Bookshelf Speakers
Choose Your Perfect Bookshelf Speakers!
Choose Your Perfect Bookshelf Speakers!
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In the field of home stereo installations, there are different options available based on the quality of sound reproduction desired. One such option that has gained in popularity in the last few years is bookshelf speakers. Many people may wonder just why this is the case.
In the late 1960s, two speaker designers found a way to form a resonance chamber behind the speaker membranes that would allow for higher quality sound in a smaller space than was previously possible. The ability to build speakers smaller meant that they could be sold at far lower prices. This put the ability to get top quality sound into the hands of everyone with a stereo system.
When stereo sound was first introduced, the sound signals were divided into two parts, left and right. Stereo radio stations broadcast both parts multiplexed onto a single carrier wave. The result was sound coming from the speakers that was almost like being at a live performance.
Because bookshelf speakers are so much smaller than their floor standing counterparts, advances have been possible in the production of stereo sound so that we now have five different signals that are sorted by the speaker drivers. The typical breakdown is left rear, left front, right front, right rear, and sub bass.
The sub bass speaker is usually a sub woofer capable of producing bass tones below the human range of hearing. The other speakers in a system are normally comprised of a woofer and a tweeter or a mid range and a tweeter. As the names of the components imply, they separate the signal into tones of different frequencies for reproduction by the different parts of the speakers.
The relative sizes of the different parts of the speakers are easy to differentiate, with the subwoofer being far larger than the other types and tweeters being very small in diameter. The wiring and drivers for the individual components of the speakers are included inside the box and configured so that they do not interfere with the sound quality.
The primary reasons for the gain in popularity of book shelf speakers lie in their size, price, and technology. While they are generally not powerful enough to render an exact reproduction of live audio, they can be arranged in a pattern that allow the listener to feel as if he/she were present at a live performance with the sound all around him/her.
Because of their smaller size, these speakers are generally about a third to half the price of floorstanding speakers. This tends to make it possible for more people to purchase them to enhance their home stereo and entertainment centers.
As it has become possible to produce smaller speakers that produce high quality sound, technology that drives them has evolved. Where stereo sound was once produced with only two parts, today it usually has at least four up to five channels that are played by different speakers in the configuration. This is what made surround sound possible for home theater systems as well as home stereos.