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The purpose of the acoustic transducer is to convert electrical energy into acoustic energy. Many variations of acoustic transducers exist, although the most common is the moving coil-permanent magnet transducer. The classic loudspeaker is of the moving coil-permanent magnet type.
The classic electrodynamic loudspeaker driver can be divided into three key components:
Figure 1 Cut-away of a moving coil-permanent magnet loudspeaker