All items tagged with Vance Dickason (290)
Prescient Audio TD-12, a new 12” ThinDriver
April 27, 2016 by Vance Dickason

Prescient Audio TD-12, a new 12” ThinDriver

This Test Bench characterizes the TD-12, a new 12” subwoofer from Prescient Audio, the result of the company’s ThinDriver design, named an International CES Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree, in the High Performance Home Audio product category. The TD-12 has a physical mounting depth of only 2.25” to the bottom of the frame (2.68” to the top of frame) and an extremely shallow 35-mm depth proprietary eight-spoke cast aluminum frame. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, August 2015.
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Tang Band T1-1942SB Turnkey Full-Range Stereo Microsystem
April 16, 2016 by Vance Dickason

Tang Band T1-1942SB Turnkey Full-Range Stereo Microsystem

This Voice Coil Test Bench characterizes Tang Band’s T1-1942SB full-range stereo microsystem, which is offered as a turnkey solution, combining the T1-1942SB rear-firing round passive radiator modules in a cylindrical enclosure, with the addition of its own Bluetooth amplifier. A complete stereo system, which can be configured in various enclosure shapes. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, May 2015.
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Test Bench: Dayton Audio LS10-44 and LS12-44 Shallow-Mount Subwoofers
April 14, 2016 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Dayton Audio LS10-44 and LS12-44 Shallow-Mount Subwoofers

Dayton Audio sent a pair of new shallow-mount home/car audio subwoofers, the 10” LS10-44 and the 12” LS12-44. Both subwoofers are less than 4” deep. Since these are 10” and 12” versions of the same concept, Vance Dickason decided to analyze the Dayton Audio LS10/12 together rather than separately. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, May 2015.
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Test Bench: Wavecor TW030WA13/14 Neodymium Tweeters
April 2, 2016 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Wavecor TW030WA13/14 Neodymium Tweeters

This Test Bench characterizes the Wavecor TW030WA13/14 neodymium tweeters. The A13 is the 4-Ω version, while the A14 is the 8-Ω version and both offer a 30-mm wide surround precision-coated cloth diaphragm optimized for high-frequency cutoff above 20 kHz. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, April 2015
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Test Bench: Bozhen CQ76 Ribbon Tweeter
March 25, 2016 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Bozhen CQ76 Ribbon Tweeter

This Test Bench focused on a ribbon driver from Bozhen New Audio Lab. The CQ76 is a ribbon loudspeaker designed for household hi-fidelity systems as a mid-high unit, featuring a crossover frequency at 1500Hz and very low distortion under high power output. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, April 2013.
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Microspeakers, New Patents, and Much More in Voice Coil April 2016
March 24, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Microspeakers, New Patents, and Much More in Voice Coil April 2016

The April 2016 issue of Voice Coil is now ready for download. This issue features an article on Microspeaker Trends and a complete microspeaker vendor directory. The issue also discusses two interesting new speaker patents and a Test Bench on a small ribbon driver by Tang Band and a 15”subwoofer from SB Acoustics.
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Test Bench: RCF ND950 Neodymium Compression Driver and HF950 Horn
March 23, 2016 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: RCF ND950 Neodymium Compression Driver and HF950 Horn

In this Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes for the first time a transducer from RCF. In this case, a combination of the ND950 1.4 neodymium compression driver along with the HF950 injection-molded composite horn specifically designed to work with the ND950. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, April 2013.
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Test Bench: Beston Technology RT002A Ribbon Tweeter
March 16, 2016 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Beston Technology RT002A Ribbon Tweeter

This Test Bench is dedicated to the Beston RT002A ribbon tweeter. Beston Technology was founded in 2002 in Taipei, Taiwan. Since its inception, Beston has focused on high-frequency ribbon devices using a Kapton substrate. The first transducer Beston sent to Voice Coil’s Test Bench column was the RT002a ribbon tweeter. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, April 2013.
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Test Bench - Wavecor SW223BD02 8.75” Subwoofer
March 2, 2016 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench - Wavecor SW223BD02 8.75” Subwoofer

In this Test Bench, Vance Dickason measures the SW223BD02 8.75” subwoofer from Wavecor, part of the brand’s rather extensive line of subwoofers. Wavecor’s SW223BD02, which is the 4-Ω version (SW223BD03 is 8 ohm), was designed specifically for high performance compact subwoofer applications and has a generous feature set. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, April 2015.
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ALMA, Eminence, Dayton Audio and Much More - Voice Coil March 2016 Is Ready for Download
February 26, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

ALMA, Eminence, Dayton Audio and Much More - Voice Coil March 2016 Is Ready for Download

All about ALMA’s International Symposium & Expo (AISE) 2016. Audiomatica’s new CLIO Pocket is put through various measurement routines according to Voice Coil’s Test Bench speaker characterization protocol. Test Bench focuses on two Eminence compression drivers and horns, plus the Dayton LW-150 ultra-thin woofer. And much more, now available on Voice Coil March 2016!
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