Subwoofers, Woofers, and Tweeters as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2015-05-07
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955 words · ~4 min read
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oh hi there i was just testing out my new speaker setup complete with tweeters
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woofers and subwoofers what's that you want to know what those things are well
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then i guess you came to the right place speakers of all kinds convert an
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electrical signal into sound waves allowing us to listen to music and other
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sounds from a recording or a live broadcast now
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sound has an extremely wide frequency range overall much of which is actually
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inaudible to humans so it's not really fair to expect that one type of speaker
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should be able to produce sounds at reasonable listening volumes over the
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entirety of that range that is where tweeters woofers and subwoofers come in
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and yes before you comment down below about how i've noticed those aren't the
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only three types of speakers you completely missed rotary subwoofers and
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speaker type xyz i know that they're not the only three types of speakers
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available but they are three of the most common types and they're what we'll be
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focusing on today smartypants so let's start with the highs tweeters typically
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tweeters cover the 2 000 to 20 000 hertz frequency range with 20 000 being the
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top of the audible range for humans most tweeters use dynamic drivers which we
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actually covered a bit in our video about headphone driver types right here
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which utilize a voice coil suspended in a magnetic field which is attached to a
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cone or diaphragm a thin membrane which actuates and moves air to produce the
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sound that you hear but how do we determine what is and isn't a tweeter
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then the answer is actually pretty simple size to produce a high frequency
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noise the speaker must move extremely quickly and a small speaker is much
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easier to vibrate fast enough to produce those higher frequencies than a large
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speaker and though there isn't a specific size that quantifies a speaker
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as a tweeter tweeters are usually going to be the smallest speaker on a
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particular audio setup but luckily for
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all you base heads out there not every speaker is a tiny little tweeter woofers
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are broad spectrum low-wish frequency speakers with a typical range of 20 to
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2000 hertz interestingly enough they were actually named woofers because
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their deep heavy sounds can be reminiscent of the woof of a barking dog
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like tweeters most woofers use a dynamic driver but unlike tweeters woofers are
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almost always enclosed in an external housing enclosures increase sound
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clarity and reduce distortion by preventing sound waves created at
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different locations from crossing and ensuring that the woofers can always
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receive the right amount of air for all the movement they need to do usually a
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couple of strategically placed holes while woofers can produce sound at a
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fairly wide range of frequencies they are a bit of a jack of all frequencies
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master of none so to speak especially at the maximum and minimum of their range
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so anything at or above 2 000 hertz is best left to the tweeters and the really
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low stuff is best left to our last speaker type the subwoofer the name is
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pretty self-explanatory they are sub or below a woofer and the typical frequency
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range of a subwoofer is 20 to 200 hertz
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making it a perfect organ shaker for a variety of purposes from raging parties
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to casual drives to work in your alpine sponsored 98 civic of course not every
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application of subwoofers is ridiculous when they're not configured to overpower
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everything else they are an essential component of a well-balanced speaker
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system that adds impact and depth to the explosions in your movies and the base
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in your music in a home theater the subwoofer is usually situated in its own
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separate enclosure and because it's designed to move large amounts of air
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with strong slow accurate vibrations it
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usually uses its own power source to maintain a reasonable listening volume
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while doing so so there you have it why do we need different types of speakers
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well because with only one type we would be limiting our ability to represent the
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full range of human hearing accurately making for a much less satisfying
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experience for audio enthusiasts everywhere and speaking of cruel
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a ghost pepper on camera so
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this is the package these were ordered from alamo
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peppers alamo city pepper products something along those lines these are
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dried peppers net weight of half an ounce and i'm going to go ahead and assume
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that i'm not supposed to eat all of them in one go so we're going to do just just
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one crack and open the seal
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really not looking forward to this i probably shouldn't have done this to
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whoa even the smell is strong oh i probably shouldn't have watched
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someone else's pepper challenge before starting
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but i did
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okay
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wow
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i get hiccups when i'm something's really spicy
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i don't know if i'm gonna get this down
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i'm sorry there's no way
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so thanks wow i don't know how other people are
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i'm doing this
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thanks for watching like if you liked
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dislike if you disliked
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i only swallowed a small amount of juice and i'm
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on fire don't forget to subscribe comment suggestion future episodes bye