Thursday, December 17, 2009

Speak up speakers


You ever wonder why the speakers look the way they do. Is there any reason that speakers are always that parabolic shape? Well once again I went off to Google to find out some answers. Believe It or not the shape isn’t just pretty to look at it is acutely designed to enhance the sound output of the speakers. See sound is a mechanical wave that travels through the air and the parabolic shape of the speakers directs this sound causing an effect called constructive interference. To put it in easier to understand terms the sound waves align perfectly with each other thus they build on top of each other building greater energy and thus greater sound. Another reason for the parabolic design is that the magnets have a much greater freedom to vibrate this also adds to the sound quality. So the shape of those speakers isn’t just for looks it serves a very important purpose.

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