All items tagged with cables (29)

Amphenol Corporation to Acquire Connectivity and Cable Solutions Business From CommScope for $10.5 Billion

August 4, 2025 by Joao Martins

Amphenol Corporation to Acquire Connectivity and Cable Solutions Business From CommScope for $10.5 Billion

Amphenol Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire CommScope's Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) business for $10.5 billion in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. A company with a long history of mergers and acquisitions, Amphenol expands even further its portfolio with significant fiber optic interconnect capabilities for IT and communications networks, as well as a diverse range of industrial interconnect products for building infrastructure.

Voice Coil April 2025 Is Your Essential Connection to the Loudspeaker Industry

March 28, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Voice Coil April 2025 Is Your Essential Connection to the Loudspeaker Industry

Voice Coil April 2025 is our Cable and Connector focused edition, and includes an updated vendors directory, plus a special Measurement Microphone Directory. And for this issue, Vance Dickason offers a triple dose of his Test Bench, with the new Beyma CD-314Nd/TI compression driver and horn, the Scan-Speak D2908/716000 TPCD metamodal 1" dome tweeter, and the Wavecor TW030TU03 graphene-coated soft dome tweeter.

Cable Matters Launches the World's First Enhanced Performance Thunderbolt 5 Cable

July 1, 2024 by Joao Martins

Cable Matters Launches the World's First Enhanced Performance Thunderbolt 5 Cable

Top-tier connectivity vendor Cable Matters announced the launch of its Thunderbolt 5 cable, manufactured by Taiwan-based Lintes Technology, delivering significant improvements in connectivity speed and bandwidth. The cable is available in 3 different lengths: 1 foot (30cm), 1.6 feet (48cm), and 3.3 feet (1 meter) and will fully support up to 80 Gbps of bi-directional data transfer and up to 120 Gbps of video bandwidth, a substantial leap from the previous Thunderbolt 4 technology.

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

March 28, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

In Voice Coil April 2024, Tom James reminds us about the importance of SPL Graph Data, and Mike Klasco revisits the fundamentals of speaker lead-out wire. As scheduled, there's an updated directory of Speaker Cable and Connector Vendors. James Croft explores a patent detailing a filter that may increase and extend the bass frequency response of a speaker. And for this month's Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the Neotera Ultraflat UF 295 CBS 10" Subwoofer, followed by the SEAS W16NX005 5.25" Midbass Woofer with a metamodal TPCD diaphragm.

THX Interconnect HDMI Home Theater Cables Now Available

March 15, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

THX Interconnect HDMI Home Theater Cables Now Available

THX announced the commercial availability of its THX Interconnect cables previewed at CEDIA 2023 and meanwhile subject to intense industry scrutiny. After all, it's an unusual endeavor for a company recognized for being an audio and video tuning, certification, and technology company. Apparently the verdict was positive because the THX Interconnect Ultra High Speed HDMI 2.1b cables are now available in nine lengths and ready to be applied in home theaters everywhere.

Wireworld Releases Pick-How-Much-You-Want-to-Spend RCA Turntable Cables

July 12, 2023 by Joao Martins

Wireworld Releases Pick-How-Much-You-Want-to-Spend RCA Turntable Cables

Wireworld Cable Technology announced the release of four new cables for turntables with RCA connections. The four new cables, named Solstice 8, Eclipse 8, Silver Eclipse 8 and Platinum Eclipse 8, feature Wireworld's patented DNA Helix conductor geometry and Silver Tube RCA plugs, along with ultra-quiet Composilex 3 insulation and external ground wires. As a respected manufacturer of hifi and professional A/V cables, Wireworld offers four distinct options from fair to jewelry-level.

Tips & Tricks: Buzz Abatement in Audio Amplifiers

June 14, 2023 by Chris Lewis and Dimitri Danyuk

Tips & Tricks: Buzz Abatement in Audio Amplifiers

The topology and the distribution of the wiring, partitioning between low power and high power circuits, grounding scheme, types of cables, protection techniques, and safety are important factors that must be considered to minimize the interference effects in audio amplifiers. This "tips and tricks" audio electronics article provides several details about inductive coupling effects in audio amplifiers and the simple way to minimize them.

Get Connected to Speaker Intelligence in Voice Coil April 2023

March 29, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Get Connected to Speaker Intelligence in Voice Coil April 2023

The April 2023 issue of Voice Coil reveals the genesis of Echo Test + Measurement and its AIO Test System. As scheduled, there's an updated industry directory of Cable and Connector vendors, James Croft reviews a key Polk Audio patent that expands on its Polk SDA loudspeaker prior art now in a more compact enclosure. And on Test Bench, Vance Dickason focus on the characterization of the innovative TW045WA01 dual-diaphragm tweeter from Wavecor.

Neutrik Extends powerCON TRUE1 TOP Connector Series with New Design for Cable Diameters of Up to 16mm

April 7, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Neutrik Extends powerCON TRUE1 TOP Connector Series with New Design for Cable Diameters of Up to 16mm

Neutrik has announced the addition of the powerCON TRUE1 TOP-L to its market leading powerCON TRUE1 TOP range of heavy duty sealed power connectors for outdoor use, in the harshest environments and most demanding applications. powerCON TRUE1 TOP-L provides a connector compatible with the largest diameter power cables required for outdoor event and production applications, capable of accepting cable from 10 to 16mm (0.39" – 0.63") in diameter, making them ideal for extra heavy duty type cables.

Stay on Top of Loudspeaker Industry Developments with Voice Coil April 2022

March 29, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Stay on Top of Loudspeaker Industry Developments with Voice Coil April 2022

Voice Coil April 2022 is now available and brings an interesting overview of the latest updates to Loudsoft's FINE Suspension Nonlinear FEA Spider and Surround Design software. Mike Klasco discusses Cables, Lead Wires, and Connector/Terminal Technology, and there's an updated directory of vendors and manufacturers in those product segments. Then, Vance Dickason characterizes the AMT 23CM1.1-C Air Motion Transformer from Mundorf, and the Beyma CD1ND 1" Polyimide Diaphragm Compression Driver and TD-194 compact horn.

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