A concentric tube suspension system and loudspeaker system of the moving
coil type, including a diaphragm supported by a frame, a voice coil
including a former and voice coil winding supported by the former, and a
suspension system for stabilizing and centering the voice coil in a
magnetic gap while it is linearly displaced by an electromagnetic motor.
The suspension system generally comprises a tubular stabilizer attached to
the bottom surface of the diaphragm so as to concentrically straddle the
voice coil and electromagnetic motor, and a lower corrugated suspension
attached at one end to the frame and at the other end to the lower end of
the stabilizer, wherein the stabilizer and lower suspension provide a
centering force below the traditional neck joint location on the voice
coil.