How to Use sound system in a Sentence

sound system

noun
  • The turntables and sound system have been unplugged and the lights turned on.
    Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Carla Gates sang in the choir and Eugene Gates worked the sound system.
    Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
  • But it’s been updated with a state-of-the-art sound system.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • At the front, a cinema-sized screen and sound system frames a stage, on which the founders would present.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 3 July 2024
  • And — in a fun nod to Knight’s New Kids on the Block start — the house also includes a high-end sound system in the walls.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The sound system blares hits of the 1980s, from the resplendent (Tina Turner) to the abysmal (Tom Petty).
    Jenn Shapland, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • Wyclef compares the Billboard 200-topping The Score to a sound system tape.
    Patricia Meschino, Billboard, 1 July 2024
  • Ross spoke so softly that the court had to install a sound system so that she could be heard.
    Carol Roark, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
  • The sound system plays catchy/twangy classics by the likes of Steve Earle and Juice Newton.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Peso isn’t there as a maelstrom of opening brass notes charge out of the sound system.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
  • This is the second year the event featured an improved sound system.
    Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • There would be an aquarium, TV screens and a sound system.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • The stage is big enough to seat 70 to 80 symphony players and outfitted with a state-of-the-art sound system and video screens.
    Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
  • The air smells like Parmigiano and butter, the sound system is playing the Pointer Sisters.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2024
  • On the fringe of a quiet golf course in the foothills outside San Diego, music from the Highwaymen galloped from the sound system.
    Scott Miller, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • When the reunion begins, the bar cranks the sound system so loudly that the speaker closest to me keeps shorting out.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 June 2023
  • During the set, West roamed the stage in a black jacket and a face mask as Vultures 1 tracks played over the festival’s huge sound system.
    Dave Brooks, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The sound system and acoustics there were top-notch, and do the group justice in showcasing their talents.
    Jim Clash, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The stages will feature LED walls, a mega sound system, pyrotechnics, smoke machines and more.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Inside, the sound system is the largest of its type, and the venue can create wind, seat vibrations, and even scents for the audience to enjoy.
    Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The atmosphere at the protest at first was sombre and strangely quiet—the sound system had broken down.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The sound system at Anfield Stadium times the song to end seconds before the match begins.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Its sound system is punchy, too, but doesn't drown out its motor's pleasing electric whirr.
    Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2023
  • That was my neighbor’s guitar and my buddy’s sound system.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
  • Where birria tacos are served to the rhythm of hip-hop tunes piped through a sound system and Mexican street corn is seasoned like lemon-pepper wings.
    Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In one instance, the people throwing the party rented a U-Haul truck and drove it into the middle of the park to unload a sound system and a grill, Dorsey said.
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • The lower level has a stone wine cellar and a home theater built with a Dolby Atmos sound system.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
  • While the space itself, clad in bricks and steel beams, feels historic, its state-of-the-art sound system provides an energizing soundtrack for a night on the dance floor.
    Staff Author Published, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The tour also used a 20-speaker sound system with massive units set up on the stage, as well as at the front and back of the lawn, to build an immersive experience.
    Troy Smith, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
  • With the unique display and sound system, content must be bespoke, specially mixed and mastered by the filmmakers for the venue.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023

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