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LOUDSPEAKER DRIVER [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

An individual woofer, midrange, tweeter, or other transducer within a speaker.

OBS

The term "driver", in reference to loudspeakers, is also used to describe the moving parts of a loudspeaker, as long as they relate to woofers, tweeters, or midrange speakers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Haut-parleur élémentaire ou transducteur, tel que le haut-parleur des graves, des fréquences moyennes ou des aigus.

OBS

Le terme anglais «driver» couvre deux notions, soit celle du haut-parleur individuel d'une enceinte du type woofer, tweeter ou médial (midrange), ce qui est le cas de la présente fiche, ou encore celle de la partie mobile d'un haut-parleur, que l'on appelle plus techniquement «équipage mobile».

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
DEF

The moving part, or parts, of a loudspeaker.

CONT

These are usually woofers (bass drivers), tweeters and midrange drivers. There are a number of different driver designs. Virtually all woofers use the traditional speaker cone (some light material, often paper pulp or polypropylene) held in place by a suspension and backed by a coil inserted into the magnetic field of a strong permanent magnet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Partie en mouvement dans un haut-parleur.

OBS

Dans les HP [haut-parleurs] dynamiques, cela comprend la membrane, les suspensions et la bobine.

OBS

Le vocable anglais «driver» peut se traduire en réalité de deux manières, soit la partie mobile (équipage mobile) d'un haut-parleur (c'est le cas de la présente fiche) ou encore par «haut-parleur» d'enceinte, ce dernier pouvant être un «tweeter», un «woofer» ou un «haut-parleur médial» (midrange loudspeaker).

Spanish

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