This disclosure relates to speakers and more specifically to an array speaker for distributing music uniformly across a room. A number of audio drivers can be radially distributed within a speaker housing so that an output of the drivers is distributed evenly throughout the room. In some embodiments, the exit geometry of the audio drivers can be configured to bounce off a surface supporting the array speaker to improve the distribution of music throughout the room. The array speaker can include a number of vibration isolation elements distributed within a housing of the array speaker. The vibration isolation elements can be configured to reduce the strength of forces generated by a subwoofer of the array speaker.

Sound emanating from the high-frequency diaphragm of a coaxial speaker will diffract into the annular gap between the tweeter unit and the midrange cone. This results in response irregularities. We therefore disclose a loudspeaker, comprising first and second drivers located substantially coaxially with the first driver located centrally and the second driver located concentrically around the first driver, the loudspeaker being bounded at its radially outer side for at least part of its extent by the voice coil former of the second driver and including a spacing between the outermost extent of the first driver and the innermost extent of the second driver thus defining an annular space, the annular space containing a sound-absorbent material. By placing the sound-absorbing material in the annular space, the resonances within this space are damped, thus alleviating their effect. The annular space can have a lower resonant frequency that is below the passband of the first driver. Essentially, instead of minimising the effect of the annular gap by reducing its size and seeking to seal its outer opening, we propose to enlarge the space so that the fundamental resonant frequency it exhibits drops out of the passband of the high-frequency driver and hence out of the frequency range of interest. This both prevents the fundamental frequency of the cavity from being excited, and also allows sufficient room within the space to accommodate a sound-absorbent material to absorb these undesirable resonances.

A voice-controlled electronic device that includes an axisymmetric device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include a plurality of microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the plurality of microphones and first and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.

A compression driver is provided. In one embodiment, the compression driver comprises an annular diaphragm, a phasing plug, and a housing, wherein the housing has a rectangular exit proximate to a blade of the phasing plug.

A loudspeaker includes one or more drivers and at least two waveguides. The one or more drivers are arranged to emit soundwaves. The waveguides are coupled to the one or more drivers to receive the soundwaves emitted by the one or more drivers. The first of the at least two waveguides has an output position at a first position of the loudspeaker and is configured to forward the received soundwaves to the output at the first position, wherein a second of the at least two waveguides has an output position at a second position of the loudspeaker and is configured to forward the received soundwaves to the output at the second position.

This disclosure relates to speakers and more specifically to an array speaker for distributing music uniformly across a room. A number of audio drivers can be radially distributed within a speaker housing so that an output of the drivers is distributed evenly throughout the room. In some embodiments, the exit geometry of the audio drivers can be configured to bounce off a surface supporting the array speaker to improve the distribution of music throughout the room. The array speaker can include a number of vibration isolation elements distributed within a housing of the array speaker. The vibration isolation elements can be configured to reduce the strength of forces generated by a subwoofer of the array speaker.

This disclosure relates to speakers and more specifically to an array speaker for distributing music uniformly across a room. A number of audio drivers can be radially distributed within a speaker housing so that an output of the drivers is distributed evenly throughout the room. In some embodiments, the exit geometry of the audio drivers can be configured to bounce off a surface supporting the array speaker to improve the distribution of music throughout the room. The array speaker can include a number of vibration isolation elements distributed within a housing of the array speaker. The vibration isolation elements can be configured reduce the strength of forces generated by a subwoofer of the array speaker.

A treble loudspeaker with an improved mounting structure for a phase plug, having a T-shaped iron, a magnet, a washer, a phase plug and a diaphragm. The magnet is located between the T-shaped iron and the washer. The T-shaped iron has a central hole. The phase plug is inserted into the central hole and fixedly connected to the T-shaped iron. A soft gasket is provided at a plane junction between the phase plug and the T-shaped iron. The diaphragm is located above the phase plug to cover the phase plug, and a sound guiding gap is provided between the diaphragm and the phase plug.

Systems and methods for speaker assemblies with wide dispersion patterns are disclosed. In one embodiment, a speaker assembly includes at least two speaker drivers and a diffraction baffle affixed to each speaker driver, where each diffraction baffle includes a baffle face having a diffraction slot positioned over the driver and each diffraction baffle is affixed to and sealed to the driver, the area across each diffraction slot is less than the surface area of the driver, each diffraction slot provides a path for substantially all of the acoustic pressure waves produced by the speaker driver to propagate away from the driver and the acoustic pressure waves are within a frequency range determined by the characteristics of the driver, and the width of each diffraction slot in the horizontal direction is equal to the wavelength of a predetermined target frequency.

A compression driver includes a phasing plug including a base portion having a first side and an opposed second side, the first side including a central hub portion extending outwardly from the first side, the base portion including one or more apertures that extend therethrough from the first side to the second side. A diaphragm is disposed adjacent the phasing plug second side, and a compression chamber defined between the diaphragm and the phasing plug. In one embodiment, a front plate is attached to the phasing plug first side, the front plate having a central aperture generally aligned with the hub portion and base portion apertures. A horn may be attached to the front plate or directly to the phasing plug first side.