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by HelloNurse 882 days ago
Most types of speaker are a microphone, they just need to be wired up correctly (hence the mention of a "capable preamp") to be used as one. For example, a piezoelectric device that deforms when driven by an electric current produces a little current when deformed by external forces.
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"Capable"

As in capable of amplifying the low signal from the speakers reasonably without too much noise. There is likely a proper term I do not know.