It operates in a very different manner than other, more typical loudspeaker drivers. In the case of the GoldenEar HVFR driver, the diaphragm is a very thin, flexible resin based film with a conductive circuit printed on its surface and folded into a pleated shape, similar to a bellows (think accordion). The diaphragm is positioned within a powerful magnetic field created by rare-earth Neodymium magnets. (See the illustration below.)
When the audio amplifier's output current flows through the laminated conductor (2) it causes the flexible diaphragm to move left and right within the magnetic field (6), squeezing air molecules in…