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WOOFER :- Woofer is the term commonly used for a loudspeaker driver designed to produce

low frequency sounds, typically from around 40 hertz up to about a kilohertz or higher.The most
common design for a woofer is the electrodynamic driver, which typically uses a stiff paper cone, driven
by a voice coil which is surrounded by a magnetic field. The voice coil is attached by adhesives to the
back of the speaker cone. The voice coil and magnet form a linear electric motor. When current flows
through the voice coil, the coil moves in relation to the frame according to Fleming's left hand rule,
causing the coil to push or pull on the driver cone in a piston-like way. The resulting motion of the cone
creates sound waves as it moves in and out.The frame, or basket, is the structure holding the cone, voice
coil and magnet in the proper alignment, and must be as rigid as possible. Cast metal baskets are the most
expensive and the most rigid in all directions. Stamped steel baskets are cheaper but less rigid, and cast
plastic is cheaper still and has come into common use.

TWEETER:- A tweeter is a loudspeaker designed to produce high frequencies, typically from


around 2,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz (generally considered to be the upper limit of human hearing). Some
tweeters can manage response up to 45 kHz. The name is derived from the high pitched sounds made by
some birds, especially in contrast to the low woofs made by many dogs, after which low-frequency
drivers are named.Nearly all tweeters are electrodynamic drivers, using a voice coil suspended within a
fixed magnetic field. These designs operate by applying current from an amplifier to a coil. The
electrified voice coil produces a varying magnetic field, which works against the fixed magnetic field,
forcing the voice coil—and the diaphragm attached to it—to move. Since the coil is attached to a
diaphragm, its motions become those of the diaphragm creating air motions, which we hear as high
sounds. Tweeters are intended to convert an electrical signal into mechanical air movement with nothing
added or subtracted, but the process is imperfect, and real-world tweeters involve trade-offs.

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