Loudspeakers Quiz

In their band, The Toxic Tangerines, Nora is on the guitar, Henry is on the drums, and Maya is on the vocals. They are trying to set up their own sound system. Henry asks "Hey, what does the term 'driver' mean in the context of loudspeakers?"

• Individual transducers

• Magnetic fields

• Enclosure structure

• Voice coil

Jose and Elijah are in a band called Faces for Radio, and they are curious about their equipment. You are helping them understand the speaker. Which two terms would you use when you are talking about electromagnetic transduction?

• Voice Coil

• Horn

• Crossover

• Magnet

The members of Acid Reflux are discussing their instruments. Ethan, the tech geek of the band, asks, 'What does the frequency response of a loudspeaker indicate?'

• The impedance level

• The power handling capacity

• The sensitivity level

• The range of frequencies it can accurately reproduce

The members of Misdirection are trying to set up their equipment, but they don't know the unit for measuring the power handling of their loudspeaker. If they looked in the manual which unit would it be specified in?

• Watts

• Hertz

• Ohms

• Decibels

The lead singer of Dystopian Luxury Lambos is shopping online for loudspeakers for his first big rock show. What does the sensitivity of a loudspeaker indicate that could help him make his decision?

• The crossover slope

• The directivity of the speaker

• The frequency response range

• The sound level produced by a given input power at a specified distance

Jamiyah, the speaker expert, tells the Kandy, the lead singer of Kreamed Korn, that their speaker has a sensitivity of 98 dB SPL @ 1W/1M and handles 500 watts continuous.

Kandy asks, 'How many more dB can our speaker achieve with 500 watts compared to 1 watt?'

What should Jamiyah tell her?

• 25 dB more

• 27 dB more

• 30 dB more

• 35 dB more

Cooder Graw is setting up their equipment for a concert and Carmen asks Kelly, 'Just curious, what is the nominal impedance of our loudspeaker measured in?' How should Kelly answer?

• Watts

• Ohms

• Decibels

• Hertz

The Velvet Raincoats have a crossover in their loudspeaker system. Can you guess why they might need it?

• To measure the impedance level

• To divide the frequency after amplification

• To increase the sensitivity of the speaker

• To control the directivity of the speaker

Nasal Congestion tells their sound engineer that they need to cut lows in their loudspeaker system. Which type of filter should she use?

• Linkwitz Riley

• High Pass Filter

• Butterworth

• Low Pass Filter