Differences Between High Ceiling and Pendant Speakers

A high ceiling speaker, a pendant speaker – what’s the difference?  Read this blog to find out.

Speakers are common everywhere today.  You hear them in the car.  You hear them in your headphones. You hear them while standing at the gas pump.  What’s that familiar tune?  How does it go again? It’s a real toe tapper!

Then again, you also hear speakers when people give you directions.  In a classroom, teachers sometimes use speakers to play a song for students or to provide a lecture to a large crowd.  In the conference room, Peter presents with Mary using a sound system and projector.

Yes, all around you, people are using speakers to transmit messages – musical, instructional, worship, and otherwise.

So, what’s the difference between high ceiling speakers and pendant speakers?

High ceiling speakers are transducers that convert electromagnetic waves into sound waves. The speakers receive audio input from a device such as a computer or an audio receiver. This input may be in analog or digital form. Analog speakers simply amplify the analog electromagnetic waves into sound waves. Since sound waves are produced in analog form, digital speakers must first convert the digital input to an analog signal, and then generate the sound waves.

The sound produced by pendant speakers is defined by frequency and amplitude.

The frequency determines how high or low the pitch of the sound is. For example, a soprano singer's voice produces high frequency sound waves, while a bass guitar or kick drum generates sounds in the low frequency range.

A speaker system's ability to accurately reproduce sound frequencies is a good indicator of how clear the audio will be. This website has options: www.owi-inc.com.

Many speakers include multiple speaker cones for different frequency ranges, which helps produce more accurate sounds for each range.

The difference between these two types of speakers is more than design; it’s functionality!