As you might recall from your science classes in school, sound is transmitted through air waves, which are produced when there are fluctuations in air pressure. Those waves hit your ear drum, which works as a flexible diaphragm, causing the diaphragm to move. Those movements in the diaphragm are picked up by your brain and read as sound. The same theory also is at work in your car's speakers. The drivers all employ a diaphragm that is designed to pick up different types of air pressure frequencies that the driver reads as sound.
In the 325 speakers and 325i speakers, the very smallest drivers are called tweeters. These units are designed to pick up the high frequency sounds that are emitted from the electronic bits stored on the medium on which your song or audiobook is recorded. Higher-pitched sounds are made when the air pressure changes rapidly. These quick changes cause the diaphragm in the tweeter to vibrate rapidly, and those vibrations are translated by the speaker into high-pitched sounds.
The largest drivers are known as woofers. Low frequency sounds are easily picked up by the woofers. Their large size encourages the diaphragm in these drivers to move slowly, which is a similar motion that low-pitched sounds create in wave frequency. Woofers are not your best choice to pick up high frequency sounds because it is harder for the diaphragm to vibrate faster due to the mass of the cone impeding the movement. The cone is the structure that holds the diaphragm in place, upon which the polarity changes of electromagnetic and permanent magnets create the air movement and vibration. Midrange drivers are in between the sizes of the woofers and tweeters, and consequently are at the perfect size to easily pick up the sounds in the middle of the frequency range of sound.
Excellent-quality auto speakers will contain a woofer, tweeter, and midrange driver. These will pick up every nuance of sound on your favorite music that you play in your BMW 325.
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