Types of Speakers
The Phonograph
Speaker Facts
Microphone BONUS!
Randomness
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What are the earliest Speakers known as?
Horns
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What part of the phonograph moves up and down on a device producing the sound that is projected through the horn?
A Needle
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What are the 4 things you need to make a speaker?
Coil, Magnet, Cabling, Cone
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What type of microphone do we used in a live setting typically, for a singer?
Dynamic Mic
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What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter
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What are most modern speakers known as?
Electrodynamic Loudspeakers
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What (metal disk) is struck by a piece of metal that actually produces the sound before it goes into the horn?
Diaphragm
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What are the 3 most common frequency "ranges"?
Highs, Mids, Low
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What is this polar pattern?
Cardioid
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What are the 3 colors of olympic medals?
Gold, Silver, Bronze
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What type of speaker operates in the 2000Hz - 20,000Hz range? (2kHz-20kHz)
Tweeter
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What are the cylinders on a phonograph made out of?
Wax
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What do decibels measure?
Sound Pressure / Volume
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What is the most sensitive microphone, that has a thin piece of stretched metal as its diaphragm?
Ribbon Mic
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What mammal lives the longest?
The bowhead whale. (a whale is acceptable)
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What type of speaker operates in the 20-200Hz?
Sub-Woofer
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When Edison copied the phonograph and created his own version, what was it called?
The Graphophone
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What do Hertz measure?
Pitch / Frequency
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What part of the microphone is a transducer?
The Diaphragm
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What Disney Song has the most songs?
Alice in Wonderland
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What type of speakers operates in the 300-5000Hz range? (300Hz-5kHz)
Mid-Range Speaker / Mid Speaker
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What was another function of the horn on a phonograph?
The Microphone
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What is the difference between a powered and unpowered speaker?
Powered speakers have an onboard amplifier, Unpowered speakers have a seperate amplifier somewhere else in the system.
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What type of microphone requires +48V (or Phantom Power) to work with a sound system?
Condenser Microphone
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What is the horn of a rhinoceros made out of?
Keratin (the same material in finger nails)