subject: Types Of Car Audio Speakers And Their Functions [print this page] A speaker, in his case you car audio speakers, reproduce sounds - electric sounds though sound waves that can be received by our ears. Car stereo speakers functions to reproduce the actual sounds without compromising it, meaning the sound should be the exact replicate of the actual sound.
To create sounds, basically only one speaker would be enough. Not all sound frequencies however, can be produced with one a single speaker. For example, high frequency sounds contains a great deal of mass so it needs a type of speaker to reproduce it. The same goes for very low frequency sounds which also need a certain type of speaker to reproduce the sound. For this reason coaxial and component speakers were created to produce all range of frequencies from the very low to the very high. This is so you can enjoy listening to great music while on the go.
The most common car stereo speaker is the coaxial. It comes in one piece and already installed or built in your car. Coaxial car audio speakers both have the woofer and also tweeter all in the same place. The woofer reproduces low frequency sounds while the tweeters produce high frequency sounds.
Coaxial car audio speaker is also called two-way speaker, three-way speaker, or four-way speaker. It is quite easy to identify whether a coaxial speaker is a two, three, or four-way. A two-way speaker contains a woofer and a tweeter. A three-way speaker contains two tweeters and a woofer, while a four-way speaker, has a woofer and three tweeters.
Car stereo nowadays have CD players on their head sets. Compact disks produce frequencies between 20 to 20,000 Hz and tweeters are necessary for the sound to come out right. Car audio speakers that do not have tweeters can only reproduce 15 to 10,000 Hertz so sounds from a compact disk tend to be distorted. Needless to say when changing your headset you should also check if your speakers are compatible with it,
Component speakers consist of many parts so it is also called separate speakers. Component speakers include tweeters, woofer, and an external crossover filter. Woofers come in 3 to 4 inch sizes while tweeters are quite small that start at 1 inch. Component speakers usually are higher in price compared to coaxial speakers, nevertheless since speaker comes individually the sound coming out is so much better.
The external crossover filter functions to filter music. It also filters the sound so it comes out right channelling high frequency sounds to tweeters and low frequency sounds to either the woofer or subwoofer.
Very low sound frequencies below or close to 100 Hz, subwoofers are used. Subwoofers are fairly large beginning at 8 inches thus it needs a stronger amplifier to generate very low frequency sounds. Subwoofers are used to produce the "rumble" that is often used in movies and sound effects. To listen to a balanced sound in your car, place the woofer and subwoofer near the tweeters.
In selecting the right kind of car audio speakers, know what you are looking for in music. Do you want to listen to a music that sounds whole or do you want to feel each sound frequency coming from individual speakers? Well, the choice is yours.
