Allan's Audio Blogs

Loudspeakers come in many different shapes, sizes, and configurations, but they all do the same thing: they convert audio signals into sound waves. Most audio systems include several loudspeaker drivers to reproduce both low frequencies (LF) and high frequencies (HF). From lowest to highest frequency, the most common types of drivers are subwoofers, woofers, mid-range, and high frequency. Loudspeaker frequency ranges When looking into speakers and their technology, reference will be seen to a number of different types of loudspeaker for different frequency ranges. Often some hi-fi speaker systems are made up from a number of different speakers to enable them to cover the complete audio frequency range as it is not possible for a single speaker to cover the whole range. Sub-woofer: The sub-woofer loudspeaker is intended to reproduce the very low frequencies, especially giving a sense of ‘feel’ to the sound. Typically a sub-woofer loudspeaker would reproduce frequencies i...