All items tagged with dome tweeter (44)

Test Bench: The SB29SDNC-C000-4 29mm Compact Neo Cloth Dome Tweeter from SB Acoustics

September 20, 2023 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The SB29SDNC-C000-4 29mm Compact Neo Cloth Dome Tweeter from SB Acoustics

This Test Bench characterizes the SB29SDNC-C000-4 29mm cloth dome tweeter from SB Acoustics, a shielded neodymium motor driver with a compact 72mm diameter injection-molded face plate and large surround, featuring a copper cap shorting ring on the pole piece, internal pressure equalization, and a flow resistor for non-resonance cavity coupling. Another characterization of the innovative tweeter designs launched by Sinar Baja, developed by Ulrik Schmidt and Frank Nielsen at Danesian Audio.

Triple Test Bench and the Latest Speaker Patents in Voice Coil July 2023

June 28, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Triple Test Bench and the Latest Speaker Patents in Voice Coil July 2023

Another issue of the indispensable Periodical for the Loudspeaker Industry, Voice Coil July 2023 offers the first part of a loudspeaker design tutorial by Peter Larsen. James Croft reviews two patents from Resonado. And serving a generous dose of Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the SB29SDNC-C000-4 29mm cloth dome tweeter from SB Acoustics, the M25 mkII 1" silk dome tweeter from Stereo Integrity, and the NeoPro 5i ribbon tweeter from Fountek Electronics.

Test Bench: Wavecor’s TW045WA01 Coaxial Cloth Dome/Ceramic Cone Tweeter

June 21, 2023 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Wavecor’s TW045WA01 Coaxial Cloth Dome/Ceramic Cone Tweeter

This Test Bench characterizes the innovative TW045WA01 dual-diaphragm coaxial tweeter from Wavecor. This driver's dual-diaphragm assembly combines a 22mm coated textile dome for high-frequency extension and a 45mm ceramic/aluminum cone, which adds low-frequency output and efficiency. The hybrid design incorporates a dual neodymium magnet motor structure and sculpted foam damping ring attached to the faceplate. A very unique driver that is certain to appear in new two-channel high-end audio loudspeakers.

Get Connected to Speaker Intelligence in Voice Coil April 2023

March 29, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Get Connected to Speaker Intelligence in Voice Coil April 2023

The April 2023 issue of Voice Coil reveals the genesis of Echo Test + Measurement and its AIO Test System. As scheduled, there's an updated industry directory of Cable and Connector vendors, James Croft reviews a key Polk Audio patent that expands on its Polk SDA loudspeaker prior art now in a more compact enclosure. And on Test Bench, Vance Dickason focus on the characterization of the innovative TW045WA01 dual-diaphragm tweeter from Wavecor.

Test Bench: Beyma’s New NMF Series T-25S Silk Dome Tweeter

February 22, 2023 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Beyma’s New NMF Series T-25S Silk Dome Tweeter

Vance Dickason received two of the latest products to come out of the R&D labs of Acustica Beyma, the Spanish pro sound OEM transducer manufacturer, which always introduced some significant proprietary technologies in its transducers. The results are now visible in a new set of transducers that crossover from pure professional audio applications into the studio and high end world. This review addresses the new Beyma T-25S 1" silk dome tweeter. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, December 2022.

Test Bench: The T-25M 1" Dome Tweeter from Beyma’s New NMF Series

February 15, 2023 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The T-25M 1" Dome Tweeter from Beyma’s New NMF Series

Vance Dickason received two of the latest products to come out of the R&D labs of Acustica Beyma, the Spanish pro sound OEM transducer manufacturer, which celebrated 50 years in 2019. This review focuses on the T-25M NFM 1" aluminum/magnesium alloy metal dome tweeter. Specifications detail a 20W AES power handling, recommended crossover frequency of 2.5kHz (with a 12dB/octave high-pass filter), and 88dB at 2.83V/1m sensitivity. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, December 2022.

Test Bench: TB Speaker 75-1558SH High-End Home Audio 3" Dome Midrange

September 21, 2022 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: TB Speaker 75-1558SH High-End Home Audio 3" Dome Midrange

This is an interesting Test Bench of a 3" dome midrange from Tang Band Speaker (aka TB Speaker), model 75-1558SH, intended for high-end and home audio applications. One of the most innovative and prolific OEM speaker manufacturers from Asia, Tang Band submitted a new 75mm diameter soft dome midrange, using a coated cloth diaphragm and surround, with a large neodymium magnet and distortion reducing shorting ring. The steel cup has a foam damped vent that loads into a shaped and 100% polyester-filled injection-molded back enclosure. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, June 2022.

Test Bench: Three New High-End 25mm High-Frequency Transducers from BlieSMa

December 1, 2021 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Three New High-End 25mm High-Frequency Transducers from BlieSMa

This Test Bench combines three new 25mm high-frequency transducers from German brand BlieSMa into a single characterization: the BlieSMa T25S-6 Silk Dome, the BlieSMa T25B-6 Beryllium Dome, and the BlieSMa T25D-6 Diamond Dome. All three tweeters appear to be built on the same platform, but optimized for each diaphragm material, and all three share pretty much the same feature set. BlieSMa was founded in January 16, 2018 by former Morel and Accuton engineer, Stanislav Malikov. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, September 2021.

NEXO Introduces ID84 High-Performance Column Loudspeaker Design

June 1, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

NEXO Introduces ID84 High-Performance Column Loudspeaker Design

French professional audio manufacturer NEXO, a Yamaha subsidiary, announced a new installation-focused speaker design. The ID84 is NEXO’s first column loudspeaker, combining the company’s trademark characteristics of size-to-power ratio, variable directivity and highly flexible scalable configurations to a category that is relevant for a wide variety of applications, including music performance reinforcement.

From Micro to Pro and High-End Speakers in Voice Coil May 2021

April 26, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

From Micro to Pro and High-End Speakers in Voice Coil May 2021

In Voice Coil May 2021, Andrew Taylor explains Klippel’s approach to "Comprehensive Transducer Testing in 24 Minutes," Mike Klasco writes about the use of "PEEK High-Performance Film Diaphragms and Cones," and there are two updated directories on MEMS Speakers and Microspeaker Vendors. James Croft reviews Mikhail Dinaburg’s “Speaker with Dual Diffuser” patent, while Vance Dickason characterizes the NSD1424BTN 1.4” compression driver from Eighteen Sound, and the Twt28_vMS high-end dome tweeter from Kartesian in Test Bench. Now available in print and digital.

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