A loudspeaker enclosure or loudspeaker cabinet is an enclosure (often rectangular box-shaped) in which speaker drivers (e.g., woofers and tweeters) and...
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A transmission line loudspeaker is a loudspeaker enclosure design which uses the topology of an acoustic transmission line within the cabinet, compared...
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A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or, more fully, a speaker system) is a combination of one or more speaker drivers, an enclosure, and electrical...
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Bass reflex (redirect from Reflex enclosure)
(also known as a ported, vented box or reflex port) is a type of loudspeaker enclosure that uses a port (hole) or vent cut into the cabinet and a section...
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Band-pass filter (section Loudspeaker enclosures)
compound enclosure has two chambers. The dividing wall between the chambers holds the driver; typically only one chamber is ported. If the enclosure on each...
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waves to the open air. Another type is a woofer driver mounted in a loudspeaker enclosure which is divided by internal partitions to form a zigzag flaring...
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Thiele/Small parameters (category Loudspeakers)
input impedance and the sound output of a system comprising a loudspeaker and enclosure. Many of the parameters are strictly defined only at the resonant...
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Passive radiator (speaker) (category Loudspeaker technology)
A speaker enclosure using a passive radiator usually contains an "active loudspeaker" (or main driver), and a passive radiator (also known as a "drone...
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Subwoofer (category Loudspeaker technology)
speaker enclosure (cabinet), often with a built-in amplifier. Subwoofers are made up of one or more woofers mounted in a loudspeaker enclosure—often made...
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Electrodynamic speaker driver (redirect from Loudspeaker driver)
a loudspeaker cabinet (or simply "speaker".). For high fidelity reproduction of sound, multiple loudspeakers are often mounted in the same enclosure, each...
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An isobaric loudspeaker is a loudspeaker in which two or more identical woofers (bass drivers) operate simultaneously, with a common body of enclosed air...
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Woofer (category Loudspeakers)
and is both assisted and complicated by the necessity of using a loudspeaker enclosure to couple the cone motion to the air. If done well, many of the...
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Acoustic transmission line (category Loudspeaker technology)
Magazine in 1952 and thereafter. The Transmission line type of loudspeaker enclosure was proposed in October 1965 by Dr A.R. Bailey and A.H. Radford...
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Audiophile (section Loudspeakers)
electrostatic headphones. The loudspeaker's cabinet is known as the enclosure. There are a variety of loudspeaker enclosure designs, including sealed cabinets...
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Powered speakers (redirect from Active loudspeaker)
audio. A powered loudspeaker works the same way as a passive speaker, but the power amplifier is built into the loudspeaker enclosure. This design is common...
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An electrostatic loudspeaker (ESL) is a loudspeaker design in which sound is generated by the force exerted on a membrane suspended in an electrostatic...
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Voigt pipe (category Loudspeaker technology)
The Voigt pipe is a type of loudspeaker enclosure that embodies a combination of transmission line, ported enclosure and horn characteristics. It is highly...
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electronic equipment Computer enclosure or computer case Loudspeaker enclosure, the box containing a loudspeaker system Disk enclosure, a specialized chassis...
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Audio crossover (category Loudspeaker technology)
complete system comprising the audio crossover and the loudspeaker drivers in their enclosure(s) is the design goal. Such a goal is often achieved using...
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A parabolic loudspeaker is a loudspeaker which seeks to focus its sound in coherent plane waves either by reflecting sound output from a speaker driver...
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waveguide methods, such as a large pipe organ or, for reproduction, exotic loudspeaker designs such as transmission line, rotary woofer, or traditional subwoofer...
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Bowers & Wilkins (redirect from John Bowers (loudspeaker builder))
industrial designer. The 1976 DM6 loudspeaker incorporated Kevlar cones and introduced updates to filter and enclosure design. That same year, the company...
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state of Kentucky, US War cabinet, typically set up in wartime Loudspeaker enclosure Computer case A slotted screwdriver blade type Serving area interface...
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Acoustic Research (category Loudspeaker manufacturers)
sealed enclosure of about 1.7 cu ft (48 L) to provide the restoring force for the woofer cone. The entrapped air of the sealed-loudspeaker enclosure, unlike...
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than loudspeaker enclosures containing physically separated drivers. As well, the pattern of response is symmetric around the axis of the loudspeaker. Since...
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Soundbase (category Loudspeakers)
A soundbase or sound base is a loudspeaker enclosure designed for a television to stand on. It creates a reasonable stereo effect from a single cabinet...
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airborne sound Components in a loudspeaker enclosure used to negate the out-of-phase sound waves from the rear of the loudspeaker Components in a suppressor...
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Loudspeaker enclosure being constructed out of MDF...
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Tweeter (category Loudspeakers)
A tweeter or treble speaker is a special type of loudspeaker (usually dome, inverse dome or horn-type) that is designed to produce high audio frequencies...
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Celestion (category Loudspeaker manufacturers)
The first housed loudspeaker, Celestion, was launched in early 1925. Customers had a choice of oak, walnut or mahogany for the enclosure. One of French's...
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