The 2022 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook (LIS) is now available online and print copies are on the mail! Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook provides a comprehensive guide of manufacturers and their products and services, not only with its annual printed publication, but also with its dedicated, always-online directory available. View the 2022 edition now thanks to this year's cover sponsor: Tectonic.LIS 2022 offers listings in 24 categories from more than 700 companies based in 45 different countries, providing manufacturers with lots of options. In addition to serving as a great resource for products and services in the audio industry, the 2022 LIS also features some timely and informative articles. We begin the publication with "The State of the Loudspeaker Industry 2022," by our own J. Martins. In previous editions of LIS, we invited market research firms to share an overview of the market and the trends that influence the loudspeaker and audio industries. Due to the unpredictability of the overall supply chain and market demand fluctuations over the past two pandemic years, we decided to compile our own industry review. We follow his market reflections, with “Working Within the Ever-Changing World” by Jann U. Evers, as he discusses doing business where sourcing and sustainability are providing unique challenges.
Roger Schwenke and Merlijn van Veen, co-chairs of the Audio Engineering Society SC-04-03-A Task Group, discuss “The New AES75 Standard,” which provides a “better way to measure the acoustic output of loudspeakers.” And Andrew Bellavia of Knowles Corp. discusses “The Year of Hear,” in which he predicts a proliferation of audio devices that take into account consumers’ unique hearing responses.
Although people are slowly starting to venture out, many of them continue to expand their home entertainment options, and Tony Ostrom (WiSA Association President) focuses on "Home Cinema Evolvement." This edition also introduces us to the Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA), courtesy of Jennifer Shockley (PAMA's executive director); and Sound Hub Denmark, as Rie Kold Pripsø shares information about “the world's first international sound technology and innovation hub.” We also learn more about DXOMARK, which is better known as “an image quality expert," and their renowned smartphone quality testing scores, and now also focusing on sound quality assessment of consumer audio speakers.
To wrap up this year's sourcebook, Steve Temme (founder and president of Listen, Inc.) discusses “End-of-Line Distortion Measurements,” and Alan Petrillo (COMSOL) shares his take on “The Sight of Sound: Revealing the Effects of Enclosure Design on Loudspeaker Performance.” Two great articles from two industry experts, addressing the latest advancements on audio test and measurement and multiphysics simulation.
The annual publication concludes with insightful responses to our Questions & Answers session from Tim Boot (Meyer Sound), Charles Gauvin (Fluent.ai), Wolfgang Klippel (Klippel GmbH), Carit Laursen (estron a/s), Bennett Prescott (B&C Speakers), Michael Rodriguez (DAS Audio), Roger Shively (JJR Acoustics), David Stokes (Tectonic Audio Labs), and Steve Temme (Listen, Inc.).
In 2022, we want to take time to show our appreciation for the many companies that helped sustain the industry on challenging times. It's painfully obvious that resilience and sustainability in our industry implies knowing our business partners and suppliers and valuing their skills, efforts and contributions. The dynamics of audio manufacturing are continuously changing and technology innovations are changing product development and production, and inevitably sourcing. This is reflected in the pages of this industry publication and its directories, which are submitted online and compiled once a year to generate the printed edition. As the industry evolves, the scope of the directory also continues to expand. And that dynamic is what makes it an essential reference resource for everyone working in R&D, manufacturing, sourcing, product management, technical support, marketing, or sales in the loudspeaker and related industries.
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