Industry Watch: August

By Vance Dickason Jade Design Acquires Bob Carver Brand Jade Design, the parent company of Emotiva, Emotiva Pro, and Sherbourn, has finalized its acquisition of the Bob Carver brand and all its assets, including intellectual properties and exclusive design services …

Acoustica 6 With Multitrack Editing and New Restoration Tools Acon Digital Media has made another leap forward with its latest Acoustica version. The Acoustica 6, a comprehensive audio editor for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering, offers several new  features, including …

Thiel Audio’s New CS1.7 Thiel Audio recently launched its first new product since the company was acquired last year by a Nashville, TN-based equity company. The product, designed prior to the acquisition, is the company’s new CS1.7 two-way tower design …

Eminence Speaker recently introduced the D-fend SA300, a fully programmable stand-alone unit designed to protect passive loudspeakers from excessive power conditions. With patent-pending technology, D-fend enables maximum driver performance while ensuring damage-free operation. D-fend eliminates worries about blown speakers, HF …

It is with regret that Voice Coil announces the passing of two of our highly esteemed colleagues, Denis Ouellet and Howard Doctor. Denis Ouellet (1949-2013) Denis Ouellet, owner of Solen Electronique and a long-standing Audio Engineering Society member, was a …

Whether you’re an audio executive or simply an audio fan, you’ll find everything thing you need to make informed purchasing decisions in the 2013 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook,our annual publication that lists speaker-related companies and their products and services. It’s the …

Virtual Soundcard Gets An Update Audinate recently improved its Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS) software for Windows. The DVS software enables your PC or Mac to connect your favorite audio application directly to a Dante audio network. DVS uses your computer’s …

Dispute Focuses on Patent THX filed a lawsuit against Apple Corp. in US District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose, CA, on March 14, 2013, alleging that Apple is using patented THX speaker technology in select iOS mobile devices …

For the May issue, we elected to print several essays in memory of Ed Dell in lieu of the regular New Products and News section. This column will resume in the June issue.

This week, while visiting Santa Clara, CA-based HSC Electronic Supply, I came across a book display featuring a few of our best-selling titles: Loudspeaker Design Cookbook, Glass Audio Projects, and Loudspeaker Recipes. If you happen to be in the Santa …