Another alternative are powered speakers with an amplifier built into the speaker enclosure.

In most loudspeaker systems, the drivers and the crossover are housed in some sort of speaker enclosure.

Additionally, the speaker enclosure affects how sound is produced.

In the next section, we'll find out what these speaker enclosures do and how they affect the speaker's sound quality.

Bass Reflex A term referring to a vented speaker enclosure that produces an enhanced low-frequency response.

The main post-NS-10 trend has been the almost universal acceptance of powered monitors where the speaker enclosure contains the driving amplifiers.

The handheld is outfitted with identical speakers contained in larger speaker enclosures, enabling them to produce louder sound.

This is most often built into the speaker enclosure and hidden from the user.

The driver combines with the enclosure design to produce suitable low frequencies (see speaker enclosure for the design choices available).

The speaker enclosure is where most loudspeaker systems store the crossover and drivers.