Industry Watch: July

Thiel Audio’s New CS1.7 Thiel Audio recently launched its first new product since the company was acquired last year by a Nashville, TN-based equity company. The product, designed prior to the acquisition, is the company’s new CS1.7 two-way tower design …

Location: Forlì, Italy Education: Electronic Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy Occupation: Fabio is a lean production and audio expert for a big international company. He also has two small Italian audio brands and a very small top-quality vinyl label. Member …

Eminence Speaker recently introduced the D-fend SA300, a fully programmable stand-alone unit designed to protect passive loudspeakers from excessive power conditions. With patent-pending technology, D-fend enables maximum driver performance while ensuring damage-free operation. D-fend eliminates worries about blown speakers, HF …

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.

Location: Vélizy-Villacoublay, a neighborhood in Paris, France Education: Aerothermal Mechanical Engineering Occupation: Pierre worked as a technical director in an engineering company that designs and sets up large vibration systems and acoustic rooms for environmental tests. He retired in 2008. …

Virtual Soundcard Gets An Update Audinate recently improved its Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS) software for Windows. The DVS software enables your PC or Mac to connect your favorite audio application directly to a Dante audio network. DVS uses your computer’s …

Innovator Continues to Test the Limits of Kable SHANNON BECKER: Tell us a little about your background and where you live. RAY KIMBER: I live in Roy, UT, a suburb of Ogden, UT. I have always been interested in electronics …

Tube Amplifier Design Brothers collaborate on a new audio system with a classic look SHANNON BECKER: Tell us a little about your background. Where are you located? Where and what did you study? ADAM CLARKSON: I have been working in …

For the May issue, we elected to print several essays in memory of Ed Dell in lieu of the regular New Products and News section. This column will resume in the June issue.

Spreading the Gospel of DIY I first contacted Ed Dell in the 1970s when I submitted, with great trepidation, an article for publication in The Audio Amateur. But Ed wasn’t the stern editor, making go/no-go decisions behind an impressive desk. …