The phrase "audio unit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to sound technology, music production, or audio equipment.
Example: "The audio unit in this studio is equipped with the latest sound processing software."
Alternatives: "sound module" or "audio device".
D&M Holdings Inc. of Japan won a bankruptcy court auction to acquire the ReplayTV recording service and the Rio portable audio unit of Sonicblue Inc. for about $36.2 million, Sonicblue said yesterday.
The cabin's well-bolstered, pattern-cloth seats; leather-wrapped three-point steering wheel; simple but useful audio unit; and rice paper-inspired material on the doors and dashboard left a low-key impression of quality.
As Mr. Smith writes, the basic Sonic offers a nice spread of standard features, including 10 air bags, electronic stability control, antilock brakes and a strong four-speaker audio unit.
The wood inside may be fake, but everything else is real: surprisingly smooth leather (a diamond-quilted pattern is available), keyless entry, Xenon headlamps, dual-zone climate control, a heated steering wheel, a navigation system and a sweet-sounding Bose audio unit.
"It's very technically feasible to replace PortalPlayer," says Christopher Schairbaum, chief of TI's portable audio unit.
Electronically adjustable front seats, a total of eight airbags, and a six-disc CD audio unit are standard.
Looking for someone who could build a bullpen car with all the bells and whistles, Mr. Hill called Alex Restrepo, whose business in southeast Houston focuses on custom audio units for cars, boats and motorcycles.
And, unlike earlier DVD audio units that lacked bass management capacity, the DVD-9000 has the know-how to send those sonic booms right to the subwoofer.
Yamaha also makes full-blown MusicCast-enabled hi-fi systems, as well as mini audio units for smaller areas, like kitchens and bedrooms.
This is good news for companies like Tempe, Ariz.-based audio maker Rockford-Fosgate, which recently partnered with Nissan to deliver up to 50,000 audio units on 2002 Xterra, Frontier, and Sentra SE-R vehicles.
One thing more serious musicians have been looking forward to since it was teased a few months back is the addition of Audio Units to GarageBand for iOS.
