Loudspeaker

A loudspeaker, or simply speaker, is an electromechanical device which converts an electrical signal into sound. The term is used to refer to both the transducer, or driver itself, and a complete system consisting of one or more transducers in an enclosure. The loudspeaker is the most variable element in an audio system. The audible differences between speaker systems are considerable.

See also

• Audio crossover
• Audiophile
• Computer speaker
• Ferrofluid
• Frequency response
• Headphone
• High-end audio
• Impedance
• Loudspeaker acoustics
• PMPO
• RMS
• Sensitivity
• Speaker wire
• Thiele/Small Parameters are used to determine the ideal enclosure size for any given transducer.

Manufacturers

• Altec Lansing (USA)
• Audiovox (USA)
• Bang & Olufsen (Denmark)
• Blaupunkt (Germany)
• Bose (USA)
• Bowers & Wilkins (UK)
• DALI (Denmark)
• Genelec (Finland)
• JBL (USA)
• KEF (UK)
• KLH (USA)
• Klipsch (USA)
• Krell (USA)
• Linn Products (UK)
• Mackie (USA)
• Martin-Logan
• PSB Speakers (Canada)
• Paradigm Electronics (Canada)
• Tannoy (UK)
• Teledyne (USA)
• Wharfedale Loudspeakers (UK)
• Yamaha (Japan)