1. Buzz: Any noise produced by a looseness of components vibrating against other components.
2. Rub: Any noise produced by the voice coil sliding or rubbing against other components.
3. Bottoming: The noise produced by the contact of the moving system with the transducer structure.
4. Rattle: The random noise produced by an object trapped within the transducer allowed to strike moving components.
5. Frozen Coil: Absence of free excursion caused by adhesive in the magnetic gap or an offset (loose) component of magnetic circuit.
6. Air Noise: The noise produced by high velocity air flow through a small leak.