All items tagged with Wavecor (46)
Test Bench: Wavecor TW030TU03 30mm Graphene-Coated Soft Dome Tweeter
July 23, 2025 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Wavecor TW030TU03 30mm Graphene-Coated Soft Dome Tweeter

This latest Wavecor soft dome tweeter is specifically intended for car audio applications. Like other models, the new 4Ω TW030TU03 includes a 30mm wide surround with a precision-coated graphene-reinforced cloth diaphragm optimized for high-frequency cutoff above 20kHz. The design also features internal chambers below the dome and surround edge, dual neodymium magnets vented into a damped rear chamber, copper-clad aluminum voice coil winding with a vented voice coil former, and flexible lead wires.
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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.
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Test Bench: Wavecor’s New WF211PA01 8.25" PA Woofer
September 25, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Wavecor’s New WF211PA01 8.25" PA Woofer

The driver characterized in this Test Bench is a new 8.25" paper cone woofer, which is only the second pro audio design from the Wavecor, renowned for its high-end home hi-fi drivers. The company decided to expand its catalog with new OEM pro audio woofers, and the WF211PA01 is basically a smaller version of the WF259PA01 10" woofer explicated in the February 2024 issue of Voice Coil. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, June 2024.
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Voice Coil June 2024 Explores More Drivers and Transducer Options
May 29, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Voice Coil June 2024 Explores More Drivers and Transducer Options

In the June 2024 issue of Voice Coil, Claus Futtrup explores the Linkwitz-Riley (LR4) Bass Reflex Alignment, in Acoustic Patents, James Croft revisits an important invention from Bang & Olufsen, which has been granted the respective patent, and Vance Dickason characterizes the new Wavecor WF211PA01 8.25" woofer and the Faital Pro 10PR330 10" woofer, both suitable for PA systems and professional applications. Finally, there's an updated industry directory of Headphone Test & Measurement Equipment.
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Test Bench: The New 6” WF152BD09-04 Midbass Driver from Wavecor
March 6, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The New 6” WF152BD09-04 Midbass Driver from Wavecor

This Test Bench characterizes the 6" WF152BD09-04 midbass driver from Wavecor, part of a new line of midbass models using a unique proprietary interwoven Kevlar and carbon fiber cone material. The WF152BD09 has a generous feature set that includes a vented inverted dome-type phase plug (no dust cap) and a shallow profile low loss high Qm NBR surround, accompanied by a flat 4" diameter black cloth spider. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, November 2023.
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Test Bench: The New TW030WA23/24 Tweeters from Wavecor
February 14, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The New TW030WA23/24 Tweeters from Wavecor

This Test Bench characterizes an updated version of the popular TW030WA23/24 tweeter from Wavecor, the latest in the company's 30mm tweeter lineup. The A23 is the 4Ω version, while the A24 is the 8Ω version and they are both available without a faceplate for custom mounting (the TW030A25/26 model). While the TW030WA23/24 have a very similar feature set to the Wavecor TW030WA13/14 tweeters, the biggest difference is a new graphene reinforced textile (Tetoron) 30mm soft dome.
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audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2023
December 29, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2023

We looked at the popular articles of 2023 in audioXpress.com (including selected articles from audioXpress and Voice Coil magazines), and we created this Top 11 list of news stories and online articles. As the number of visitors and pageviews registered by audioXpress.com continues to break records every year, visitors from all over the world returned more often to read the many stories available. Which of the topics and stories published online in 2023 were the most popular? Here are the results!
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Test Bench: Wavecor's WF182BD13-04 7" Midbass Driver
November 15, 2023 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Wavecor's WF182BD13-04 7" Midbass Driver

The Wavecor WF182BD13 is a midbass driver that utilizes a unique proprietary cone material made with interwoven Kevlar/Carbon fibers with beneficial properties for midrange reproduction - a combination of low mass, rigidness, and damping. Unique features include a vented inverted dome-type phase plug (no dust cap), a shallow profile low loss high Qm NBR surround, accompanied by a flat 4” diameter black cloth spider.
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Voice Coil November 2023. It's All About the Bass!
October 30, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Voice Coil November 2023. It's All About the Bass!

From midbass to bass, Voice Coil November 2023 provides the lowdown on some of the loudspeaker industry's most interesting developments. James Croft explores a recently granted "Venturi expander" patent. Mike Klasco explores speaker design and signal processing techniques to achieve more bass, and Vance Dickason characterizes the Wavecor WF152BD09-04 6" midbass driver, and the UF295FAS Ultra Flat Series 10" thin-profile dipole woofer from Neotera.
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The Latest in Loudspeaker Knowledge and Developments in Voice Coil October 2023
September 29, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

The Latest in Loudspeaker Knowledge and Developments in Voice Coil October 2023

In the October 2023 issue of Voice Coil, James Croft reviews an active noise control enclosure system, and Mike Klasco and Nora Wong provide an updated directory of Integrated Electronics for Loudspeakers. Vance Dickason offers three different driver characterizations, starting with the AMT100H driver from Eighteen Sound. Next up, he tests an updated version of the popular TW030WA23/24 tweeter from Wavecor. And finally, measures the Scan-Speak D2008/2010, the revised version of the classic dome tweeter from the Danish brand.
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