Consumer Electronics

SPEAKERS

The common (or may be not so common) denominator in all sound systems is the speaker. If the input is technically good and the output to the speakers is pleasing, how disappointing the result if speaker performance is less than desirable just because of poor performance. Most of the speakers are designed to handle power in the 6 to 8 W range. From that point on, however, similarities begin to flatten out.

Car stereo speakers, Fig. 24.9 come in all sizes, shapes and impedances; round, oval, miniature, slim-line, air suspension, wedge, 4 W, 8 W, 3 inch, 4 inch, 10 inch, etc. The main point in all this is that in order for the total system to be most effective, the speakers must match the system as well as the application. In addition, ...