Q&A: Andrew Spitz (Sound + Interaction Designer)

Andrew Spitz is a Copenhagen, Denmark-based sound designer, interaction designer, programmer, and blogger studying toward a Master’s interaction design at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID). Among his various innovative projects is the Arduino-based Skube music player, which is …

audioXpress is all about range—range, in the sense of content diversity. Our international team publishes insightful articles on a wide variety of topics such as speaker design, sound analysis, glass audio projects, and hi-fi product reviews. This month we deliver …

The November 2012 issue of audioXpress features product information about a variety of interesting, well-designed audio gear. Headphones, an amp, a mic, and more are detailed. Cush Headphones Offer Sound Quality, Comfort, & Style KICKER recently unleashed its 39 years …

Each year’s “speaker special” issue is a favorite among audioXpress readers. This 2012 edition features in-depth articles about speaker technologies and design projects, without completely ignoring other interesting topics such as tube amps. This year’s special speaker section features informative articles about a detailed loudspeaker design project and an intriguing electrostatic speaker experiment. We also included a third must-read speaker-related article, but it isn’t in the special section because it focuses on enclosures rather than speaker design.

The September 2012 issue of Voice Coil is now available. The topics covered include CEDIA Expo 2012, a look at Kingstate Electronics, acoustic patent information, industry updates, a test of Faital Pro’s DF371 bullet-type tweeter, and a test of a …

Choosing the correct speaker enclosure can be the difference between decent sound and excellent sound. As Mike Klasco and Steve Tatarunis explain in the September 2012 issue of audioXpress, “No matter how much effort was spent on the drivers’ design, …

MIT graduate student David Mellis is interested in how designers are combining high-tech parts like microcontrollers with low-tech materials in clever ways. Yesterday, I pointed everyone to Mellis’s inspiring 3-D Printed Mouse project. Now let’s look at another creative design—Fab …