View Single Post
(#13 (permalink))
Old
MMM's Avatar
MMM (Offline)
JF Ossan
 
Posts: 12,200
Join Date: Jun 2007
10-22-2009, 12:43 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
I wouldn't just refer to them as "components" in general. I'd need that word in the specific context of "the components to my set-up are X, Y, and Z." I would understand the meaning in other contexts, but there would be a fleeting thought of component cables.
Maybe it's an age thing. The receiver, tape deck, CD player, record player were all called "components" for a stereo system. I don't think a lot of people have these things as separate items anymore, if at all, so the term may be outdated.
Reply With Quote