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WOOFER
WOOFER
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.