Word: hi-fi
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Ciavaglia are not socialites. They rarely drink or go to parties. They have furnished Kirkland L-42 with spacious sofas and hi-fi stereo equipment, and they love to simply hang out in their comfortable pad--except when they are eating and playing hockey...
Soon after the incident, police placed several men under arrest at the Hi-Fi Pizza and Giant Sub store, which is located at 496 Mass. Ave., two blocks east of where the victim was found...
...today's home theater is a little-known component called the audio/video receiver. With ports in the back for a variety of TV and stereo signals, the A/V receiver is the link that allows consumers to play their new stereo TV sets through the speakers and amplifiers of their hi-fi systems. Receivers equipped with Dolby Surround sound can re-create the full atmospherics of the movie theater, from the scream of jets passing overhead to the seat-shaking rumble of helicopter gunships. To ensure that what the actors say actually comes out of their mouths, models with the Dolby...
...aviation headset, made by Bose, a Framingham, Mass., manufacturer of hi-fi speakers, is one of the latest applications of antinoise, a surprising new technology that is changing the way people block unwanted sounds -- from the whine of electrical transformers to the rumble of internal- combustion engines -- while leaving human voices, alarm bells and other useful sounds untouched. The technology should have many uses: the American Medical Association estimates that more than 9 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job. In some professions -- notably mining, shipbuilding, food processing and printing -- it is not unusual...
...only feasible action was to write off the entire weekend and gawk at the tourists, visiting college students and wistful alums. And listen--to the hi-fi din of dining-hall parties, to the crunch of empty beer cans against foreheads, and to roommate talk...