Speakers & Microphones Mark Koh and Mike Renz The Technology • Speaker - an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an.

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Speakers & Microphones
Mark Koh and Mike Renz


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The Technology
• Speaker - an electroacoustic transducer that
produces sound in response to an electrical
audio signal input.
• Microphone - an acoustic-to-electric
transducer or sensor that converts sound into
an electrical signal.

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Speakers: How They Work

Stupid Link?

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Microphones: How They Work

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The History of the Speaker
• Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 in
the process of making the first telephone.

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The History of the Microphone
• First conceptualized by Charles Wheatstone
around 1827, but modernized in 1876 by
Emile Berliner who invented the first
microphone used as a telephone voice
transmitter.

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How the Speaker Has Changed
• Amplified telephone receiver
• Cylinder compressed air amplifier
• Moving coil dynamic drivers

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How the Microphone Has Changed






Stethoscopes
Voice transmitters
Carbon microphone
Broadcasting microphone
Dynamic microphone

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Societal Benefits





Made the invention of the telephone possible
Large impact on entertainment as a whole
Made hearing aids possible
Communications

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Thank you!
Questions, comments, concerns?

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The Works


Bellis, Mary. “The History of Microphones.” Inventors. About.com, n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2011.

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Daintith, John. “Microphone.” Dictionary of Physics. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1981. 118. Print.



“Dynamic Microphones.” HowStuffWorks. Discovery Channel, n.d. Web. 6 Apr. 2011.
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Harris, Tom. “How Speakers Work.” hostuffworks. Discovery Channel, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.
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“History of Speakers.” Articlebase. N.p., 12 Mar. 2009. Web. 6 Apr. 2011.
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Kirkland, Kyle. “Tape Recorders and Computer Disks.” Electricity and Magnetism. New York, NY: Facts on

File Inc., 2007. 36. Print.

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