2013 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook Now Available

Whether you’re an audio executive or simply an audio fan, you’ll find everything thing you need to make informed purchasing decisions in the 2013 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook,our annual publication that lists speaker-related companies and their products and services. It’s the …

Editors’ note: Just prior to printing this issue, we learned that Ed Dell, founder of Audio Amateur, had passed away. He was 90 years old. Ed was a remarkable man whose talents ranged from DIY audio to publishing to writing. …

February 12, 1923-February 25, 2013 Edward Dell, founder and former publisher of Audio Amateur Inc., died Monday, February 25, 2013, at the age of 90. After launching the company’s flagship publication, The Audio Amateur, in 1970, Dell published a number of specialized titles covering a wealth of subjects in audio. Proud to lead a force of some 700 authors worldwide — experts and enthusiasts in audio technology — he started audioXpress 31 years later, in 2001.

Many years ago, a children’s book inspired Chuck Hansen’s interest in audio electronics. Soon, the clever kid from New Jersey was listening to New York City AM stations on a kit-built radio and disassembling every dead TV and radio he …

As always, audiophiles around the world are eagerly awaiting the yearly “Glass Audio” special edition of audioXpress magazine. This year’s issue won’t disappoint, and we’d like to preview it here for you. In addition to the regular columns and features, …

We’re now a month into the new year. What types of audio projects have you designed and installed? We’re interested, so send us an e-mail with “audio update” in the subject line and include details about your latest project. We’re …

audioXpress is all about range—range, in the sense of content diversity. Our international team publishes insightful articles on a wide variety of topics such as speaker design, sound analysis, glass audio projects, and hi-fi product reviews. This month we deliver …

The first issue of Circuit Cellar magazine—a sister publication of audioXpress that’s focused on embedded computer engineering—was printed in 1988 with a now-famous quote on the cover: inside the box still counts. Since then, engineers and innovators have used the …

Each year’s “speaker special” issue is a favorite among audioXpress readers. This 2012 edition features in-depth articles about speaker technologies and design projects, without completely ignoring other interesting topics such as tube amps. This year’s special speaker section features informative articles about a detailed loudspeaker design project and an intriguing electrostatic speaker experiment. We also included a third must-read speaker-related article, but it isn’t in the special section because it focuses on enclosures rather than speaker design.

The September 2012 issue of Voice Coil is now available. The topics covered include CEDIA Expo 2012, a look at Kingstate Electronics, acoustic patent information, industry updates, a test of Faital Pro’s DF371 bullet-type tweeter, and a test of a …