An acoustic driver has a voice coil in which adjacent turns of the coil
are spaced apart. The driver is placed at one end of a foam-lined,
elongated structure, such as a tube. An opposing end of the structure is,
in one embodiment, enclosed by a wall that is connected to the structure
by a suspension so that it moves in sympathy with the driver. In another
embodiment, the structure cooperates with the acoustic driver to form one
or more restrictive passageways confined around the driver's motor and an
inner surface of the structure. The passageway(s) couple a volume of air
in the structure to the exterior of the structure in a manner that
reduces the transmission of acoustic energy without creating alternating
pressure within the structure that interferes with the movement of the
voice coil's diaphragm, at its maximum points of excursion.