Diagnosing Design Issues Using the Klippel Distortion Analyzer

The founder and principal of Redrock Acoustics, renowned for offering engineering and design services, Patrick Turnmire has tested thousands of driver samples during his career, including countless for Voice Coil's Test Bench. Having recently reopened access to its Klippel testing and transducer analysis services, Turnmire shares his vast experience, advising on how to make sure the tests are robust enough to clearly see the loudspeaker performance.

Scottish sensor technology Novosound has secured a patent for its ultrasonic instrumentation system, with the company recently launching its related Slanj platform targeted at the medical and wearable device sectors worldwide. The new ultrasound imaging patent underpins Novosound's first-mover advantage to initiate efforts in consumer health, including blood pressure monitoring for smartwatches.

DSP Concepts announced it has added delResearch's AirModem to the Audio Weaver feature set. AirModem offers a secure wireless alternative to Bluetooth and allows for two-way data transfer between phones, computers, and other connected devices without the need for specialized hardware: just speakers and microphones. AirModem packages years of sophisticated software research and development into a plug-and-play solution that can be added to any smart product design instantly with Audio Weaver.

Celebrating a quarter century of innovation, professional power amplifier manufacturer Powersoft has announced the latest update to their audio system management software, ArmoníaPlus. HealthPlus, which replaces the software’s previous ‘Events’ tab, gives sound engineers a streamlined monitoring environment of all elements in a given sound system with improved communication, control and reporting to ensure even better performance than ever before.

Guitar maker Paul Reed Smith and a team of scientists and physicians have lunched a new image and sound waveform technology company called Digital Harmonic LLC. The company intends to explore revolutionary medical applications for its patented image technology ‘Weds Mathematics and Physics to Medicine’ to develop sharper X-Ray images with significantly less radiation exposure.

Klippel GmbH is promoting a free two day seminar titled “Essential Loudspeaker Diagnostics Made Easy.” This seminar will be presented by Klippel founder Dr. Wolfgang Klippel on January 12–13, 2015, at the Canary Hotel in Santa Barbara, CA, and addresses the evaluation of sound reproduction systems using physical and perceptive measurement techniques.