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The Physics of Speakers



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What exactly are speakers?


Speakers are found everywhere in modern day life, from the speakers in our mobile phones, headphones, speakers in our TV's, to the speakers that create our surround sounds. But what exactly allows an electrical signal to be able to be turned into sound that we can hear from ourimage of speakers ears? Is there more than one type of speaker? What are the parts that make up a speaker? What is the math and physics involved? We are here to answer many questions you may have and hope to provide you a simple explanation to often complicated questions.
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  1. http://web.mit.edu/2.972/www/reports/speaker/speaker.html
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  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudspeaker
  4. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Audio/spk.html
  5. http://www.explainthatstuff.com/loudspeakers.html
  6. http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-efficiency.htm
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