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Driver (audio)

A driver in [audio hardware] comprises of the permanent magnet voice coil and speaker cone used in dynamic [loudspeakers] and headphones.

Most loudspeakers have multiple drivers:

• single driver cannot radiate full audible [spectrum] with equal efficiency
• multiple drivers used for specific [frequency] ranges
• possible through [crossover] circuitry

Two-way speakers:

• tweeter (high frequencies)
• woofer (low frequencies)

Three-way speaker:

• tweeter, mid-range, woofer

Subwoofer: standalone driver for efficient reproduction of low and infrasonic frequencies

• Good for ~30 Hz to hear and feel the waves

Sources

• MUS 407 Sound Reproduction Systems