A TRANSDUCER which converts electrical energy to acoustical energy. Very often, loudspeakers with different FREQUENCY RESPONSE characteristics are combined together in a speaker system. This is necessary for HI-FI reproduction, since it is difficult for a single loudspeaker to reproduce the entire audio spectrum.
Loudspeakers which reproduce low frequencies are called WOOFERs; those which reproduce high frequencies TWEETERs.
See: ACOUSTIC RADIATION, BAFFLE, DIAPHRAGM, DIRECTIVITY, ELECTROACOUSTIC, ENCLOSURE, PAN, SUBHARMONIC, TRANSIENT RESPONSE. Sound examples under FREQUENCY RESPONSE. Compare: MICROPHONE.
Components of a typical loudspeaker mounted on a baffle.
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