All items tagged with speaker design (259)
Q Acoustics Makes a Cutting Edge Design Statement with New Concept 300 Loudspeaker
February 4, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Q Acoustics Makes a Cutting Edge Design Statement with New Concept 300 Loudspeaker

Q Acoustics' flagship loudspeaker, the Concept 500 floorstander, arrived with an elegant design and innovative audio technology, delivering an audiophile performance way beyond what is expected of its £3,999/$5,999 price point, while allowing everyone to enjoy high-end sound in the home. Now the brand unveiled the Concept 300s (£2,999/$4,499), a new flagship standmount speaker that leverages the same technology created for their Concept 500 floorstanders. The Concept 300s will be available in March 2019.
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POW Audio Introduces Ultra-Compact Speaker with Patented WaveBloom Technology
January 7, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

POW Audio Introduces Ultra-Compact Speaker with Patented WaveBloom Technology

POW Audio, a new brand specializing in portable audio, is trying to reimagine Bluetooth speaker construction and capabilities through its transformational, ultra-portable designs. At CES 2019, the company will be previewing Mo, the first release in its larger family of products. This new ultra-compact speaker uses the company’s patented WaveBloom technology, which expands to create an air-filled wave chamber resulting in demonstrably better resonance and increased volume.
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Le Pavé Parisien: A Unique Speaker Made of Concrete Presented at CES 2019
December 14, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Le Pavé Parisien: A Unique Speaker Made of Concrete Presented at CES 2019

Standing for a circular economy and against planned obsolescence Le Pavé Parisien presents the only high-end wireless speaker entirely cast in concrete. This is how French company Le Pavé Parisien, a startup founded in 2016, introduces its first product, which can already be ordered online and will be shown at CES 2019 for the first time. Cast in concrete and 100% "Made in France," Le Pavé Parisien hopes to appeal to a market wishing to combine superior audio quality in a portable design that is entirely repairable and recyclable.
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D5 Wireless Speaker from 0W1 Audio Wants to Offer Smart HiFi Experiences
December 10, 2018 by Joao Martins

D5 Wireless Speaker from 0W1 Audio Wants to Offer Smart HiFi Experiences

Among the many new speaker designs that deserve a close look at CES 2019 (January 8-11) there is one that is the first product ever from a startup company, 0W1 Audio, and was already awarded a CES 2019 Innovation Awards nomination on the Wireless Devices, Accessories and Services category. The 0W1 Smart HiFi Audio Speaker is described as "the first truly High-End Connected Portable Audio system," and is said to offer "much more than just another wireless speaker," focusing on the emotional side of the hi-fidelity experience.
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Amadeus Releases New Philharmonia Mini Passive Hi-Fi Speakers
October 16, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Amadeus Releases New Philharmonia Mini Passive Hi-Fi Speakers

Amadeus has begun shipping its latest offering for the Hi-Fi community, passive versions of their award-winning Philharmonia speakers co-designed by world-renowned architect Jean Nouvel. Following the success of the original self-powered and digitally processed speakers created specifically for the Philharmonie de Paris recording and mastering studios, Amadeus received enquires for a passive and more affordable version, directly targeting listening rooms for audio enthusiasts, which was no small challenge.
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It's Speaker Builder Time! Get Your Copy of audioXpress September 2018 Now!
August 7, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

It's Speaker Builder Time! Get Your Copy of audioXpress September 2018 Now!

Once again, audioXpress focuses on loudspeaker building, design, and testing in its September edition. We have three great speaker DIY projects that are certain to inspire our readers, Geoff Hill explains how speaker measurements are evolving under the latest Audio Engineering Society (AES) efforts, and Richard Honeycutt writes about modulation distortion in loudspeakers. We interviewed Crispin Herrod-Taylor, the designer of the amazing SoundBuckets portable speakers, we explain all you need to know about the latest HDMI Enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC) specification, and Ward Maas tells the story of Infineon's new energy-efficient multi-level amplifiers.
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First Alert Launches Onelink Safe & Sound Alexa-Enabled Smoke and CO Alarm and Home Speaker
July 4, 2018 by Joao Martins

First Alert Launches Onelink Safe & Sound Alexa-Enabled Smoke and CO Alarm and Home Speaker

A connected smoke alarm that's also a speaker, strategically placed in the ceiling to cover any room with quality sound. The idea might sound bizarre at first, but indeed it reflects the way manufacturers are reimagining different categories in the era of "smart devices." Following a successful presentation at CES 2018, First Alert launched its Onelink Safe & Sound Connected Smoke Alarm with Amazon Alexa, allowing users to ask questions or and even listen to music.
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Rembrandt Laboratories Patent-Pending Home Speaker Will Make You Cry
July 2, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Rembrandt Laboratories Patent-Pending Home Speaker Will Make You Cry

Rembrandt Laboratories is promoting its patent-pending speaker design Model V with the line "New Audio Technology With Sound So Beautiful, It Moves Listeners to Tears of Joy," claiming a level of realism that feels like the artist is in the room. Effectively, the outside of the Model V, in stained poplar tone wood, looks like one those early tube radios, but there's nothing vintage inside this active speaker, using a distributed mode planar driver with proprietary multiple internal tuned resonate chambers and bass reflex port.
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Celestion Offers Premium Quality P.A. Cabinet Designs for DIY Builders
June 12, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Celestion Offers Premium Quality P.A. Cabinet Designs for DIY Builders

Celestion announced the availability of Celestion driver-specific cabinet designs for DIY builders, including crossover schematic and complete woodworking plans. With these designs, now DIYers can build their own full-range, high-quality, Celestion-driven P.A. cabinets by following the company’s CKT-TF1525e and CKT-TF1225 speaker designs, as well as the double-duty CKT-TF1020, which can serve as both a satellite speaker and a floor-wedge monitor.
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Speaker Design: Driver-Induced Vibrations
May 30, 2018 by Claudio Negro

Speaker Design: Driver-Induced Vibrations

In order to generate a sound, a driver must vibrate. But what happens when one or more drivers are placed on the same baffle? In the exact moment that the cone begins to move, it starts to transmit — through the frame and the screws — vibrations to the cabinet and to the other drivers that are fixed on it. This article discusses multiples approaches to handle the problem, working on material, dimension, thickness, density, rigidity, and damping of the panels to be used. This article was published in audioXpress, February 2008.
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