Headphone Speaker Supplier Explains Speaker Classification
Headphone speaker manufacturers explain classification by working principle: Speakers mainly divide into Dynamic, Electromagnetic, Electrostatic, and Piezoelectric types.
1. Cone Speakers: The most common is the paper cone speaker. The diaphragm is conical, the most widespread in dynamic speakers, especially as woofers.
2. Planar Speakers: Also dynamic. The diaphragm is flat, vibrating entirely to radiate sound directly. Its planar diaphragm is a honeycomb plate (aluminum foil core, glass fiber faces). Frequency response is flat, wide bandwidth, low distortion, but power handling is low.
3. Horn Speakers: Work on the same principle as dynamic cone speakers. Diaphragms are often dome-shaped. The key difference: Horn speakers radiate sound indirectly via the horn; cone/dome speakers radiate directly. Horn speakers excel in efficiency, low harmonic distortion, and directivity, but have narrow bandwidth and poor bass, often used as mid/high units.
4. Dome Speakers: A dynamic type. Work like cone speakers. Dome speakers offer excellent transient response, low distortion, good directivity, but lower efficiency, often used as mid/high units.
Classified by Frequency: Woofers, Midrange Speakers, Tweeters, Full-Range Speakers.
1. Midrange Speakers: Reproduce mid-frequencies. They bridge the gap between woofer and tweeter. Mids dominate the audible spectrum; human ears are more sensitive here, demanding high sound quality. Types: cone, dome, horn. Requirements: flat SPL curve, low distortion, good directivity.
2. Woofers: Reproduce low frequencies. Good bass extension. Large diameters (200mm, 300-380mm) extend low-end response. Wide, soft surrounds (rubber, cloth, foam) allow greater cone excursion. Generally, larger woofers yield better bass and higher power handling.
3. Full-Range Speakers: Cover lows, mids, highs, playing the full audio range. Theoretically 20Hz-20kHz; practically difficult with one driver. Often dual-cone or coaxial designs. Dual-cone speakers add a small cone inside the large one for highs, improving high-frequency response. Coaxial speakers mount different-sized woofers/tweeters on the same axis.
4. Tweeters: Reproduce high frequencies. Small size, stiff diaphragm extends response to 20kHz. Requirements similar to midrange plus extended high-frequency response and high power handling. Common types: cone, planar, dome, ribbon, electrostatic.
1. Cone Speakers: The most common is the paper cone speaker. The diaphragm is conical, the most widespread in dynamic speakers, especially as woofers.
2. Planar Speakers: Also dynamic. The diaphragm is flat, vibrating entirely to radiate sound directly. Its planar diaphragm is a honeycomb plate (aluminum foil core, glass fiber faces). Frequency response is flat, wide bandwidth, low distortion, but power handling is low.
3. Horn Speakers: Work on the same principle as dynamic cone speakers. Diaphragms are often dome-shaped. The key difference: Horn speakers radiate sound indirectly via the horn; cone/dome speakers radiate directly. Horn speakers excel in efficiency, low harmonic distortion, and directivity, but have narrow bandwidth and poor bass, often used as mid/high units.
4. Dome Speakers: A dynamic type. Work like cone speakers. Dome speakers offer excellent transient response, low distortion, good directivity, but lower efficiency, often used as mid/high units.
Classified by Frequency: Woofers, Midrange Speakers, Tweeters, Full-Range Speakers.
1. Midrange Speakers: Reproduce mid-frequencies. They bridge the gap between woofer and tweeter. Mids dominate the audible spectrum; human ears are more sensitive here, demanding high sound quality. Types: cone, dome, horn. Requirements: flat SPL curve, low distortion, good directivity.
2. Woofers: Reproduce low frequencies. Good bass extension. Large diameters (200mm, 300-380mm) extend low-end response. Wide, soft surrounds (rubber, cloth, foam) allow greater cone excursion. Generally, larger woofers yield better bass and higher power handling.
3. Full-Range Speakers: Cover lows, mids, highs, playing the full audio range. Theoretically 20Hz-20kHz; practically difficult with one driver. Often dual-cone or coaxial designs. Dual-cone speakers add a small cone inside the large one for highs, improving high-frequency response. Coaxial speakers mount different-sized woofers/tweeters on the same axis.
4. Tweeters: Reproduce high frequencies. Small size, stiff diaphragm extends response to 20kHz. Requirements similar to midrange plus extended high-frequency response and high power handling. Common types: cone, planar, dome, ribbon, electrostatic.