The effects of heat on the performance of moving coil loudspeakers has been shown to be detrimental to sound quality and quantity by Button, Danley, Henricksen and others. This paper investigates the use of fan actuated forced air to actively remove heat from the voice coil and motor structure and includes discussion of various designs and fluids.

Author: Hutt, Steven W.
Affiliation: Bond Electro-Acoustics, (div. of Equity Sound Investments), Toronto, Ontario M4M 1E4, Canada
AES Convention: 91 (October 1991) Paper Number: 3191
Publication Date: October 1, 1991 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Loudspeakers
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