Glossary

Below is a short list of terms and corresponding abbreviations typically used within these pages.

   Absolute mint = mint
   Amplifier = amp
   Audible Illusion = AI
   Audio Alchemy = AA
   Audio Research Corp = ARC
   Balanced = bal
   Best offer = bo
   Black = blk
   Bookshelf = bkshf
   Bound For Sound = BFS
   Brown = brn
   Cabinet = cab
   Cable = cbl
   Capacitor = cap
   Cartridge = cart
   Cash on Delivery = cod
   Cassette = cass
   Center = ctr
   Center channel (speaker) = cc
   Changer = chngr
   Coaxial = coax
   Compact Disc player = cdp
   Compact Disc transport = cdt
   Conrad-Johnson = C-J
   Condition = cond
   Control = ctrl
   Copy = cy
   Crossover = xover
   Delivered = ppd
   Digital = dig
   Digital to analog converter = dac
   Dust cover for turntable = dc
   Dynaco = DYNA
   Electrostatic = ESL
   Equalizer = eq
   Excellent = exc or ec
   External = ext
   Faceplate = fcplt or face
   Factory = fac
   Fair condition = fc
   Flawless = mint
   Frequency range = FR
   Good condition = gc
   Harry Pearson = HP
   Immaculate = mint
   Interconnect = intct
   Integrated amplifier = int amp
   Input(s)/Output(s) = I/O
   Large = lg
   Learning (remote) = lrng
   Light = lt
   Like new = ln or mint
   Line conditioner = linecon
   Manufacturer = mfr
   Mark Levinson = ML
   Martin-Logan = M-L
   Month(s) old = mo
   Moving magnet = mm
   Moving coil = mc
   Modified = mod
   New In Box = NIB
   New Old Stock = NOS
   No box = nb
   Noise reduction = NR
   
   
   

   Optional = opt
   Original = orig
   Originial box = ob
   Original box and owner manual = obm
   Or best offer = obo
   Or best reasonable offer = obro
   Or nearest offer = ono
   Or nearest reasonable offer = onro
   Or reasonable offer = oro
   Output = Out
   Owners manual = om
   Perfect = perf or mint
   Phone = ph
   Preamplifier = preamp
   Pristine = mint
   Power amplifier = amp
   Power = pwr
   Power conditioner = pwrcon
   Power Supply = ps
   Push-pull = pp
   Receiver = rcvr
   Receipt = rcpt
   Reel-to-reel = RTR
   Remote = rmte
   Sacrifice = sac
   Selector = sel
   Service = svc
   Shipped = ppd
   Shipping = shp
   Shipping included = ppd
   Single-ended = SE
   Solid State = ss
   Speaker = spkr
   Stereo = st
   Stereophile = Sphile
   Stereophile Recommended Class "X" = Sphile X
   Subwoofer = subwfr
   Telephone = ph
   Termination = term
   The Absolute Sound = TAS
   Tonearm for turntable = arm
   Transistor = ss
   Transformer = xfrmr
   Tuner = tnr 
   Turntable = tt
   Tweeter = twt
   Very good condition = vg
   Volume = vol
   Volt = v
   Warranty = wrnty
   Watts = w
   Watts per channel @ 8 Ohms = wpc
   Weekday = wkdy
   Weekend = wknd
   Weeknight = wknt
   Week(s) old = wo
   Woofer = wfr
   Year(s) old = yo