2007-01-18 19:21:57 · 7 answers · asked by lawrence 1 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
They make the car go 'doof doof doof doof' lol :)
2007-01-18 19:24:11 · answer #1 · answered by tu_sweet189 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tiny puppies that aren't too bright - no really -
Because of the way speakers work, the frequencies they reproduce well, depend on the crossover (what range of sound goes to what speaker), the size of the magnet, and the paper cone attached to the magnet. An Ideal speaker system would have a speaker for every 1000 hertz range, or more.
Humans hear from 20 -20,000 Hertz, most speakers don't reproduce that full range.
In the old days of Hi-Fi (before stereo), speakers were named Woofers (20 - 8000 Hz), Tweeters (10,000 -20,000 Hz) and Mid range speakers covered about 100 -15,000 hertz.
Originally subwoofers, were actually meant to reproduce the sub-sonic (below 20 hertz) that humans can't hear, but we can feel. In the old days if a subwoofer "kicked" it was broken.
Modern subwoofers are really mis-named, most of them will reproduce freqs of up to 8,000 Hz like the old-time Woofers.
2007-01-19 03:49:53 · answer #2 · answered by Gordon M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Sub-woofer is a large speaker designed to adequately produce sounds well in the lower bass frequencies, that most smaller speakers will not produce well.
2007-01-19 03:30:37 · answer #3 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A speaker generally above 8" is refered to as a subwoofer.
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2007-01-19 10:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they deliver bass in a lower range than regular speakers. You "feel' it rather than "hear" it.
2007-01-19 03:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by popeyethesadist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they big speakers mostly used for bass
2007-01-19 04:23:46 · answer #6 · answered by fiekiej 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow... umm they go BOOM BOOM BOOM!!
2007-01-19 08:28:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