Loudspeaker
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A loudspeaker (or "speaker") is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful. The most common form of loudspeaker uses a paper cone supporting a voice coil electromagnet acting on a permanent magnet, but many other types exist. Where high fidelity reproduction of sound is required, multiple loudspeakers may be used, each reproducing a part of the audible frequency range. Miniature loudspeakers are found in devices such as radio and TV receivers, and many forms of music players. Larger loudspeaker systems are used for music, sound reinforcement in theatres and concerts, and in public address systems.
See also
- Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing & Acoustics International (ALMA)
- Audio power
- Audiophile
- Bandwidth extension
- Directional sound
- Dust cap
- Electronics
- Ferrofluid#Heat transfer
- Guitar speaker
- High-end audio
- Isobaric loudspeaker
- List of loudspeaker manufacturers
- Loudspeaker acoustics
- Music centre
- Parabolic loudspeaker
- Planephones
- Rotary woofer
- Sound from ultrasound
- Soundbar
- Speaker stands
- Speaker wire
- Super tweeter
- Surround sound
