History of High Fidelity Speakers

Whether it is home theater or movie theater, highamplification and loudspeakers to fill the theaters with
fidelity speakers are the ones always in demand andhigh quality sound system.
in use too. These are the speakers that produce highThis experimentation gave birth to woofers and
quality, crystal clear sound with no distortion at all. Nottweeters, the different sections of loudspeakers for
only this, the frequency response too is unexpectedlylow and high frequencies. This development finally
accurate.resulted into better fidelity sound equipment that can
The system of High fidelity speakers generally includesbe used in homes too as homes equipment. But the
digital audio signal sources like CD players; digital audiocost of the whole equipment was high and not
broadcasting, digital audiotape and HD radio tuners andpossible to own for people with average income.
amplifier. Infact, they also include components such asAfter World War II ample technological
television, projector, DVD player and multi channel loudexperimentations and innovations took place that
speakers. These together are often known as homedeveloped the condition of the audio system, especially
theaters that are quite common in every home now athe home audio system. Before there were only AM
day.radio, but then came FM radio with wide audio
These high fidelity speakers are not the new ones.bandwidth and better signal upgradation. Lower
The story began in 1920 with the introduction ofspeakers were amplified and distortion free amplifier
electronic amplification and other sound reproducingwith wide dynamic range were used in the theater
systems like microphones. All the acoustically recordedsystems, sound reinforcement and then developed
disc records were getting replaced by the electricallyradio sets. Not only this, these speakers were attentive
recorded records, which proved to have betterto higher frequency response and had higher power
frequency response as compared to the disc records.output capability.
Meanwhile with the rise of radio, increased theThe development story of the high fidelity speakers
popularity of loudspeakers and amplifiers. And thusalso includes innovations for musical artists. The
radio receivers started using loudspeakers andreel-to-reel audio tape recording helped the artists
electronic amplifiers to produce sound but phonographsmake and distribute recordings with better fidelity.
remain mechanical and acoustic. But later, electronicNext period that is from 1950 to 1960 was the golden
phonographs were introduced which were playedperiod for high fidelity speakers as they became
through listener's radio.popular with the audio manufacturers who used them
Specifically speaking, there was an audio revolutionas a marketing term to sell the equipments, which
going on which resulted in the development andprovide good quality sound reproduction. The system
popularity of the sound producing equipments.was later improved with the development of the
However, came 1930s and with it sound filmsWestrex single groove stereophonic record. Since
developed. The movie industry felt that better fidelity,then gradually the system of high fidelity speakers
i.e., optical sound, better amplifiers and exclusivenever looked back and are even now considered to
speakers can bring exciting effect to the sound track.be a highly accurate sound reproduction system.
The motion picture companies began developing