All items tagged with speaker design (233)
Perlisten Audio Premieres in Europe and Launches Three-Way S5t Tower Speaker
May 23, 2022 by Joao Martins

Perlisten Audio Premieres in Europe and Launches Three-Way S5t Tower Speaker

Perlisten Audio — the audio company founded by an all-star team of industry professionals, which had to wait almost three years to show the results of its development efforts due to the global pandemic — has announced the new S5t tower speaker, a slightly smaller version of the company’s flagship S7t. Like its larger sibling, the S5t is a THX Certified Dominus speaker that serves as a missing link between large home A/V speakers and full-size models created for leading movie theaters across the globe.
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Patent Review: A Speaker Device Offering Extended Bass Performance
May 17, 2022 by James Croft

Patent Review: A Speaker Device Offering Extended Bass Performance

This review discusses an intriguing speaker design patented by Walter Ka Wai Chu, from Taiwan. The design allows the speaker device to potentially improve the bass performance in the entire low-frequency band instead of being limited to only a few low-frequency points, the inventor claims. While James Croft confesses to being somewhat skeptical of whether, in its current disclosed form, the device will provide a useful advantage, he found the design sufficiently interesting to be analyzed in more detail.
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KEF Unveils New LS60 Wireless All-In-One High Fidelity Streaming Audio System
May 12, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

KEF Unveils New LS60 Wireless All-In-One High Fidelity Streaming Audio System

In celebration of their 60th anniversary, KEF has launched the LS60 Wireless - an all-in-one, high fidelity streaming audio system. The product features the latest high-performance KEF key acoustic technologies for the highest streaming performance available to date, including the 12th Generation Uni-Q driver array with Metamaterial Absorption Technology and two pairs of Uni-Core drivers. The two floorstanding active speakers can be expanded with up to two KEF subwoofers via sub output on each speaker and can configured to work either wired or wireless to allow for complete positioning freedom within a room.
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Beyma Launches Near and Mid Field High End Transducer Series
May 12, 2022 by Joao Martins

Beyma Launches Near and Mid Field High End Transducer Series

Over the past two years, Acustica Beyma expanded its R&D efforts significantly. The results are now visible as Beyma introduced a completely new family of outstanding drivers at ISE 2022. Beyma's R&D department used the latest simulation tools and a rigorous material selection process to create a new set of transducers that crossover from pure professional audio applications into the studio and high end world. A significant new range of woofers and tweeters with multiple voicing options that will appeal to speaker designers.
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Metamodal TPCDs — Next-Generation Speaker Diaphragms from Composite Sound
May 5, 2022 by Martin Turesson

Metamodal TPCDs — Next-Generation Speaker Diaphragms from Composite Sound

This article details the Composite Sound journey that led to the extensive use of TPCDs for loudspeaker applications and the company's second-generation Metamodal technology. This new engineering approach allows designing loudspeakers tailored for an intended purpose, realizing a physical representation of a TPCD computer-simulated model that is only achievable through the company's unique proprietary production process. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, February 2022.
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Fulcrum Acoustic Releases AHC2 High Output Coaxial Horn
May 4, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Fulcrum Acoustic Releases AHC2 High Output Coaxial Horn

Fulcrum Acoustic has released the AHC2 High Output Coaxial Horn, a bi-amplified 2-way, high sensitivity, arrayable coaxial horn design. The new AHC2 retains the compact enclosure, precise pattern control to below 400Hz, low frequency extension to below 80Hz and associated features of the original AH coaxial horn loudspeakers, while incorporating upgraded drivers capable of much higher output.
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Innovative Speaker Drivers and Microspeakers in Voice Coil May 2022
April 29, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Innovative Speaker Drivers and Microspeakers in Voice Coil May 2022

In this month’s Voice Coil Focus, Mike Klasco writes about Innovative Speaker Drivers, and there is an updated Microspeaker Vendor Directory for 2022, with additional subdirectories on MEMS speaker transducers and Haptic Actuator devices for mobile devices. On this month’s Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes two full-range woofers: the E180HE-44 from the Dayton Audio Epique home audio line-up, and the Faital Pro 2FE24 2.5” small woofer targeting pro audio applications.
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Sonos Announces Acquisition of Dutch Speaker Company Mayht
April 11, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sonos Announces Acquisition of Dutch Speaker Company Mayht

Sonos announced the acquisition of Mayht Holding BV, a Netherlands-based company that invented a dual-driver topology speaker design that uses multiple motors, symmetrically distributed across the membrane, allowing for a shallow design. In demonstrations of its technology, dubbed Heartmotion, Mayht frequently compared the performance-to-size ratio with the nearest example from Sonos, and the company's advisory board included two former Sonos technical and sales executives.
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Focal Naim 10th Anniversary Edition Audio System
March 23, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Focal Naim 10th Anniversary Edition Audio System

To mark the 10th anniversary of their merger, Focal and Naim are introducing a complete special-edition system. The system includes the Focal Sopra N 2 speaker in a special "concrete" finish with ‘tin’ and metallic details, combined with an array of Naim Classic electronics, including an NDX 2 music-streaming player with Chromecast, Spotify, Tidal, AirPlay, Apple Music and Bluetooth AptX HD, which is powered by the NAC 282/NAP 250 DR pre-power amplifiers, complete with matching NAPSC and HiCap DR power supplies. All cables included.
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Steinway Lyngdorf Introduces Steinway & Sons Model A Full-Range Speakers
March 4, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Steinway Lyngdorf Introduces Steinway & Sons Model A Full-Range Speakers

The new Steinway & Sons Model A is a full-range loudspeaker that was designed by Steinway Lyngdorf to provide the best in sound performance in a room-friendly placement against a wall. This makes the Model A the ultimate luxury audio choice when the room interior demands a more space-saving setup, from living rooms and media rooms to apartments, penthouses, or yachts, and even dedicated home cinemas without the space for separate woofers.
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