loudspeaker
n.
electronic device which amplifies sound
Loudspeaker
For the Marty Friedman album, see
Loudspeaker (album) A loudspeaker, speaker, or speaker system is an
electromechanical transducer that converts an
electrical signal into
sound. The term loudspeaker can refer to individual devices (or drivers), and complete systems consisting of an
enclosure incorporating one or more drivers and
additional electronics. Loudspeakers are the most variable elements in any audio system, and are responsible for marked audible differences between otherwise identical sound systems. Loudspeaker performance (i.e., their accuracy in reproducing a signal without adding distortion) is significantly poorer than that of other audio equipment. For example, harmonic distortion in a typical loudspeaker can be 100 to 1000 times greater than that of amplifiers. The frequency response of a loudspeaker is often referenced as being within ±3 dB of perfect linearity (though many speaker designs fall far outside this range), whereas an amplifier may vary less than 0.1 dB.
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loudspeaker
Noun
1. electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
(synonym) speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system
(hypernym) electro-acoustic transducer
(hyponym) bullhorn, loud-hailer
(part-holonym) public address system, P.A. system, PA system, P.A., PA
loudspeaker
Synonyms and related words:
acoustical network, capacitor speaker, coaxial speaker, cone, crossover network, diaphragm, dynamic speaker, earphone, electrodynamic speaker, electromagnetic speaker, electrostatic speaker, excited-field speaker, full-fidelity speaker, headphone, headset, high-fidelity speaker, high-frequency speaker, horn, low-frequency speaker, midrange speaker, monorange speaker, moving-coil speaker, permanent magnet speaker, speaker, speaker system, speaker unit, triaxial speaker, tweeter, voice coil, woofer
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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