Parts of a Speaker: What Is Inside and What Each Part Does
Speaker anatomy cut in half: a labelled diagram of the parts of a speaker and what is inside. Cabinet, baffle, port, crossover and drivers, each explained.
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How drivers work, what the cone is made of and why it matters, and how to pick between the options. No marketing physics.
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The series capacitor sealed box
Why SB Acoustics put a 1000µF capacitor in series with the Kinnara's woofer — and why they had to remove a third of the magnet to make it work.
Speaker building FAQ
The questions builders actually ask, answered with sources — and with the popular claims that do not survive checking clearly marked as such.
What Is a Speaker Driver? The 15 Parts and How They Work
A speaker driver, or loudspeaker driver, is the part that turns current into sound. All 15 parts, what each one controls, and how to read a real datasheet.
TeXtreme, Carbon Fibre and Kevlar in Loudspeakers
How TeXtreme spread tow, Kevlar and carbon fibre differ, and how carbon fibre and TeXtreme are used in loudspeakers, including SB Acoustics' Satori drivers.
What is TeXtreme® in a speaker cone?
TeXtreme speaker cones use Oxeon's spread tow carbon: fibres spread into thin, flat tows. Why its high specific stiffness and low weight suit a loudspeaker.
Which speaker is right for me?
Soundbars, stereo, bookshelf and floorstanding speakers compared: room and floor space, bass without a subwoofer, and why a stereo pair beats a soundbar.
Why do speakers have magnets?
The voice coil becomes an electromagnet that the speaker magnet pushes and pulls. Why the gap, not the magnet size, decides how good a speaker sounds.
Owner reviews
We are biased. Obviously. So here is what people who actually paid us have to say.
From Buchardt to Sasandu
Paulo Miguel Faustino moved from the Buchardt S400 MKII to the SB Acoustics Sasandu. His impressions after 100 hours: soundstage, imaging, vocals and bass.
Rinjani Be, in Lamborghini Orange
An IEM maker and head-fi specialist who had never found a loudspeaker he liked, and what happened when he heard the Rinjani.