Several different acoustic radiator designs improve performance over the
prior art while providing a larger baffle (cone), a lesser volume of air
displaced than by the smaller prior art speaker design, while maintaining
the same enclosure mouth diameter and allowing the use of a shallower
enclosure. These advantageous are achieved in a variety of ways with
several configurations that include: a substantially vertically oriented
resilient mount for the baffle (cone) where that resilient mount is
entirely beneath the outer edge of the baffle (cone), between the outer
rim of the baffle (cone) and the outer flange of the basket; a resilient
mount that resembles prior art surround rotated outward by 45.degree. to
70.degree. extending the outer edge of the baffle (cone) outward allowing
the use of a larger diameter speaker baffle (cone); and surround mounted
to the outer flange of the basket beneath the dome of the surround moving
the surround outward from the center of the enclosure allowing for a
larger diameter baffle (cone) in an enclosure with the same mouth size
than provided by prior art speakers and passive radiators.