audioXpress Archives: Interview with Siegfried Linkwitz

If you are in speaker design, either professionally or as a DIYer, you know Siegfried Linkwitz, period. For decades Mr. Linkwitz has put his mark on speaker and crossover design in audio. Yet, his career was not in speaker design but in microwave test equipment. It is just a coincidence that audio wavelengths are comparable to microwave wavelengths. Or is it? - audioXpress original article - April/2011

With a little know-how and some basic parts, you can design a hybrid amplifier in fairly short order. This project combines the best attributes of both tube and transistor technologies.

Curiosity and ingenuity prove to be a powerful combination. Danley Sound Labs is the exclusive home of Tom Danley and its innovative loudspeaker designs. Tom has pioneered numerous technologies that have been utilized in a wide range of projects including ground zero bombing simulations, active noise cancellation of jet engines, critical listening mastering studios, live sound, commercial/high-end home theaters and houses of worship. Danley Sound Labs was founded in 2005 and enjoyed immediate success largely due to Tom Danley ’s reputation for building incredible products.

Edward T. Dell, Jr. 1923-2013 When Edward T. Dell, Jr., founder and former Audio Amateur publisher, passed away in February, editors at audioXpress asked themselves this question: How do you celebrate the life of a man who single-handedly did more …