All items tagged with glass diaphragm (10)

Loudspeaker Enclosures and Technologies. Voice Coil March 2025 is Now Available

February 28, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Loudspeaker Enclosures and Technologies. Voice Coil March 2025 is Now Available

in this issue, Mike Klasco offers a renewed perspective about speaker cabinets and enclosures. Nora Wong compiled a highly sought-after Speaker Enclosure Vendors Directory for 2025. In Part 2 of his article, Dario Cinanni concludes his exploration of the SpeakerLAB software to simulate and predict speaker efficiency. In Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the Dayton Audio Ultimax II 8-22 8" subwoofer and the very unique GAIT BGD-D72-64-4-0A1 glass diaphragm super tweeter.

GAIT and NEG Sign Strategic Partnership To Deliver Ultra-Thin Glass Diaphragm Technology Solutions

April 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

GAIT and NEG Sign Strategic Partnership To Deliver Ultra-Thin Glass Diaphragm Technology Solutions

Glass Acoustic Innovations Ltd. (GAIT) announced a strategic partnership with leading glass manufacturer Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (NEG), to deliver ultra-thin glass diaphragm technology solutions intended for high-performance acoustic diaphragms in headphones and earphones. This collaboration marks a significant evolutionary milestone for GAIT, uniting two industry leaders in the glass and acoustic industries.

Voice Coil February 2022 Highlights Innovation in Speaker Diaphragms

January 26, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Voice Coil February 2022 Highlights Innovation in Speaker Diaphragms

The February 2022 edition of Voice Coil is now available and brings the latest information about speaker diaphragms and all the innovations in cones, domes, and surrounds. Martin Turesson tells the story of Composite Sound and its second-generation Metamodal TPCD technology, while Mike Klasco discusses advancements in materials and processes for speaker diaphragms and surrounds. And in Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the latest Satori MW19TX-8 midbass woofer by SB Acoustics using TPCD (TeXtreme) technology, before addressing the latest Industry updates.

Test Bench: BDNC’s BGF-46166-18-4-003 Glass-Composite Flat Diaphragm Woofer

September 15, 2021 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: BDNC’s BGF-46166-18-4-003 Glass-Composite Flat Diaphragm Woofer

This article characterizes a cutting-edge product from BDNC, a patented “race track” shaped driver, and the first of its kind to use a glass diaphragm composite made up of two layers of “Schott AS87 Glass” with an internal layer of viscoelastomic damping material and aluminum alloy foil. The motor structure uses two neodymium bar magnets driving a two-layer race track-shaped voice coil wound with round copper wire on an aluminum former. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, June 2021.

Sony Electronics Introduces New LSPX-S3 Glass Sound Speaker with LDAC

July 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sony Electronics Introduces New LSPX-S3 Glass Sound Speaker with LDAC

A year past since it introduced its second-generation Glass Sound Speaker, Sony Electronics announced the LSPX-S3, the third iteration of a wireless glass sound speaker that intends to create a warm and "deeply calming ambience" in any space. The more advanced LSPX-S3 adds an organic glass tweeter and candlelight mode. in a more affordable Bluetooth speaker with 360-degree sound, that supports also LDAC for high quality sound transmission and is charged via USB-C.

Headphones, Subwoofers, and Cutting-Edge Woofers in Voice Coil June 2021

May 26, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Headphones, Subwoofers, and Cutting-Edge Woofers in Voice Coil June 2021

Voice Coil June 2021 explores the CTA-2010 Standard Method of Measurement for Subwoofers, and follows with a scheduled directory of Headphone Test & Measurement Equipment suppliers and solutions. James Croft reviews an interesting patent exploring a combination design with dual-diaphragm compression drivers, and Vance Dickason characterizes the much-anticipated SB Acoustics Satori MW16TX-8 Textreme Cone 6.5" Woofer, and the very original BDNC BGF-46166-18-4-003 Glass-Composite Diaphragm Woofer. Now available in print and digital.

Situational Loudspeakers: Different Ways of Thinking About Speaker Design

December 10, 2020 by Joao Martins

Situational Loudspeakers: Different Ways of Thinking About Speaker Design

One of the most intriguing concepts in speaker design is the notion that people have to sit in a very limited sweet spot - a carefully triangulated arrangement of a center line between our ears and the point source in a pair of speakers. For many music and audio enthusiasts, there's no other way - and preferably in a carefully treated listening environment designed for musical enjoyment. But what the market once dubbed as "living room stereo" is something that the vast majority of people completely ignore. Why would you even have to sit still to listen to music?

Sony LSPX-S2 Glass Sound Speaker Now Available in the United States

November 18, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Sony LSPX-S2 Glass Sound Speaker Now Available in the United States

Sony Electronics announced that its LSPX-S2 Glass Sound Speaker is now available for the first time in the United States. This unique and elegant portable home speaker produces calming ambient illumination. Its glass cylinder combines with an aluminum base that evokes old gas fixtures, where in fact is the actual speaker part, generating omnidirectional sound, enhanced by the vibrations resonating in the glass structure. An ideal and unique combination for home listening in special moments.

Soundmatters and BDNC's Super-Shallow High-Excursion Speakers

July 23, 2020 by Mike Klasco

Soundmatters and BDNC's Super-Shallow High-Excursion Speakers

Mike Klasco (Menlo Scientific) writes about "a very cool" concept from Soundmatters, the company's UPstage speaker design, a new speaker product category and the next trend from the people that invented the soundbar. The sophisticated engineering implemented by soundmatters into the UpStage compact high-performance audio system was also the launch platform for BDNC's high-power, flat glass woofer that uses a 0.2 mm glass diaphragm. This article also explains what manufacturers need to know about the BDNC glass diaphragm, high-excursion, ultra-low profile woofer technology.

BDNC Now Shipping STAPEZ Flat Glass-Composite Speaker Drivers

March 19, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

BDNC Now Shipping STAPEZ Flat Glass-Composite Speaker Drivers

BDNC Holding Ltd is now in production of its highly advanced flat glass-composite diaphragm woofer. Available through Digikey under the brand STAPEZ, this new innovative drivers use ultra-thin tempered glass as the diaphragm, combined in a low-profile woofer able to produce extended bass response. At present, the smallest size is 80 mm × 20 mm × 7.2 mm but BDNC is also working on smaller models and already launched a 40mm headphone driver using the glass-composite technology.