All items tagged with speaker design (272)
USound MEMS Microspeakers Now Available to the Audio Industry as Components, Development Platforms, and Reference Designs
December 17, 2019 by Joao Martins

USound MEMS Microspeakers Now Available to the Audio Industry as Components, Development Platforms, and Reference Designs

Austrian microspeaker company USound is the most advanced MEMS Microspeakers initiative currently in the market. Since announcing a production partnership with STMicroelectronics in 2017, the world's first miniature piezoelectric MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) actuators for smart audio systems in portable devices have become a commercial reality. Targeting multiple possible applications from headsets to high-end speakers and completely new development ideas, USound has announced multiple reference solutions to push the technology forward.
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Eminence Launches Tour Grade Family of Professional Audio Woofers
December 12, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Eminence Launches Tour Grade Family of Professional Audio Woofers

It was hardly a secret that Eminence was planning to shake up the pro audio industry with its new Tour Grade - American Muscle subwoofer series. After months of teasing the market and receiving a lot of market feedback, Eminence introduces the company's first pro audio high power woofer family since the 1999 release of the Eminence Kilomax series. But this time, the Tour Grade series woofers are a much more ambitious undertaking, representing an effort from the Kentucky company to define new standards in efficient low frequency reproduction.
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Kick Off Another Exciting Year for Audio Technology with audioXpress!
December 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Kick Off Another Exciting Year for Audio Technology with audioXpress!

audioXpress January 2020 is now available in print and download! To start 2020 in the best possible way, this edition includes a Market Update about Speakers and Transducers, followed by a report of the COMSOL Boston Conference where the latest Multiphysics 5.5 Release was unveiled, a great review of the Cambridge Audio Edge W amplifier, and an in-depth article in which Steve Temme discusses tools and techniques to accurately measure voice-controlled and connected devices. Plus many more great theory articles and practical knowledge shared by audioXpress experts.
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KRK Announces Limited Edition ROKIT G4 “White Noise” Studio Monitors
December 3, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

KRK Announces Limited Edition ROKIT G4 “White Noise” Studio Monitors

A great white finish for good sounding speakers, with an unfortunate name? KRK Systems, part of the Gibson family of brands, added a new family of studio monitors to its latest ROKIT Generation 4 (G4) range, the limited edition ROKIT G4 White Noise. Available in 5-, 7-, and 8-inch bi-amp models, these limited-edition monitors offer the same impressive features as the newly released ROKIT G4s, but with an enticingly different aesthetic.
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New iX Range of Coaxial Installation Speakers from APG
November 27, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New iX Range of Coaxial Installation Speakers from APG

APG unveiled its new iX range, a full line of fixed installation coaxial speakers, characterized by a combination of high quality drivers and acoustic baffling that the company says, allows pure point source directivity. For some of the iX models, the French company has created coaxial devices that strike a perfect physical alignment between low and hi transducers. Overall, the range targets a wide variety of fixed installation applications.
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2019 Midwest Audiofest Speaker Design Competition
November 21, 2019 by Thomas Perazella

2019 Midwest Audiofest Speaker Design Competition

One of the most important audio events for the speaker building and DIY audio communities, the Midwest Audiofest (MWAF) is held in Springboro, OH, in July every year. Sponsored by an impressive group of vendors and hosted by Parts Express, this event combines several activities including a huge tent sale at Parts Express. For Thomas Perazella the highlight of the event is the Speaker Design Competition, for which he was again one of the competition judges. This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2019.
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Purifi Audio - A Straight Wire to the Soul of Music
October 23, 2019 by Jan Didden

Purifi Audio - A Straight Wire to the Soul of Music

audioXpress' Technical Editor Jan Didden met with Bruno Putzeys and Lars Risbo, the founders of Purifi Audio, the new Danish company that the entire audio industry is talking about. The Netherlands Audio Engineering Society (AES) section invited the duo for a technical update on their plans, and they gracefully agreed to a presentation on June 13 at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague, which Didden attended and reports here. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2019.
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Devialet Unveils New Phantom Reactor Matte Black
October 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Devialet Unveils New Phantom Reactor Matte Black

In an effort to reenergize its global marketing endeavours, French audio manufacturer Devialet has announced a new version of its smallest Phantom speaker, introducing for the first time a Phantom Reactor 600 in matte black. The most compact and affordable in the Devialet range, the new Phantom Reactor Matte Black is also the most technologically advanced, delivering the same impressive sound for just $1,090.
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Fresh From the Bench: Meet the PureAudioProject Trio15 Heil AMT Speakers
October 3, 2019 by Oliver A.Masciarotte

Fresh From the Bench: Meet the PureAudioProject Trio15 Heil AMT Speakers

In this speaker review, Oliver Masciarotte and Kent Peterson (of Warkwyn) listen, measure, and listen again to the PureAudioProject Trio15 Heil AMT speaker system. This is a fascinating modular system, in this case designed using an ESS 6" Air Motion Transformer (AMT) and two Eminence 15" drivers, specifically optimized for use in open-baffle applications. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2019.
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POW Audio Grows Product Portfolio with New Expandable Una Speaker Line
September 23, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

POW Audio Grows Product Portfolio with New Expandable Una Speaker Line

POW Audio is a new audio brand focused on reimagining ultra-portable, omnidirectional speakers through its patented expandable-chamber WaveBloom technology. Following a very successful introduction of the concept at CES 2019, the company now announced the first two of three products in its Una line, a suite of Bluetooth speakers that boast premium, high-output sound and ultra-portability. The Una and Una X are both ideal for listening at home, a beach vacation, event gathering or day by the pool.
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