The music center is a complex of household equipment, made in the form of a single device. It is designed to play sounds and music from various external media, such as discs, flash drives, memory cards, records, etc.
Types of music centers
There are currently several on the market:
- Microsystems, the width of the front surface of which is in the range from 175 to 180 mm. The sound power of such equipment does not exceed 40 watts. Typically, such devices have a stereo receiver, a single-cassette deck and a 1-CD player.
- Minisystems with a width of a front surface from 215 to 280 mm. Such devices differ from the previous ones mainly in sound power and a large number of CD players. Systems of this type can work not only with FM-band, but also with RDS. Mini-systems can have special noise reduction devices, built-in multi-channel audio transducers and remote controls.
- Mid systemswhose width of the front surface is 320-360 mm. Because of their size, such devices have not become very popular. Despite this, the quality of the sound they reproduce is the highest. As a rule, such systems have a block structure of several components. They can be equipped with multiple disc players, a large number of decks for cassettes, a digital tuner, etc.
Thus, choosing music centers, you must pay attention to the types of such devices.
Advantages and disadvantages
Regardless of the type of music center, such a device has a number of the following advantages:
- multifunctionality;
- the ability to use for playing various external drives;
- good sound quality and speaker power;
- the presence on the market of a large number of types of systems, etc.
The disadvantages of music centers include such disadvantages as:
- relatively large size;
- significant cost of equipment;
- insufficient functionality of microsystems, etc.
Despite the above-mentioned features, music centers are still in demand.
Principle of operation
A music center is a special type of device that occupies an intermediate position between stationary complexes and portable radios. This device is controlled by a system controller. The center panel is equipped with a large number of different buttons and display lights. All of them are connected to the management part of the equipment, which analyzes the data received.
Note! The front panel can be equipped with an infrared receiver. It is present in those models that are controlled using the remote control.
As a rule, the musical centers work from an electric network. Some devices are capable of operating on battery or battery.
Models have the function of karaoke. After connecting an external microphone to them, the singer’s voice is muffled. Instead, a person can record his performance.
Elements of the music center can be a whole or be placed in different blocks. In the second case, they must be connected to each other with wires.
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