Talk:Electrodynamic speaker driver

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Klbrain in topic Merge into Loudspeaker? (2022)

Can the permanent magnet be not magnetic at all? I.E. jsut iron; then it would be much easier to home make a speaker to your own prefferences. Daniel Christensen (talk) 20:12, 21 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Look; this cone and voice coil works when held up to anyhting iron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dJKh2MYIjo lol that's my video. Daniel Christensen (talk) 20:12, 21 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Merge into Loudspeaker?

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This stubby article only repeats some of the material in Loudspeaker, describing (poorly!) how a dynamic speaker works. In my view it doesn't include any material which would justify its existence, such as describing the differences in construction between tweeters, mid-ranges, and woofers (which is already covered in Loudspeaker). Is someone willing to expand this into a real article, or should we merge it into Loudspeaker? --ChetvornoTALK 04:20, 10 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Merge into Loudspeaker? (2022)

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To not merge, as Loudspeaker is a broad concept article with subarticles providing more information; improve pages. Klbrain (talk) 07:26, 17 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

I vote that we do not merge the two articles and instead improve the differentiation and focus of the two articles.

I see the confusion of terminology in this and the related Loudspeaker article. This article appears to be intended to introduce the conceptual family of electrical sound producing technologies. However, this article refers to a specific technology with the approximate same name as the article's own name: the dynamic driver or electrodynamic driver invented in 1925 by Edward W. Kellogg and Chester W. Rice which creates sound with a coil of wire suspended between the poles of a magnet.

I propose that we:

  1. Revise the name of this article to use official IEEE terminology for the concept or family of electrically-driven sound producing machines;
  2. Evaluate (and revise if needed) the name of the Loudspeaker article to match the focus of the article, a specific technology invented in 1925 by Edward W. Kellogg and Chester W. Rice which creates sound with a coil of wire suspended between the poles of a magnet;
  3. Evaluate (and revise if needed) the content of this article to introduce and refer to the Loudspeaker article as a specific technology invented in 1925 by Edward W. Kellogg and Chester W. Rice which creates sound with a coil of wire suspended between the poles of a magnet; and
  4. Evaluate (and revise if needed) the content of the Loudspeaker article to refer to specific technology invented in 1925 by Edward W. Kellogg and Chester W. Rice which creates sound with a coil of wire suspended between the poles of a magnet as one of many types of electrical sound producing technologies.

Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 19:11, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

I agree with this proposal. I feel as if we should work towards this if it hasn't been done already. Zekerocks11 (talk) 01:53, 12 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Anon lynx: The Loudspeaker article is currently the more general article and you appear to be proposing a role reversal. What sources support the notion that loudspeaker is a term that refers specifically to technology invented in 1925 by Edward W. Kellogg and Chester W. Rice? This is certainly not my understanding of the term. ~Kvng (talk) 19:26, 6 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Terminology and references

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Here are some notes while I research what is the generally accepted or standard English-speaking terminology. Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 19:26, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Ballou, Glen (2008). Handbook for Sound Engineers, 4th Ed. Taylor and Francis. p. 597. ISBN 978-1136122538.
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