Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| ambiophony | the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall. |
| audiophil | a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction. |
| audiophile | a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction. |
| cassingle | a prerecorded cassette tape of a single disc. |
| choon | a piece of recorded music that one likes. |
| elpee | a long-playing record. |
| foldback | in multitrack recording, a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly. |
| gramophonic | relating to gramophones. |
| gramophonically | (Adv.) GRAMOPHONIC, relating to gramophones. |
| mike | (Short for) microphone; (verb) to record by use of a microphone. |
| minisystem | a set of hi-fi equipment in which the components are smaller than standard size. |
| mixdown | in sound recording, the transfer of a multitrack master mix to two-track stereo tape. |
| mixtape | a compilation of songs from various sources. |
| multitrack | to make a recording using many tracks. |
| overside | the other side of a phonograph record. |
| periphonic | relating to a sound system with many speakers. |
| phono | (Coll.) a record-player. |
| preamp | (Short for) preamplifier. |
| pretape | to record to tape in advance. |
| quadraphonic | of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound. |
| quadrasonic | relating to a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. |
| quadrasonics | a system of sound recording and reproduction that uses four independent loudspeakers to give directional sources of sound. |
| quadriphonic | of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound. |
| quadriphonics | a system of sound transmission using a minimum of four speakers. |
| quadrophonic | of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound. |
| remaster | to make a new master recording of. |
| squawker | a loudspeaker for reproducing sounds in the middle of the audible range. |
| subwoofer | part of a sound system. |
| tuneage | (A piece of) recorded music that one likes. |
| tweeter | a loudspeaker for high frequency sound reproduction. |
| wavetable | a collection of digitized samples of recorded sound stored as sound waves. |