The Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2015 is now available online

The Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook lists speaker-related companies and their products and services and provides a comprehensive guide throughout the year for your loudspeaker needs. If you’re curious about where the industry is headed in 2015 and beyond, the sourcebook also contains several interesting and informative articles.

Over 38 vetted suppliers and OEM assemblers have enlisted to participate on the first edition of The Loudspeaker Sourcing Show in Guangzhou, China. Since doing business in China has all kinds of associated legal issues, the promoters invited one of China’s most respected legal firms to attend with their international representative on hand.

Vishay Intertechnology introduced the first device in its new IHLD series of low-profile, high-current dual inductors. Offering two inductors in one 4032 package, the space-saving automotive-grade IHLD-4032KB-5A is optimized for commercial class D amplifier circuits, reducing board space requirements and offering improved performance over using multiple discrete inductors.

Ramping in volume production across all key customers, Skyworks Solutions recently introduced a new generation of highly advanced front-end solutions for 802.11 wireless audio applications. The semiconductor company confirms increasing demand from OEM’s, including industry leaders in the streaming music platforms such as Bose and Sonos.

A new analysis for 2014 titled “The Global and China Micro Electronic-Acoustics Component Industry Report, 2013-2014” was published in October 2014 by Research in China and shows that the earphone and headphone categories have been the main growth areas since the second half of 2013. The 95 pages report provides the most recent data and information on the micro electronic-acoustics industry, detailing profiles of 21 micro electronic-acoustics manufacturers.