Industry Watch: April

Brown Named Thiel Audio’s Interim COO Bob Brown, former longtime president/CEO of Lenbrook America (an exclusive US distributor of NAD and PSB brands), has been appointed to Thiel Audio’s board. He has also been hired as Thiel’s interim COO. Bob’s …

AmpliVox Wireless PA Supports many Media Devices AmpliVox Sound Systems has unveiled its newly updated SW720 Wireless PA system, a versatile PA package that supports all types of external media. The SW720 PA enables audio or video to be played …

Passing of a Loudspeaker Pioneer It is with regret that Voice Coil notes the passing of a pioneering colleague. Clifford B. “CB” Digre, one of the audio industry’s stalwart loudspeaker manufacturers, died November 25, 2012, at age 89. More than …

February 12, 1923-February 25, 2013 Edward Dell, founder and former publisher of Audio Amateur Inc., died Monday, February 25, 2013, at the age of 90. After launching the company’s flagship publication, The Audio Amateur, in 1970, Dell published a number of specialized titles covering a wealth of subjects in audio. Proud to lead a force of some 700 authors worldwide — experts and enthusiasts in audio technology — he started audioXpress 31 years later, in 2001.

Coleridge Design Associates Introduces the aCUBE Tech start-up, Coleridge Design Associates (CDA), has launched a new transparent speaker system that combines balanced modal radiator (BMR) sound quality technology with stylish looks, convenience, and affordability. The aCube BMR speaker design features …

Oxford Digital and Prism Sound, in conjunction with the AES, LOUDSOFT and TTid, invite you to join our audio engineering masterclass. This is a unique opportunity to meet with some of the most experienced engineers in the industry, and to hear …

Gornik to Leave Thiel Audio Thiel Audio has been acquired by a private equity firm based in Nashville, TN. New Thiel CEO Bill Thomas has indicated that the brand focus will continue to be on premium-quality phase and time-coherent loudspeakers, …

New Wireless Speaker Takes Pocket-Portable Sound to the Next Level Soundmatters, a leader in high-quality, portable speakers, announced its entry-level aptX Bluetooth-equipped model, the foxLv2 aptX. Based on the foxLv2, the gold standard in hi-fi portable speakers (Time Magazine’s “Top …

HiWave develops new wireless speaker platform HiWave offers a Bluetooth wireless speaker demonstrator that runs for 100 hours at normal levels from a single charge cycle. HiWave Technologies, a provider of innovative audio amplifier ICs, full-frequency range speaker drivers, and …

Nortek Experiences Gain Most of this month’s industry news is financial and not much of it is all that good. However, Nortek, parent of multiple residential and commercial systems brands (e.g., Aton, Elan, Niles, SpeakerCraft, Sunfire, and Xantech), is the …