A device that converts an electrical signal from an amplifier into sound. A loudspeaker driver is an electromechanical-acoustic device with two...

Loudspeaker placement and selection (in 'Sound-reinforcement system' article)
Fixed sound systems are of two basic types: central and distributed. The central system employs loudspeakers reasonably close to the source of live so

Loudspeakers (in 'Sound-reinforcement system' article)
Loudspeakers may be direct radiators or horn-loaded drivers. The direct radiators are usually cone-type loudspeakers, but are sometimes bending-wave-t

Dispersion, directivity, sound power—of loudspeakers (in 'Sound-reproducing systems' article)
The preceding technical issues apply to both electronic devices and loudspeakers. However, loudspeakers radiate sound in all directions, so that measu

Power compression of loudspeakers (in 'Sound-reproducing systems' article)
As more power is delivered to a transducer, the voice coil heats up, the resistance increases, and the sound output is lower than it should be. This i

System components—loudspeakers (in 'Sound-reproducing systems' article)
The one audio component that remains stubbornly evolutionary is the loudspeaker. In basic form, cone and dome transducers of today look and work remar