Speaker Enclosures: first concepts

The objective of the speaker enclosure is to eliminate the sound... ?!

In fact, the objective is to contain the sounds produced by the rear part of the speaker (driver).

The speaker generates sound (sonic waves) by moving the air in front of it, but it also moves the air that is behind it.

These back waves can end raising or cancelling some parts (frequency ranges) of the sound that is being reproduced, generating distortions in the waves that reach our ears. So, the speakers are put in boxes that “arrest” these undesirable waves.

The problem is that the enclosures end up causing other types of distortions and limitations.

To solve that there are lots of types of acoustic enclosures, which will be the subject of the next text.

See you!