A highly miniaturized (condensed) speaker system provides the same
desirable performance characteristics as a full size acoustic suspension
speaker system by incorporating a combination of one or more low pressure
chambers and optionally one or more high pressure gas chambers to emulate
the higher internal air volume of the full size acoustic suspension
speaker system. The low pressure chamber(s) include the majority of the
back (enclosed) side of the speaker diaphragm to eliminate the rigid air
spring normally associated with small, enclosed volumes of air at
atmospheric pressure. The high pressure gas chamber(s) provide a force to
the back (enclosed) side of the diaphragm to counter the atmospheric
pressure force on the face (exposed) side of the diaphragm.