Reinforced Loudspeaker Performance in Voice Coil November 2024

In Voice Coil November 2024, Anthony Caiazzo details Countervail's patented fiber-reinforced composite technology, Mike Klasco revisits solutions to achieve increased bass response, while James Croft reviews two patents from Clean Energy Labs and Brane Audio that seem to have finally broken Hofmann's Iron Law. In Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the new MT19CP-8 7.5" coaxial driver from SB Acoustics' prestigious Satori line.

All the speaker design techniques to achieve more bass, challenging Hofmann's Iron Law. The same bass in a smaller enclosure? Deeper or louder bass for the same enclosure back volume? Higher efficiency for a given alignment? A cleaner lower distortion bass? Learn about the companies, products, and technologies that make all this possible. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, November 2023.

Happy 36th Anniversary Voice Coil! The November 2022 issue of Voice Coil once again celebrates the launch of this periodical as an information resource for the loudspeaker industry. Also, this month, Mike Klasco writes about technologies and solutions to enhance low-frequency performance, and James Croft reviews a recent patent awarded to Panasonic for a loudspeaker arrangement for a Near to the Ear Subwoofer in a car seat. For this month's Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the 6CXN36 coaxial 6.5” pro sound driver from B&C Speakers, and Wavecor’s FR4X-6WA01 compact oval full-range driver. Now available in print, digital and online.