Talk:Electrodynamic speaker driver

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)

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)

Merge into Loudspeaker?
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? -- Chetvorno TALK 04:20, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Merge into Loudspeaker? (2022)
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: Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 19:11, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * 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.


 * 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)


 * 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)

Terminology and references
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)
 * Wikipedia article Transducer uses the term Electroacoustic as a class of transducer, but no reference is given.
 * John M. Eargle, "Electroacoustical Engineering Fundamentals"
 * Leigh Landy, "Understanding the Art of Sound Organization"
 * 'Electroacoustic Transducers' article published by ScienceDirect is a compendium of summaries from multiple book authors
 * 'Loudspeaker' article published by ScienceDirect is a compendium of summaries from multiple book authors
 * Glen Ballou, "Handbook for Sound Engineers, 4th Ed.", cited in article Loudspeaker