All items tagged with neodymium (194)

Lighter, Cooler, More Powerful. B&C Speakers Introduces New Products for 2025

February 4, 2025 by Joao Martins

Lighter, Cooler, More Powerful. B&C Speakers Introduces New Products for 2025

Fresh from NAMM 2025 in Anaheim, CA, B&C Speakers will exhibit at ISE 2025 in Barcelona, where it will present its latest innovations, highlighting in particular the latest HLX Series Helical compression drivers DH350 and DH450 now benefiting from purposely designed heatsinks. Also new for the show are two new lightweight, high-power woofers, that are perfect for small format line arrays, expanding the Italian speaker manufacturer’s CL Series.

A Compression Driver Trilogy and More From Lavoce at ISE 2025

February 3, 2025 by Joao Martins

A Compression Driver Trilogy and More From Lavoce at ISE 2025

The 2025 trade show season is in full force, and Lavoce Italiana is crossing the Atlantic after attending the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, and now moving closer to home, for Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona, Spain. There, the company will be introducing three neodymium magnet HF compression driver models: DN07.10LTF with 0.75” exit and low Fs, DN10.20 with 1” exit, and DN20.30TK with 2” exit. These compression drivers join the recently announced CAF series ferrite common magnet coaxials and other new models.

Niron Magnetics Secures Funding to Accelerate Production of Rare Earth-Free Magnets

February 20, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Niron Magnetics Secures Funding to Accelerate Production of Rare Earth-Free Magnets

Niron Magnetics, the company pioneering the world's first high-performance, rare earth-free permanent magnets, announced it has received $25 million in new strategic funding from Samsung Ventures, Allison Transmission, and Magna. This investment will strengthen Niron's ability to expand its production facilities, scale manufacturing capacity for exclusive customer programs, and accelerate the commercialization of Niron's Clean Earth Magnet technology.

Celestion Launches the Ten Squared (Ten2) Low-Frequency Pro Audio Driver Series at ISE 2024

January 30, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Celestion Launches the Ten Squared (Ten2) Low-Frequency Pro Audio Driver Series at ISE 2024

Celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary in 2024, Celestion introduced the new Ten Squared (Ten2) Series of pro audio low frequency drivers at ISE 2024 in Barcelona. Born out of a specialist development program at Celestion’s UK-based R&D facility the new Ten Squared Series comprises five drivers meticulously engineered for applications in subwoofers or as bass units in two- or three-way loudspeakers and larger format line arrays.

Lavoce Unveils New High-Output Woofers for Multi-Way Systems

January 2, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Lavoce Unveils New High-Output Woofers for Multi-Way Systems

Lavoce Italiana, the transducer company with a heritage of over 35 years designing and manufacturing high performance HF and LF loudspeaker transducers is starting 2024 in full force with several new speaker drivers expanding its already considerable professional audio and MI catalog. Unveiled just before ISE 2024, where they will make their debut, are three new Lavoce high-output woofers in 8", 13.5" and 15" sizes.

New DN20.300T Expands Premium HF Neodymium Magnet Options from Lavoce

December 5, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

New DN20.300T Expands Premium HF Neodymium Magnet Options from Lavoce

Anticipating the early 2024 tradeshows, Lavoce Italiana announced the DN20.300T, a larger version of the flagship 1.4" throat compression driver with 3" voice coil, the existing DN14.300T. The new DN20.300T uses a uniquely optimized throat adaptor which has been carefully engineered to expand the exit to 2" with no degradation of performance. The new compression driver also offers improved thermal dissipation from motor to horn by increasing the adaptor surface area in direct contact with the driver motor.

First Magnet Powder Presses to Produce Neodymium Permanent Magnets in the United States

November 30, 2023 by Mike Klasco

First Magnet Powder Presses to Produce Neodymium Permanent Magnets in the United States

Most of us assume that neodymium must only come from China. Yet, rare earth ore is available in California, and reshoring neo-magnet production, including recycling neodymium, is now accelerating in the US. Mike Klasco (Menlo Scientific), tipped off by Salvador Magdaleno (Salvador Consultant), writes about the first manufacturing operation that is ready to deliver neodymium permanent magnets in the United States. This article was written originally for The Audio Voice newsletter.

Warwick Acoustics Car Audio Transducers Help Eliminate Rare Earth Elements Usage

October 16, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Warwick Acoustics Car Audio Transducers Help Eliminate Rare Earth Elements Usage

Warwick Acoustics is working with a number of notable car manufacturers to support the elimination of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from their vehicles by promoting the use of its ‘zero-REE’ Electroacoustic panels. As high-profile car manufacturers and OEMs are aiming to eliminate REEs in their vehicles, the UK-based audio company says that elements commonly used in audio systems, such as neodymium and dysprosium, typically make up to 30% of REE content still remaining in new-generation electric vehicles.

Celestion Debuts Two Next-Generation 1.4" Compression Drivers

August 31, 2023 by Alfred Moody

Celestion Debuts Two Next-Generation 1.4" Compression Drivers

Celestion, one of the world’s leading suppliers of professional loudspeakers and compression drivers for sound reinforcement applications, announced availability of two new 1.4" exit, neodymium magnet, high frequency compression drivers to their range, the CDX14-3055 and CDX14-3045. These next-generation drivers both offer improved power handling and sensitivity, with a lower crossover point and overall reduction in size, making them compact and extremely effective HF solutions for use in high-quality fixed installation, or touring sound systems.

Magnets and Smart Electronics for Speakers in Voice Coil September 2023

August 30, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Magnets and Smart Electronics for Speakers in Voice Coil September 2023

This issue of Voice Coil is packed full of great knowledge for speaker professionals. The September 2023 issue features three Test Bench characterizations: the Fountek NeoCD2.0 Ribbon Tweeter, the SB Acoustics WO24TX-4 Satori midbass, and the SEAS L22ROY2 8" subwoofer. This issue also features our annual overview of Magnetic Materials for the Loudspeaker Industry. Peter Larsen (Loudsoft) concludes his FINE Circle tutorial with a passive crossover for his design. This issue of Voice Coil is now available in print, online, and in digital formats.

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