Car owners need to have good quality speakers for achieving that perfect sound. Finding the right type of speakers will not only enable car owners save money but, they will also improve the car’s sound system. Therefore, it is important for car owners to know the various car speakers available. The first type of car speakers that are available is the coaxial or multi-element speakers. These are the most widely used speakers and are pre-installed during the production of the car. The design of the coaxial speakers includes tweeters and woofers that are combined in the same speaker unit. The cone shaped woofer has the capability of generating low range frequencies while the tweeters are able to produce very high range frequencies.
In addition, the coaxial speakers are usually described as either two-way speakers, three-way speakers and so on. It is very easy to know whether the speaker is a two way or a four way. Two-way speakers contain one tweeter and a woofer, while four way speakers have one woofer and three tweeters. Tweeters in a speaker are a vital requirement. The reason for this is that car music systems play compact disks at frequencies of 20-20,000 Hz. However, speakers that have no tweeters can only pick up sounds at frequencies of 15-10,000 Hz. Because of this shortfall, the system will try to reproduce the missing frequency resulting to sound distortions and low sound quality.
The second type of speakers is the component speaker system. These speakers are made up of mid-range woofers, crossover filter networks and tweeters that are separated form the main speaker. Again, with the component speakers the tweeters produce high range frequencies while the woofers produce low frequencies. The component speakers are designed to produce certain range of frequencies. To be able to produce superb audio quality, the speakers are used with other component speakers. The component speakers have what are known as series of frequency filters referred to as crossover filters.
The use of the crossover filters enables the component speaker to produce high quality sound without any distortions. The crossover filters are able to prevent sound distortions by transferring only audio signals, which the components can be able to handle. For instance, the crossover filter directs signals with high frequencies between 10,000 to 20,000 Hz to the tweeters while low frequency signals of between 25-10,000 are filtered to the woofers. Another type of car stereo speakers are the sub woofers, which can reproduce low sound frequencies that are below or closer to 100 Hz. Sub woofers are normally speakers ranging from eight inches or bigger, but because of their bigger size they require additional amplifier power than coaxial or component speakers.
To be able to effectively produce low range sound frequencies, subwoofers must be placed in an enclosure. Finally when deciding which speaker to buy, take into consideration the type of material used in making the tweeter or the woofer. For the speaker to last long, the material used should be of high quality. Understanding the types of speakers enables the car owner to buy the best possible car speaker suitable for the car.