Voice Coil September 2015 Edition Is Ready for You!

In this issue of Voice Coil: Lookout for upcoming shows, CEDIA Expo in Dallas and the new Loudspeaker Sourcing Show in China. Mike Klasco guides us on a visit to YY, one of the largest diaphragm forming vendors. Test Bench features a 10” woofer from Morel’s Ultimate Titanium line, and a new 2” titanium compression driver from B&C Speakers.

The August 2015 edition of Voice Coil features an important industry update on what’s new in voice coils, prepared by Mike Klasco, including the latest directory of voice coil manufacturers. In Acoustic Patents we discuss a new “Desktop Audio Monitor System and Method” and this month’s Test Bench features two 12” drivers from B&C Speakers and Prescient Audio.

Voice Coil July 2015 is now available for download. Read about US Enclosure’s new purpose-engineered composite materials specifically for loudspeaker cabinets. July’s Test Bench includes a 5.75” subwoofer from Wavecor, plus the DE550 compression driver from B&C Speakers.

On our June 2015 edition Mike Klasco takes the Spotlight with an article on “Trends And Innovations In Headphones,” which provides an excellent introduction to our annual Directory on Earphones And Headphones. Dickason’s June 2015 Test Bench focuses on the DE550-8, a new 1” polymer diaphragm compression driver from B&C Speakers.

Voice Coil May 2015 features a great in-depth article from Dave on Loudspeaker Measurements, an article from Mike Klasco about MEMS Microspeakers, and the usual patents review by James Croft. This month’s Voice Coil Test Bench includes two shallow-mount subwoofers from Dayton Audio and a Bluetooth and loudspeaker kit from Tang Band. Great reasons not to delay on downloading the issue.

The kind of acoustic simulation tools that were once the exclusive province of automotive and aerospace engineers are now available to loudspeaker designers. A speaker designer working in a home studio can design a new enclosure or ported box using the same simulation technology automotive engineers use to design quiet auto interiors or, more precisely, almost the same simulation technology.

The April 2015 edition of Voice Coil is now available online and in print. Don’t miss our Spotlight report on Microspeakers and Audio Engineering for High-Definition Voice Products and an updated Microspeaker directory. Our Test Bench column features three Wavecor and two Faital Pro drivers. Indispensable content for the audio industry selected monthly by Voice Coil.

The March 2015 edition of Voice Coil is now available online and in print. Vance Dickason reviews the ALMA International Winter Symposium 2015. Test Bench discusses the 12NDL88 from B&C Speakers. Mike Klasco does a roundup of Test & Measurement companies from the Nordic region. Voice Coil pays tribute to David John Graebener (1948-2015).

The February 2015 edition of Voice Coil is already available and features our annual Loudspeaker Cone Vendor Survey 2015. James Croft’s Acoustic Patents reviews recent inventions from Libratone (Denmark) and Genelec (Finland). Vance Dickason’s Test Bench focuses on a 6.5” pro sound midrange driver, from PRV Audio Brazil and the reissue of the famous G12H “GreenBack” 12” guitar speaker by Celestion. Mike Klasco writes about the Endumax cone material by Teijin Aramid.

In the December 2014 edition of Voice Coil Vance Dickason’s Test Bench discusses two very different woofers — the 18” Celestion CF1840JD pro sound subwoofer and Dayton Audio’s 7” ES180Ti-8 home audio woofer. In Acoustic Patents, James Croft reviews two loudspeaker-related patents filed by Dolby Lab Licensing Corp. (US) and comments on its own Transducer With Improved Electro-Magnetic Circuit patent.