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What are woofers and tweeters?

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These are the two general classes of specialty audio speakers, named for animal sounds of the same range. Woofers produce low frequency sounds (pitched low like a dog's bark) and tweeters produce higher frequency sounds (pitched high like a bird's call).

The range of woofers may be from 40 Hz to 1000 Hz, and a tweeter may range from 2000 to 20000 Hz or higher (although this is about the limit of human hearing).

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A woofer may be slang for sub-woofer... A sub-woofer increases bass. A tweeter is a small round speaker that usually goes inside the dash, or sometimes on the door panel. They are usually 4 inches around. A tweeter doesn't do anything special but give you some extra sound (mostly treble).

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