: a loudspeaker usually larger than a tweeter, responsive only to the lower acoustic frequencies, and used for reproducing sounds of low pitch compare tweeter
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The four woofers and four tweeters add a ton of heft to streaming movies and playing games.
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K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
Each of the four blocks harbors a woofer, midrange driver, and tweeter, along with a small upfiring driver to bounce sound off your ceiling for 3D sound formats like Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Sony’s 360 Reality Audio.
Home theater buffs will immediately note the lack of a dedicated center channel.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024
The speaker drivers are a coaxial design with a ring tweeter embedded in the woofer of each speaker.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
The most significant change is the addition of a second woofer capable of producing 50W. The woofers measure 4.5 inches, and the tweeters come in at 0.75 inches each, producing a frequency range together of 40Hz to 20kHz.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
Each of the four blocks harbors a woofer, midrange driver, and tweeter, along with a small upfiring driver to bounce sound off your ceiling for 3D sound formats like Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Sony’s 360 Reality Audio.
Home theater buffs will immediately note the lack of a dedicated center channel.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024
The speaker drivers are a coaxial design with a ring tweeter embedded in the woofer of each speaker.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
The most significant change is the addition of a second woofer capable of producing 50W. The woofers measure 4.5 inches, and the tweeters come in at 0.75 inches each, producing a frequency range together of 40Hz to 20kHz.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Woofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woofer. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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