A subwoofer is a loudspeaker designed to reproduce low-pitched audio frequencies, known as bass and sub-bass, that are lower in frequency than those which can be generated by a woofer. The typical fre
12-inch (30 cm) subwoofer driver (loudspeaker). A driver is commonly installed in an enclosure (often a wooden cabinet) to prevent the sound waves coming off the back of the driver diaphragm from canceling out the sound waves being generated from the front of the subwoofer.
A typical Hi-Fi subwoofer (r.), with the subwoofer loudspeaker built into a cabinet. On the left, a version with transparent cabinet is shown where the large magnet (grayish color) of the speaker driver can be seen in the middle, close to the brown damper.
View of the underside of the downward-firing Infinity Servo Statik 1, showing the size of the 18-inch (45 cm) custom-wound Cerwin-Vega driver in relation to a soda can for scale
A display of Cerwin-Vega speaker enclosures at the 1975 Audio Engineering Society meeting
A rave is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990
Subwoofer
…seek to provide more directional bass sound are: music festivals, which often have several bands performing at the same time on different stages; large raves or EDM events, where there are multiple DJs performing at the same time in different rooms or stages; and multiplex movie theaters, in which there are…
DJ Sven Väth mixes tracks for a crowd of dancers at Amnesia, an Ibiza nightclub, in 2013.
A huge bank of speakers and subwoofers from a rave sound reinforcement system
Rave – Juiz de Fora – MG, featuring bright psychedelic theming common at many raves
The Roland TB-303 is a synthesizer featured in acid house music.