A compression driver is a small specialized diaphragm loudspeaker which generates the sound in a horn loudspeaker. It is attached to an acoustic horn, a widening duct which serves to radiate the sound
A compression driver (cylindrical box at rear) on a midrange horn speaker used in a home audio system
A loudspeaker is a combination of one or more speaker drivers, an enclosure, and electrical connections. The speaker driver is an electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal in
Kellogg and Rice in 1925 holding the large driver of the first moving-coil cone loudspeaker
Prototype moving-coil cone loudspeaker by Kellogg and Rice in 1925, with electromagnet pulled back, showing voice coil attached to cone
The first commercial version of the speaker, sold with the RCA Radiola receiver, had only a six-inch cone. In 1926 it sold for $250, equivalent to about $3000 today.
A four-way, high fidelity loudspeaker system. Each of the four drivers outputs a different frequency range; the fifth aperture at the bottom is a bass reflex port.