Brooks GS 15 Inverse Square Law

Simply stated, the fact that in an un-obstructed area (like an open field) the sound pressure level will drop to half-pressure (-6 dB) every time the distance to the sound source is doubled.

Central Processing Unit
1) The main "brain" chip of a computer that performs the calculations and execution of instructions.
2) The main housing of a computer that contains the "brain" chip as opposed to other pieces of the computer system such as keyboards, monitors, etc.

Brooks QS-70 Crosstalk
Leakage of an audio signal into a channel that iris not intended to be in, from an adjacent or nearby channel.

Face
The front or body of the guitar.

Brooks Cinema RM 909 Amplifier
A device which increases the amplitude (level) of an electrical signal (making it louder).

Haas Effect
Simply stated, a factor in human hearing where delay has a much bigger effect on human perception of direction than level does.

Current
The amount of electron charge passing a point in a conductor per unit of time.

Kilo
A prefix meaning 1000.

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