Member Profile: Ethan Winer

Location: New Milford, CT Education: Two years college for music Occupation: Audio engineer, technical author, professional musician, and co-owner of RealTraps, a popular acoustic treatment manufacturer Member Status: He has subscribed to audioXpress for approximately seven years. Affiliations: Ethan does …

New Wireless Speaker Takes Pocket-Portable Sound to the Next Level Soundmatters, a leader in high-quality, portable speakers, announced its entry-level aptX Bluetooth-equipped model, the foxLv2 aptX. Based on the foxLv2, the gold standard in hi-fi portable speakers (Time Magazine’s “Top …

HiWave develops new wireless speaker platform HiWave offers a Bluetooth wireless speaker demonstrator that runs for 100 hours at normal levels from a single charge cycle. HiWave Technologies, a provider of innovative audio amplifier ICs, full-frequency range speaker drivers, and …

Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Education: Garth has a BA and an LLB from the University of British Columbia and a certificate from King’s College London University, London, England. Occupation: Retired barrister and solicitor (a lawyer) Member Status: He …

Location: Gastonia, NC (the Charlotte area) Education: BS, Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology Occupation: Electro-acoustical consultant/loudspeaker design engineer Member Status: Charlie said he has been reading Voice Coil since about 1988, and he is a frequent contributor to audioXpress. Affiliations: …

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 …

Alexander Arion’s resume lists stints as a musician, technician, service manager, and even owner of an “illegal” research company. In a recent interview he explained how the seeds for his love of music and audio technology were sown in communist …

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 …