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Voice Coil March 2022 Focus on Speaker Enclosures
February 28, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Voice Coil March 2022 Focus on Speaker Enclosures

The March 2022 issue of Voice Coil offers a complete overview of loudspeaker cabinet design options, plastic enclosure materials, and production techniques, as well as an updated directory of Speaker Enclosure Vendors. This month, in Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the Mundorf U80W from its latest U Series of Air Motion Transformers. And addressing demanding professional audio applications, this issue also includes a Test Bench on Eighteen Sound’s NSD1095N Compression Driver and XT120 Horn. Start reading online. Printed copies are on the way.
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audioXpress February 2022 Captures the Sound of Today
January 11, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress February 2022 Captures the Sound of Today

The February 2022 edition of audioXpress is now available and features our annual Market Update on Microphone technology. Vikrant Singh Tomar discusses TinyML and Voice Recognition Technology On the Edge, Richard Honeycutt writes about Quantification of Speech Intelligibility, and Mike Klasco expands on audio applications for Haptic Devices. George Ntanavaras builds a phono and line/headphone amplifier project, Brian Bylenok proposes a refined Current Feedback Headphone Amplifier, and Richard Honeycutt reminds us that Tube Power Amps also have Classes. Now available in print and online.
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New Speaker, Headphone, and Earphone Perspectives with Voice Coil January 2022
December 29, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

New Speaker, Headphone, and Earphone Perspectives with Voice Coil January 2022

We're off to a great start in 2022. Starting with details about the promise of Iron Nitride (FeN) magnets, followed by an article about Liquid Injection Molding Silicon for Next-Generation Headphone Surrounds. Next up, James Croft reviews a surround speaker patent granted to Klipsch, and Vance Dickason characterizes the Satori MW13TX-4 TPCD-cone woofer from SB Acoustics and the high-power WF275BD01 10.75" woofer from Wavecor. All articles now available to read online, PDF and print.
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Celebrate 35 Years of Voice Coil with the November 2021 Edition
October 26, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Celebrate 35 Years of Voice Coil with the November 2021 Edition

This edition celebrates 35 years of Voice Coil, the Periodical for the Loudspeaker Industry. We discuss a new earphone technology for Balanced Frequency Range, Mike Klasco writes about Subwoofers and Bass, and James Croft reviews a new loudspeaker patent from Tymphany. Finally, Vance Dickason places Purifi Audio’s PTT4.0X04-NFA-01 Home Audio Midbass, and Eighteen Sound’s AMT200P AMT driver and XMT200 waveguide on the Test Bench. Now available in print or download.
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SEAS: The History of SEAS Fabrikker - A Loudspeaker History Book
September 2, 2021 by Mike Klasco

SEAS: The History of SEAS Fabrikker - A Loudspeaker History Book

A New Must-Read Loudspeaker History Book. SEAS: The History of SEAS Fabrikker is an engaging story about the Norwegian manufacturer and its place in the Nordic speaker industry. The book about Scandinavian Electro Acoustic Systems (SEAS) was written by Danish loudspeaker engineer Claus Futtrup and jointly published by SEAS and Futtrup. Mike Klasco reviews the book for The Audio Voice newsletter and audioXpress.
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Audio Product Education Institute Discusses Automotive Audio Supply Chain Challenges
August 28, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Product Education Institute Discusses Automotive Audio Supply Chain Challenges

The AES Audio Product Education Institute (APEI) promotes an online event to discuss the challenges in the automotive supply chain, specifically in the perspective of those companies and professionals working in automotive audio and acoustics. The event, Wednesday, September 1 (12pm EDT), will outline the evolution and growing product development requirements for automotive audio, while APEI's education pillars experts will share lessons learned from suppliers and actual cases.
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Roboden Elastic Cable - A Great Idea Finally at a Reasonable Price
July 8, 2021 by Mike Klasco

Roboden Elastic Cable - A Great Idea Finally at a Reasonable Price

An elastic cable? Roboden is a unique stretchable cable for microphones and headphones. It expands up to 40% longer, has low microphonics, and looks and feels premium! Mike Klasco writes about it, now that Hightek, an OEM cable manufacturer from Taiwan has licensed the technology. Finally, stretching cables are in the BOM range of quality consumer electronics products. This article was originally published in The Audio Voice newsletter, July 2021.
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Dinaburg Speaker with Dual Diffuser - An Innovative Coaxial Driver Design with a Passive Ring Radiator
June 25, 2021 by Mike Klasco

Dinaburg Speaker with Dual Diffuser - An Innovative Coaxial Driver Design with a Passive Ring Radiator

Recently, Dinaburg Technology, based in Dallas, TX, was issued their first US patent for an electro-dynamic loudspeaker with an integrated coaxial passive ring radiator. Mikhail Dinaburg, noted physicist and the patent inventor, uncovered some missing elements in previous coax and passive radiator work and set out to prove it. Dinaburg’s patent discloses techniques for higher performance sound reproduction, enabling lower distortion, extended frequency range, higher efficiency, and improved speech intelligibility. The invention has wide applications and scales from a earphone driver to near-field studio monitors, ceiling speakers, under couch subwoofers to the largest concert subwoofers.
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AES APEI Webinar to Explore How Design Houses Add Value to Audio Product Development
June 18, 2021 by Audio Engineering_Society

AES APEI Webinar to Explore How Design Houses Add Value to Audio Product Development

The always insightful series of Audio Product Education Institute webinars focusing on Supply Chain & Sourcing provide a unique opportunity to understand the full product cycle, from vision to market. In a new online event, Wednesday June 23 (12pm ET), David Lindberg (DB Enterprises) and Mike Klasco (Menlo Scientific) invite Phnam Bagley (Nonfiction Design), and David Waterman (Deep Blue Design) to discuss how design houses can be a critical option supporting brands in all critical stages.
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xMEMS Piezo Microspeakers - The Future of Direct-to-Consumer Hearing Health Devices
June 4, 2021 by Mike Klasco

xMEMS Piezo Microspeakers - The Future of Direct-to-Consumer Hearing Health Devices

Mike Klasco writes about xMEMS Piezo Microspeakers. How Piezo MEMS Address Development Challenges to Combine the Compact, Consumer-Friendly Form Factor of TWS With Hearing Assistance Features Into a Single Product. How Piezoelectric MEMS Microspeakers devices promise to enhance OTC hearing augmentation solutions, increasing comfort, while adding features and extending battery life. This article was originally published in The Audio Voice newsletter, June 3, 2021 (#330)
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