All items tagged with loudspeaker design (182)

Improving the Transfer Function of Electrodynamic Loudspeakers

June 19, 2024 by Reinhold Lutz

Improving the Transfer Function of Electrodynamic Loudspeakers

This article compares motion feedback technologies applied to speakers. A recognized expert in this field, Reinhold Lutz explores how to achieve a nearly perfect electro-acoustic transfer function, including a detailed control strategy of different types of sensors. A great exploration of how a closed-loop feedback system is able to improve loudspeaker linearity.

Meyer Sound ULTRA-X80 Expands Point Source Loudspeaker Family

June 12, 2024 by Joao Martins

Meyer Sound ULTRA-X80 Expands Point Source Loudspeaker Family

At InfoComm 2024 in Las Vegas, Meyer Sound is debuting its ULTRA-X80, the most powerful member of the ULTRA family of point source loudspeakers. The new flagship of the series, the ULTRA-X80 is a versatile design that draws on both the acoustic lineage of the ULTRA family, including the ULTRA-X40 and ULTRA-X20, and technology innovations behind the brand's latest PANTHER large-format linear line array element. A new compact but powerful active solution that is simple-to-deploy.

Alta Audio Receives US Patent for its XTL II Hybrid Transmission Line Technology

June 5, 2024 by Joao Martins

Alta Audio Receives US Patent for its XTL II Hybrid Transmission Line Technology

Alta Audio, the company created by industry veteran Michael Levy, announced that it received US patent 11917361B2 for its XTL Transmission Line technology. Recently introduced in the company's latest Aphrodite four-way loudspeaker, updating an already patented original technology that applies the cabinet internal geometry to tune the frequency response, the new approach evolves to a hybrid transmission line, a ported enclosure design that Michael Levy says greatly increases power handling, lowers distortion, and extends bass frequencies.

Alcons Audio Introduces WR20 Pro-Ribbon Stage Monitor

June 3, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Alcons Audio Introduces WR20 Pro-Ribbon Stage Monitor

Following a preview at the NAMM show in January 2024, Alcons Audio has officially introduced the WR20 high performance stage monitor sound system. For this new design, the Dutch audio innovator is once again exploring the advantages of its renowned pro-ribbon technology to stage monitoring, matched with a passive-filtered system that brings the well-recognized dynamic and ultra-low distortion Alcons signature sound in a slim and unobtrusive package.

Simulation Techniques: Acoustical Shape Optimization for Vibroacoustics Applications

April 24, 2024 by René Christensen

Simulation Techniques: Acoustical Shape Optimization for Vibroacoustics Applications

Having detailed how formal optimization can be used for product design of audio products such as speakerphones and waveguides, in this article René Christensen explores free-form and alternative optimization techniques where the topology of the geometry is given from the outset. Using practical examples, this article addresses shape optimization techniques, identifying useful types of boundaries and challenges to look out for audio product designs. This article was originally published in audioXpress, February 2024.

Low Frequency in Loudspeakers: It’s All About the Bass!

April 3, 2024 by Mike Klasco

Low Frequency in Loudspeakers: It’s All About the Bass!

All the speaker design techniques to achieve more bass, challenging Hofmann's Iron Law. The same bass in a smaller enclosure? Deeper or louder bass for the same enclosure back volume? Higher efficiency for a given alignment? A cleaner lower distortion bass? Learn about the companies, products, and technologies that make all this possible. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, November 2023.

Ferguson Hill Updates Jetstream Transparent Loudspeaker System

April 1, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Ferguson Hill Updates Jetstream Transparent Loudspeaker System

British loudspeaker designer Ferguson Hill announced that its Jetstream Loudspeaker System is now available and shipping as a complete system. The Jetstream, two decades in the making, builds on the seminal FH001 sound system. Twenty years after unveiling its debut system, Ferguson Hill's latest generation of the Jetstream maintains the extraordinary, transparent visuals; however, the Kent-based maker upgraded practically every single component of the original Jetstream Loudspeaker System.

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

March 28, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

In Voice Coil April 2024, Tom James reminds us about the importance of SPL Graph Data, and Mike Klasco revisits the fundamentals of speaker lead-out wire. As scheduled, there's an updated directory of Speaker Cable and Connector Vendors. James Croft explores a patent detailing a filter that may increase and extend the bass frequency response of a speaker. And for this month's Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the Neotera Ultraflat UF 295 CBS 10" Subwoofer, followed by the SEAS W16NX005 5.25" Midbass Woofer with a metamodal TPCD diaphragm.

Bowers & Wilkins Introduces Crafted 700 S3 Signature Loudspeakers

March 27, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Bowers & Wilkins Introduces Crafted 700 S3 Signature Loudspeakers

Bowers & Wilkins unveiled its new 700 S3 Signature range headed by the new 702 S3 Signature floorstanding loudspeaker, together with the 705 S3 Signature standmount model. For the first time, the 700 S3 Signature range includes a new center speaker, the HTM71 S3 Signature, ensuring Signature-series levels of performance for home theater enthusiasts when combined with the 702 S3 Signature and 705 S3 Signature.

Stratton Acoustics Launches the Element 12 Loudspeaker

March 22, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Stratton Acoustics Launches the Element 12 Loudspeaker

Stratton Acoustics, the UK-based manufacturer of the extremely original high-end Elypsis 1512 loudspeaker, inspired in the iconic, main studio monitors that shaped recording in the 1970s and 1980s, has now launched the Element 12, a smaller 2-way, reflex-loaded design with integral stand. The Stratton Acoustics Element 12 is a passive design that employs advanced driver technologies, crossover techniques, and enclosure construction, polished with a touch of artisanal refinement.

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