Background and Identification
Jabra is a Danish (American founded) brand specializing in audio equipment and videoconference systems. Jabra is owned by GN Audio, which is part of GN Group, another Danish company. Jabra produces both wireless and corded headphones for consumers and business customers. Jabra’s products include speakers, wireless earbuds, noise-canceling headphones, headsets, video conferencing cameras, and fitness-tracking sports headphones.
A speaker is a device that produces sound waves from an electrical audio signal. The speaker takes this input wave form and runs it through a coil of wires suspended between permanent magnets, which causes vibrations with those same waveforms in the air. Since the diaphragm, which is attached to the coil and pushes on the air to create the actual sound waves, is optimized for a certain range of frequencies, most complete sound systems will use multiple drivers to get accuracy across the full range of sounds we would want to produce.
Speakers can be identified by their design, which remains largely unchanged from their early 1900’s origins. Speakers will have a conical diaphragm used to produce the sound, often made from a lightweight yet rigid material that is also well damped, to prevent sound waves from being produced after the signal stops. Common materials used are paper, plastic, and metal. In smaller applications like computer speakers, the diaphragm shape sometimes differs from the traditional cone, often taking on an ovoid shape. However, the concepts used to produce sound are the same.
Jabra’s speakers generally include the name “Jabra” in the center of the speaker’s main face.