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Swan's neck' loudspeaker with electromagnetic motor

Constructions électro-mécaniques d'Asnières1924

Musée des arts et métiers

Musée des arts et métiers
Paris, France

Radio enthusiasts developed the electrodynamic loudspeaker in the 1930s. Its acoustic process provided high-quality, undistorted listening over a wider frequency range, particular in low frequencies. The coil of the motor that powers this loudspeaker is placed in an electromagnetic field generated by a powerful electromagnet. The motor transforms the electromagnetic waves into mechanical vibrations that act on a membrane to reproduce the sound. This model comes from the Conservatoire’s telephonovision chair, whose professor, Eugène Huguenard, perfected the electrodynamic loudspeaker by concentrating on the design of the diffuser.

Details

  • Title: Swan's neck' loudspeaker with electromagnetic motor
  • Creator: Constructions électro-mécaniques d'Asnières
  • Date: 1924
  • Date Created: 1924
  • Location: France
  • Provenance: Musée des arts et métiers
  • Contributor: Author: Marie-Sophie Corcy. English translation: David Wharry
  • Inventory number: Inv. 20806
  • Credits: © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam/photo Sylvain Pelly

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