In the best tradition of the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook (LIS), the 2021 edition contains company listings and so much more. In this edition, readers will find several must-read articles from some of the finest industry leaders, interviews with audio professionals on trending industry topics, and our annual industry reports about the state of the industry. Visit the LIS website for the listings and gotomylis.com for the full online edition!The listings that are submitted online are compiled once a year to generate the printed edition, but the LIS publication and website also contains must-read articles, interviews with audio professionals on trending industry topics, and annual industry reports about the state of the industry.
Inside the 2021 edition, readers will find contributed articles from Barry Vogel (ALTI Association), two great industry perspective articles on "Design, Sourcing, and Reshoring From an American Manufacturer’s Perspective," by Dan Digre (MISCO), and "An Asian Perspective on Sustaining Product Design and Product Sourcing," by Helge Kristensen (Hansong Technology). Other Industry Report features include an insightful perspective on "Bluetooth and Wireless Audio Evolution," by J. Martins, "Audio for Home Cinema," by Tony Ostrom (WiSA), and "Introducing the Audio Product Education Institute (APEI)," by Scott Leslie.
More feature articles of interest for loudspeaker professionals include "Shrink Your Lab, Not Your Results," by Andrew Taylor (Klippel), "Designing the Gold Standard of Immersive Audio for Virtual Reality Gaming," by Julia Abrams (COMSOL), and "Beyond 20Hz to 20,000Hz," by Andy Lewis (Sound Product Strategy). This year's Questions & Answers providing a perspective over the year's past and industry sentiment for the next few years, include contributions by Brian Youngil Cho (Resonado), Jann U. Evers (Scan-Speak), Daniel Knighten (Audio Precision), Nancy Knowlton (Nureva), Dave Lindberg (dB Enterprises HK), Igor Levitsky (Arrow Acoustics), Jean-Marc Luneau (7 Sensing), Claus Neesgaard (Purifi Audio), Mark Thomsen (SB Acoustics, SB Audience, Sinar Baja Electric), and Vikrant Singh Tomar (Fluent.ai).
The scope of the LIS directory has also expanded to encompass new product categories and loudspeaker-related applications and technologies, from all the different types of audio transducers used in headphones, earphones, and smartphones, to the electronics and materials that support the latest audio applications.
Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook is a straightforward reference resource for everyone working in R&D, manufacturing, sourcing, product management, technical support, marketing, or sales in the loudspeaker and related industries.
The 2021 edition of the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook features Tectonic Audio Labs as the Cover Sponsor. Tectonic is the company behind Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) loudspeakers, which are full-range solutions that maintain wide-directivity and usable performance up to 40kHz and provide a large number of acoustic and system design benefits. Tectonic is a rapidly growing IP and Engineering company supplying and licensing BMRs across a wide range of markets including consumer electronics, unified communication, gaming, fitness, smart speakers/IoT and automotive.
The annual Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook (LIS) 2021 printed directory also expands in the interactive website, available at: www.loudspeakerindustrysourcebook.com
Please enjoy this 2021 edition of the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook ! Now available at www.gotomylis.com
You can access the flip-book edition to read online, or download the PDF. And for Voice Coil and audioXpress print subscribers, the LIS 2020 printed edition is on its way!
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