yes. this. Thanks, Top banana! This was the coolest and most educational youtube video I've watched since ISO. I've never heard anyone explain it so. click!
Excellent video John and very clearly explained! More of this sort of stuff will be much appreciated especially covering the other aspects of speaker design as you mentioned.
Excellent explanation (in layman's terms) of how speakers work. It still amazes how the recording and playback of audio works. But it does, and works wonderfully! A video featuring your speaker line up and tidbits of their history would be much appreciated! Thanks for your contribution to audio.
Nicely presented, and very clear. Would be nice a future video if you could speak the various choices of cone material (paper, polypropylene, kevlar) and their properties. Has materials science helped in any way or is this all just fancy marketing?
I'm still surprised that if I walk past a venue where music is being played, like a bar, then it's always possible to tell whether the music is live or being produced by a speaker system. Still a very long way to go, I suggest.
Hopefully the suspension surrounds that you use in ALL of your very expensive (IMO) speakers are NOT made of foam!!! In terms of longevity, foam surrounds will, without exception, deteriorate within several decades, if not sooner, and will not last as long as virgin rubber or doped cloth which seem to never deteriorate. Virgin rubber and doped cloth obviously cost more but these have been shown to pass the test of time as I'm sure you know!!!
This is probably a jr question but, when building a driver how do you determine the sensitivity and load (4,6,or 8 ohm) of the driver? And can it be changed later if you decide it’s not meeting your requirements?
Great stuff! Please make more like this. I also am looking forward to listening to the Cinematic Orchestra Live album that I recently tracked down after watching your live album video. Thanks.
you must make one about the resonances and that they have a specific sound, a midrange made from plastic sounds completely differently than one from paper. And maybe you can explain why it is not too bad to go with plastic in the bass and what's the advantage/disadvantage there but plastic in the midrange is something to be better avoided.
Your analogies are a bit tortured - you could have just said tube, instead of coil-former,which sounds odd. A speaker is a transducer, not a generator - yes you can make it produce a little voltage, but basically it changes one form of energy into another. Saying it's just like a generator is confusing.
;-) I thought the same, why not comparing it to an electric motor and then to a linear electric motor, a generator is a bit off, but coil+magnet+movement=current is the idea and I think it came across.
Great instructional video. I had zero understanding how a driver made noise before watching this. The one question I have is how does a speaker transition or pass off the low-mid from the woofer to the high tweeter? Is it inherent with the limitations of each driver or does something else manage this. I'm probably not using the right terms but essentially how does the tweeter know what parts of the noise it should play vs the woofer?
Of course I typed out the question and hit send only to find that you explained everything in the next video 🤦♂️ Thanks, great tutorials, it's really fascinating stuff. When you said earlier the technology has been around for 100 years it blows my mind thinking about the moment somebody discovered their invention could actually reproduce noise accurately, what an incredible moment.
It was Steve Guttenberg that brought me here, it so cool that the audio community is like a big family. I love audio to the point of almost being obsessed and it's people such as yourself that fill the need. Thanks!
How does the shape and size of the dust cap effect the sound at different frequencies? I have been trying to experiment with this myself by making different dust caps out of fiberglass cloth hardened with (the smallest possible amount of) epoxy..
Can you give me your recommendation for a really good soundings portable Bluetooth speaker? I'm looking at the Aiwa exos 9 and the diamondboxx M3. But if you recommend one, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Brad R
Hi John, from a structural standpoint I would think using a larger voice coil would make a woofer or mid woofer more stable, I realize there are trade-offs in most engineering but I’m not sure what they are. Cost/ Driver efficiency?
thks, learnt something new today. Wd be great to have a better understanding of how different cone materials affect sound, and dust cap Vs phase plug pros and cons
Interesting, it still is a bit of a mystery to me how electricity can cause beautiful music, I believe it is the frequency of the electric signal that produce the frequency of the music, but maybe i am totally wrong, grtz from the netherlands
More of this kind of thing, please. :)
Hey Darko I seen you in the wild now lol
Nice, love the animations!
Thanks--they were fun to make.
yes. this. Thanks, Top banana! This was the coolest and most educational youtube video I've watched since ISO. I've never heard anyone explain it so. click!
Thanks John! I finally understood how it works!
Absolutely brilliant in its simplicity and clarity.
Really great video. I love the technical overview content. I think you're finding your stride.
Excellent video John and very clearly explained! More of this sort of stuff will be much appreciated especially covering the other aspects of speaker design as you mentioned.
Love your channel. Thank you.
Thank you, I’ve never heard that described in a meaningful way before. Nice job.
Brilliant, basic, and at the right lengh ! Thanks
You have knack for teaching; I'm in, subscribed.
Thank you!
Excellent explanation (in layman's terms) of how speakers work. It still amazes how the recording and playback of audio works. But it does, and works wonderfully! A video featuring your speaker line up and tidbits of their history would be much appreciated! Thanks for your contribution to audio.
Nicely presented, and very clear. Would be nice a future video if you could speak the various choices of cone material (paper, polypropylene, kevlar) and their properties. Has materials science helped in any way or is this all just fancy marketing?
Fancy marketing according to people like Peter Qvortrup of Audio Note.
Wow, Amazing video, please make more
Please more cats. 😺😺
I'm still surprised that if I walk past a venue where music is being played, like a bar, then it's always possible to tell whether the music is live or being produced by a speaker system. Still a very long way to go, I suggest.
"doing a little dance in the magnetic gap" Love it!! Great video.
