAAカーブ
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RIAA 곡선
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Translator English - Javanese

Kurva RIAA
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Translator English - Vietnamese

RIAA đường cong
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Translator English - Tamil

RIAA வளைவு
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Translator English - Marathi

RIAA वक्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

RIAA eğrisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

curva RIAA
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krzywa RIAA
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Translator English - Ukrainian

RIAA крива
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Translator English - Romanian

curba RIAA
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Translator English - Greek

καμπύλη RIAA
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Translator English - Afrikaans

RIAA kurwe
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Translator English - Swedish

RIAA kurvan
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Translator English - Norwegian

RIAA kurven
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about RIAA curve

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIAA CURVE»

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Handbook for Sound Engineers
... to improve the SNR and stability of the system due to mechanical disturbances —i.e., turntable rumble—which can affect the overall performance of the system. The NAB (RIAA) curve used presently in the playback equipment is shown in Fig.
Glen Ballou, 2008
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Billboard
Acoustical differences in recording studios can vary the response much more than use of a non- RIAA curve, they point out. One thing all agree upon. When all companies groove their masters according to the same curve, fancy compensators ...
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Op Amp Applications Handbook
For convenience in evaluating the RIAA curve numerically, Figure 6-8 is a complete 10 kHz– 100 kHz relative decibel table for the three basic RIAA time constants. From these data several key points Notes: (1) Denotes 1 kHz 0 dB reference ...
Walt Jung, 2004
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Small Signal Audio Design
It has three corners in its response curve, with frequencies at 50.05 Hz, 500.5 Hz, and 2.122 kHz, which are set by three time—constants of 3180, 318, and 75 Its. The RIAA curve was of USA origin but was adopted internationally with ...
Douglas Self, 2010
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Audio Metering
In 1976 IEC introduced a modification of this curve by introducing a new time constant that modifies only the extreme bass. It is known as the RIAA/ IEC curve. This correction has never achieved big success; the original RIAA curve is still the ...
Eddy Brixen, 2012
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Valve Amplifiers
The significance of the RIAA curve less velocity correction is two-fold: G If we had a perfect displacement transducer (perhaps based on strain gauge or electrostatic principles), we would require replay equalisation conforming to the replay ...
Morgan Jones, 2011
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Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio ...
To avoid overcutting and to reduce surface noise inherent in disc recording and playback, the RIAA curve reduced the bass and boosted high frequencies at the time of recording (the recording curve), and modern phonograph preamps ...
Susan Schmidt Horning, 2013
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Digital Audio Essentials
Table 14-2 shows the playback equalization parameters for several different manufacturers of vintage records, along with the RIAA curve used for post- 1956 LPs and 45s. The turnover points are where the signal level changes by plus or ...
Bruce Fries, Marty Fries, 2005
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The Mastering Engineer's Handbook: The Audio Mastering Handbook
The opposite curve is then applied during playback. This is what's known as the RIAA curve. It's also the reason why your turntable sounds so bad when you plug it directly into a mic or line input of a con— sole. Without the RIAA curve, the ...
Bobby Owsinski, 2008
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Maximum PC
The documentation explains that "turntables require pre-amplification" (which one might presume the PowerWave supplies), and also "a special equalization curve" called the RIAA curve. Because Although it duplicates most of the functions of ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIAA CURVE»

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What's Old is New Again: From Tapes, LPs and CDs to Digital Tunes.
The program uses the standard RIAA curve as the default setting and it also comes with 60 additional equalization curves for mono recordings, 45s, and 78s. «ThyBlackMan, Jul 15»
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Hafler launches legendary headphone amplifiers
The Hafler PH50 is a high performance phono preamp for moving magnet (dynamic) cartridges that incorporates a well defined RIAA curve to preserve and ... «AV Magazine, Jun 15»
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How to make LPs sound better than ever
... the low output, and provide the correct equalization to produce the best sound. .... which is better than NAD's unit SNR, but slightly more RIAA curve deviation ... «CNET, Jan 14»
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Don't scratch that: A beginner's guide to vinyl in the modern age
This is a special amplifier that amplifies the signal from the turntable using something called the RIAA curve. The volume curve on vinyl is compressed, and the ... «htxt.africa, Jan 14»
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Crane Song Announces Peacock Vinyl Emulation Plugin
The Dynamic control is the tricky one, what is does is time modulate the distortion components which are very frequency dependent due to the RIAA curve. «SonicScoop, Nov 13»
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Liberty Audio B2B-1 phono preamplifier
... provides an additional 24dB of gain as well as the RIAA bass boost, while an RC network between the two amps implements the RIAA curve's 75µs rolloff. «Stereophile Magazine, May 12»
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HiFi One—Stillpoints—Wadax—Echole
I hope I can do this elevator-speech version justice—the Wadax PRE1-Phono solution provides you with a custom RIAA curve optimized for your turntable to ... «Stereophile Magazine, Jun 11»
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Parasound Halo JC 3 Phono Preamplifier Preview
The JC 3's signal to noise ratio is 83 dB with the MM input and 73 dB for MC, and the RIAA curve is accurate to within 0.2 dB. It is quiet enough to excel with even ... «Audioholics, Dec 10»
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Digitizing LPs revisited
You can't make a direct connection because of the turntable's RIAA curve—this curve reduces low frequencies and pushes higher frequencies. Directly connect ... «Macworld, Aug 10»
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Sonneteer Sedley Phono Preamplifier
Then I selected the RIAA curve and low gain (MM). The Clearaudio Virtuoso has a suggested capacitive loading of 100 pF, so that is what I set on the Sedley. «Audiophile Audition, Jun 09»

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