Voice Coil August 2024 Is Ready for You!

In this issue, Vance Dickason kicks off a series of outboard DSP processor reviews, starting with the Danville dspNexus. Next, Claus Futtrup writes about the Critically Damped Fourth-Order (CD4) bass reflex alignment. As scheduled, Mike Klasco writes about New Materials and Technologies for Voice Coils, and there's an updated directory of 2024 Voice Coil winders, converters, lead out wire, and more. On Test Bench, Vance Dickason assesses the new B&C Speakers DH450-8 1" compression driver and the Stereo Integrity M3 3.5" carbon midrange driver.

Mike Klasco (Menlo Scientific) provides an overview on how to specify or manufacture voice coils. In this reference article, Mike Klasco recaps on voice coil basics, bobbin materials and sizes, collars, winding techniques, configurations, tips and tricks and wire types and considerations - a valuable, concise compendium of unique knowledge. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, August 2020.

Preceding the CES 2015 Show, the Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing & Acoustics (ALMA) International Winter Symposium 2015 is scheduled for January 3–4, 2015, at the Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, NV and will feature a Technical Track with industry luminaries as Wolfgang Klippel, Sean Olive, Steve Temme, Rob Baum, Daniel Knighten, Christopher Struck, and many more!

The ALMA Winter Symposium 2015 is approaching and the Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing and Acoustics, International is preparing its most ambitious event ever. 4 Seminars. 3 Forums. Over a dozen Papers and Tutorials. Plus lots of quality Networking. January 3 & 4, 2015, at the Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, NV (The weekend before CES).