Chapter 4
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 energised in such a way that it vibrates to produce sound waves which are recognisably similar to the original sound from which the energising signal was derived. To ask a vibrating plastic loudspeaker cone to reproduce the sound of, say, a violin is to ask a great deal, and it is easy to take for granted how successful the best examples have become. Continuing development and refinement of the loudspeaker has brought about a more or less steady improvement in its general performance, but it is a sobering thought that one very rarely mistakes a sound ...
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