All items tagged with SB Acoustics (60)

Expand Your Horizons in Speakers with Voice Coil September 2020

August 26, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Expand Your Horizons in Speakers with Voice Coil September 2020

This is certainly a very heterogeneous edition of Voice Coil. It features a special report about manufacturing in Vietnam, complete with a directory and a list of trade shows. Igor Levitsky returns to offer valuable details about the latest Radian Audio Engineering LT2/LT6 Ribbon Planar transducers. James Croft reviews a "Venting System for Vehicle Speaker Assembly patent," recently granted to Harman. And, Vance Dickason characterizes the ND45 1" compression driver from Oberton, and the TW29TXN-B-4 TeXtreme diaphragm tweeter from SB Acoustics' Satori line. Voice Coil September 2020 is now available online and in print.

August 20, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Bianco 44CD-K Compression Driver from SB Audience, a New Brand from SB Acoustics

This Test Bench characterizes the Bianco 44CD-K from SB Audience, a new brand from SB Acoustics. The FEA-optimized ferrite compression driver arrived with its H-250 90° × 90° exponential horn. The SB Audience 44CD-K features a 44 mm (1.75”) diameter voice coil wound with round copper wire on a high-temperature Kapton non-conducting former, driving a single piece Kapton diaphragm and surround. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, May 2019.

From Indonesia to The Global Market: SB Acoustics Introduces New Brands

June 27, 2019 by Joao Martins

From Indonesia to The Global Market: SB Acoustics Introduces New Brands

Sinar Baja has announced a new strategy and new product segment organization for its various brands. SB Acoustics will continue to be its hi-fi driver product range, including Satori for the high-end segment, while the new brand SB Audience will represent its pro sound product line available for the international market, and SB Automotive is now its new car audio product line worldwide. But it gets a bit more complicated... audioXpress spoke with SB Acoustics to learn more about the new branding strategy.

ALMA, ALTI, and AISE 2019. What Happened in Orlando...

June 20, 2019 by Joao Martins

ALMA, ALTI, and AISE 2019. What Happened in Orlando...

The annual ALMA International Symposium & Expo (AISE) 2019, took place June 9–10 at the DoubleTree by Hilton at Universal Orlando, just prior to InfoComm 2019. Once again, it was the strongest event ever for anyone in the loudspeaker and electroacoustic development in general. This was the first event since the association decided to move away from Las Vegas and CES, and leverage the opportunities of working closer with the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA) and its annual trade show, InfoComm.

Test Bench: The SB Acoustics Satori TW29DN-B-8 Tweeter

June 12, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The SB Acoustics Satori TW29DN-B-8 Tweeter

In this Test Bench we will be looking at the 29 mm TW29DN-B cloth dome tweeter from the SB Acoustics Satori line of high-end devices. This new TW29DN-B-8 SB Satori tweeter is a wide surround format-type similar to the original Vifa DX tweeter, or the current Scan-Speak D2604 or D2607. However, all of these are 26 mm diaphragm tweeters, and the new Satori ST29DN-B-8 is a 29 mm diaphragm type. This article was published in Voice Coil, March 2019.

Test Bench: The SB Acoustics SB29BNC-C000-4 Tweeter

June 5, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The SB Acoustics SB29BNC-C000-4 Tweeter

This month I am characterizing the SB29BNC beryllium 29 mm dome tweeter from SB Acoustics. This is the second high-end 29 mm beryllium diaphragm neodymium dome sent by SB Acoustics for Test Bench. Features for this transducer include a small format 72 mm diameter injection-molded plastic faceplate, and an 8 mm wide coated cloth surround. This article was published in Voice Coil, March 2019.

Salk Sound Introduces SS9.5 High Performance 3-Way Loudspeaker Design

May 24, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Salk Sound Introduces SS9.5 High Performance 3-Way Loudspeaker Design

Salk Signature Sound announced the introduction of its SS9.5 high fidelity loudspeakers, auditioned for the first time at the AXPONA 2019 hi-fi show in Chicago. Incorporating SB Acoustics Satori drivers and other top shelf components, the newest addition to the company's product line is an affordable, high performance 3-way acoustic suspension loudspeaker design that improves fidelity with linear phase response, lower distortion and wider bandwidth, extending the bottom octave.

Designing and Manufacturing Loudspeakers? Voice Coil May 2019 is Now Available!

April 26, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Designing and Manufacturing Loudspeakers? Voice Coil May 2019 is Now Available!

Voice Coil May 2019 features an overview of Asian speaker manufacturing outside of China, with a detail portrait country by country. Mike Klasco reports on Loudspeaker Enclosure Materials, focusing on new and improved material alternatives. James Croft reviews a new patented design from Harman to improve reproduction in boundary-coupled systems, and in Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes two new 1” compression drivers, one from Celestion, and another from SB Audience, a new brand from SB Acoustics targeting pro audio applications. All this and the usual Industry Watch updates, now ready to download!

Expanded Perspectives on Loudspeaker Enclosure Materials with Voice Coil March 2019

February 26, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Expanded Perspectives on Loudspeaker Enclosure Materials with Voice Coil March 2019

Voice Coil March 2019 is now available and this issue focuses on the vital, but seldom addressed, topic of loudspeaker enclosure materials. Mike Klasco reviews and looks ahead at all the materials and design approaches for loudspeaker enclosures, and the edition also includes a complete directory for sourcing vendors in this area. James Croft reviews a Coaxial Centerbody Point-Source (CCPS) Horn Speaker System patent, and Vance Dickason characterizes three new tweeters on Test Bench.

audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2018

December 28, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2018

2018 was another record-breaking year for audioXpress.com with visits and users doubling the figures compared to our record year in 2016. Want to know which of the topics and stories published online in 2018 were the most popular? We looked at the most-read articles of 2018 in audioXpress.com (which also includes selected articles from Voice Coil magazine), and we created this Top 10 list of news stories and online articles. Here are the results!

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