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CHAPTER 4

Loudspeakers

CHAPTER CONTENTS

The Moving-coil Loudspeaker

Other Loudspeaker Types

Mounting and Loading Drive Units

‘Infinite baffle’ systems

Bass reflex systems

Coupled cavity systems

Horn loading

Complete Loudspeaker systems

Two-way systems

Three-way systems

Active Loudspeakers

Loudspeaker Performance

Sensitivity

Frequency response

Power handling

Directivity

Setting up Loudspeakers

Positioning

Thiele–Small Parameters and Enclosure Volume Calculations

Digital Signal Processing in Loudspeakers

A loudspeaker is a transducer which converts electrical energy into acoustical energy. A loudspeaker must therefore have a diaphragm of some sort which is capable of being energized in such a way that it vibrates ...

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