Get the Loudspeaker Focus You Need with Voice Coil July 2018

The Voice Coil July 2018 edition is now available and full of great content and insights, apart from the indispensable patent reviews and Test Bench reviews. This edition focuses on Bonding, Dispensing, Coating, and Related Aspects in Speaker Production, and features a great article by Mike Klasco on the topic, as well as an updated industry directory. James Croft reviews a patent for a “Self-bias Emitter Circuit,” awarded to Turtle Beach, while Vance Dickason looks at two interesting new high-frequency transducers, from Radian Audio Engineering, and Spanish OEM manufacturer Beyma.

Preparing for the forthcoming InfoComm 2018 show, this edition of Voice Coil will be a welcome update for all industry professionals. Mike Klasco and Nora Wong discuss the latest trends and technologies for Earphones and Headphones, and provide an updated 2018 directory of leading OEM/ODM headphone and earphone factories. James Croft discusses a new Smart Bass Reflex Loudspeaker patent from Amazon, and Vance Dickason characterizes three different high-frequency drivers: one from a new company, BlieSMA, a dome tweeter from Tang Band (TB) Speaker, and a pro sound compression driver from B&C Speakers.

In this May 2018 edition, learn about the loudspeaker-related sessions that will take place at the upcoming 144th Audio Engineering Society (AES) International Convention in Milan. Vance Dickason also writes about ARTA Audio Measurement and Analysis Software, and for this month's Test Bench, he characterizes two new 1” exit pro sound compression drivers, the CDX1-1742 from Celestion, and the DE360-8 from B&C Speakers. In Acoustic Patents, James Croft discusses an interesting Radial Acoustic Speaker design patented by prolific audio inventor Curtis Graber. Download your copy now.

This month, in Voice Coil, read our AISE 2018 Report, Christopher Struck discusses "Efficiency Bandwidth Product for Loudspeaker Drivers," and James Croft reviews a patent originally claimed in 2013 on a Double Coil Speaker design, now granted to Friedrich Reining (Vienna, Austria), on behalf of Sound Solutions International from China. In this month's Test Bench, Dickason examines two 1" compression drivers: a new PEEK diaphragm compression driver from Precision Devices, the PD.CD1N, and the Peerless by Tymphany DFM-2544R00-08. Download your copy now.

Voice Coil is gearing up for another exciting edition of the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, and this January 2018 edition features one of our most exciting Voice Coil directories, focusing on recent announcements about Headphone Measurement solutions. James Croft discusses a patent for an innovative flat speaker concept from Pioneer, while Vance Dickason characterizes a new 12” coaxial pro audio design from B&C Speakers. Download your Voice Coil now!

Don't miss Mike Klasco's overview of the latest trends in Audio Digital Signal Processing, a review of a new "knurled diaphragm," patent for planar magnetic drivers, and a User Report on LOUDSOFT's FINE R+D Analyzer, which, from 2018, will be implemented into the Test Bench measurement protocol. In Test Bench, learn more about a bass-midrange driver, and a woofer, from Eton and Volt, respectively.

As Voice Coil celebrates its 31st anniversary, our November 2017 edition reflects on its heritage and jumps directly to the future of speaker design with an exciting Test Bench of two full-range drivers from the Peerless by Tymphany PLS Line - precisely the ones that are now powering some of the so-called smart speakers. This edition also features a complete directory of Measurement Microphone vendors.

In the September 2017 edition of Voice Coil, read about the new Klippel Analyzer 3 (KA3), launched to coincide with the year the German company celebrates its 20th anniversary. Also, read about a surprising speaker design recently patented by Harman and learn about "Acoustic Methods of Microphone Calibration" from the experts at PCB Piezotronics. In Test Bench, there's a 3” midrange dome driver from Volt Loudspeakers and a new 10” subwoofer from Scan-Speak. Now available.

Voice Coil August 2017 is now available. Read an excellent tutorial from Charlie Hughes about optimizing loudspeaker directivity through the crossover region, and read James Croft’s review of a new bass-reflex speaker cabinet design. In Test Bench, we learn more about are Tymphany's new DFM-2535R00-08 compression driver and Volt Loudspeakers' new VM527 dome midrange. And don't miss the updated directory of OEM/ODM Voice Coil Manufacturers.

This edition focuses on Adhesive Joints and Cone Treatments and includes a special report on the latest new material options available and an updated directory of Adhesives, Coatings, and Sealant Providers. In our Spotlight article, Dan Knighten discusses the “Practical Measurement of Bluetooth and Lightning Headphones,” and in Test Bench, Vance Dickason discusses the new B&C Speakers DE990TN compression driver and Wavecor’s new SW168WA01 6.5” woofer. That and much more now available.