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PHONO CARTRIDGE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

A pickup that converts variation in the grooves of a phonograph record into corresponding electric signals.

OBS

The "cartridge" terms refer to this reality as a detachable element; the "pickup" terms refer to it in terms of a component integrated within the larger reproducing system. ANSI defines "pickup cartridge" as the removable portion of a phonograph pickup; in the present-day context of high-fidelity (at least), however, all of the transducing elements, except for the outer shell and connecting wires, are located in the cartridge, so that "phonograph pickup" and "pickup cartridge" could be considered virtually the same thing.

OBS

phonograph pickup; pickup cartridge: Terms standardized by the USA Standards Institute.

OBS

pick-up cartridge: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Le phonocapteur est [...] un transducteur électromécanique, excité par la modulation inscrite dans les sillons d'un disque phonographique et qui transforme l'énergie mécanique en énergie électrique. Le phonocapteur est fixé dans une coquille vissée (donc facilement démontable) sur le bras de lecture de la platine tourne-disque.

OBS

Bien que «tête de lecture» désigne généralement la cellule, son emploi peut varier entre la désignation de l'aiguille seulement ... et la désignation du bout du bras de lecture comprenant la cellule et la coquille ... selon la portée du contexte.

OBS

cartouche de lecture : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

OBS

tête de lecture : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR et la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

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