Subbed. You do such a great job explaining. Your audio is wonderful and your lighting is great. Fantastic presentation. Please keep it coming.
Any thoughts on field coil speakers , or maybe a plan to make version of 096 to field coil ?
Just watched this video and thanks so much for this descriptive informative video on the working of a speaker driver
Thank you very much.
Great graphics.
Hopefully the suspension surrounds that you use in ALL of your very expensive (IMO) speakers are NOT made of foam!!! In terms of longevity, foam surrounds will, without exception, deteriorate within several decades, if not sooner, and will not last as long as virgin rubber or doped cloth which seem to never deteriorate. Virgin rubber and doped cloth obviously cost more but these have been shown to pass the test of time as I'm sure you know!!!
DeVore uses SEAS woofers which have rubber surrounds.
Excellent choice of drivers!!!!!!
This is probably a jr question but, when building a driver how do you determine the sensitivity and load (4,6,or 8 ohm) of the driver? And can it be changed later if you decide it’s not meeting your requirements?
well i think it is more a changing magnetfeld of an elektric magnet and a normal magnet, that move the membran...
It is an honor, to listen to you. A true enjoyment and eye opening presentation.
Thank you!
A very informative short lecture, John. Excellent! Now I know more about the anatomy of a speaker. 😁Thank you for sharing.
Reminds me of the times I used to use my headphones as a microphone.
I'm trying to figure out what the little metal pieces you attach the wires to are called🤦
Great stuff! Please make more like this. I also am looking forward to listening to the Cinematic Orchestra Live album that I recently tracked down after watching your live album video. Thanks.
A tweeter dont move faster it chance direction more times then a woofer.
Thank you so much for this video. I learned so much that I did not know. One of my favorites from your channel!
you must make one about the resonances and that they have a specific sound, a midrange made from plastic sounds completely differently than one from paper. And maybe you can explain why it is not too bad to go with plastic in the bass and what's the advantage/disadvantage there but plastic in the midrange is something to be better avoided.
Your analogies are a bit tortured - you could have just said tube, instead of coil-former,which sounds odd. A speaker is a transducer, not a generator - yes you can make it produce a little voltage, but basically it changes one form of energy into another. Saying it's just like a generator is confusing.
;-) I thought the same, why not comparing it to an electric motor and then to a linear electric motor, a generator is a bit off, but coil+magnet+movement=current is the idea and I think it came across.
Great instructional video. I had zero understanding how a driver made noise before watching this. The one question I have is how does a speaker transition or pass off the low-mid from the woofer to the high tweeter? Is it inherent with the limitations of each driver or does something else manage this. I'm probably not using the right terms but essentially how does the tweeter know what parts of the noise it should play vs the woofer?
Of course I typed out the question and hit send only to find that you explained everything in the next video 🤦♂️
Thanks, great tutorials, it's really fascinating stuff. When you said earlier the technology has been around for 100 years it blows my mind thinking about the moment somebody discovered their invention could actually reproduce noise accurately, what an incredible moment.
John Darko sent me here. Stayed, enjoyed and subscribed
NayrbSG exactly how I ended up here too. Now a happy subscriber.
@@DonHamlin Thanks. Enjoy.
It was Steve Guttenberg that brought me here, it so cool that the audio community is like a big family. I love audio to the point of almost being obsessed and it's people such as yourself that fill the need. Thanks!
Why are so many spiders yellow?
My Dad had Hi-Fi speakers from the 50s that had leather surrounds for the woofers.
Cool! Not many of those still around.
Tnx.👍
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Your videos are a very happy spot into COVID19 quarentine
How does the shape and size of the dust cap effect the sound at different frequencies?
I have been trying to experiment with this myself by making different dust caps out of fiberglass cloth hardened with (the smallest possible amount of) epoxy..
Are these Sea drivers?
Good Morning John,
The structure of a Speaker is wonderfully explained.
The journey continues ...
Gary @ SiServices
This is a Seas driver, right?
This is good info, and I appreciate you breaking it down.
Can you give me your recommendation for a really good soundings portable Bluetooth speaker?
I'm looking at the Aiwa exos 9 and the diamondboxx M3.
But if you recommend one, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Brad R
Thanks John.
Hi John, from a structural standpoint I would think using a larger voice coil would make a woofer or mid woofer more stable, I realize there are trade-offs in most engineering but I’m not sure what they are. Cost/ Driver efficiency?
The drivers you showed off look like Seas drivers. Really good quality! I used their drivers in a build of mine, loved the result!
thks, learnt something new today. Wd be great to have a better understanding of how different cone materials affect sound, and dust cap Vs phase plug pros and cons
Good video. Is there any good book or source of info about calculating and designing speaker voice coils since it's been a century?
Interesting, it still is a bit of a mystery to me how electricity can cause beautiful music, I believe it is the frequency of the electric signal that produce the frequency of the music, but maybe i am totally wrong, grtz from the netherlands
Have long wanted to understand the basic physics of music reproduction but never before broke free of the "where to begin" inertia. Thank you!
Great video. You are a great instructor. Im glad to have stumbled into your channel.
Excellent, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Excellent. Did anyone else hear a lion roar at 7:15 when he slid the speaker?
Great video but it could have been improved with a Lulubear sighting.
Man, I like this kind of video. Thank you sir.
Very helpful. I hope you continue this series
I love it. Thanks for the info!
Glad I found this channel!
now how to diy your 096 :)
Thanks!
Fantastic, your videos are great!
Thanks!
Once you go Fieldcoil, you cant go back.