All items tagged with loudspeaker design (179)
Resonado Labs Licenses Res-Core Technology to GGEC
July 22, 2022 by Joao Martins

Resonado Labs Licenses Res-Core Technology to GGEC

Resonado Labs announced a licensing partnership with GGEC (GuoGuang Electric Company), one of the most renowned speaker manufacturers in the world. This partnership opens the door for Resonado to enter the smart speaker and television transducer market, further advancing the company's business into home audio integrations. Resonado’s flagship technology, Res-Core, will now be available for GGEC’s use as they manufacture advanced transducers and acoustic products for smart speaker and multimedia related systems.
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Patent Review: An Orthogonal Ergonomic Speaker
July 6, 2022 by James Croft

Patent Review: An Orthogonal Ergonomic Speaker

This review looks at an independently patent submitted in 2013 and awarded in 2016 to Jack Nilsson (Canton, OH), describing a system and method for an audio system including a first speaker that reproduces sounds in a first frequency range and a second speaker that reproduces sounds in second frequency range. As James Croft comments, the patent is interesting in its purposeful application of breaking currently established rules and may be useful in certain applications or environments. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, August 2016.
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PSB Speakers Unveils Passif 50 Standmount Loudspeaker Anniversary Edition
July 1, 2022 by Alfred Moody

PSB Speakers Unveils Passif 50 Standmount Loudspeaker Anniversary Edition

To commemorate five decades of loudspeaker manufacturing, Canadian brand PSB Speaker has designed the Passif 50 Standmount Loudspeaker Anniversary Edition. The design and technologies of the Passif 50 model leverage five decades of dedicated research and pay homage to the early Passif II model first released in 1974. The Passif 50 will be available to pre-order online the first of August with shipping this September.
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Bond It, Treat It, and Coat It. Getting to Loudspeaker Business in Voice Coil July 2022
June 28, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Bond It, Treat It, and Coat It. Getting to Loudspeaker Business in Voice Coil July 2022

The July 2022 issue of Voice Coil offers important resources for the industry with a focus on Adhesives, Coatings and Treatments. Mike Klasco writes about New Thin-Film Technologies for Coatings and Treatments. James Croft returns with a fresh review of a Mayht patent. And Vance Dickason characterizes the recent 38WE/8582T00 15” Ellipticor woofer from Scan-Speak, and explores the historical relevance of the SEAS W15CH001 5.25" Excel Midwoofer and its Hexadym Motor design.
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Owl Labs Launches Meeting Owl 3 and Expansion Mic with Enhanced Owl Intelligence System Software
June 22, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Owl Labs Launches Meeting Owl 3 and Expansion Mic with Enhanced Owl Intelligence System Software

Owl Labs was the first company to build AI-powered, 360-degree video conferencing solutions, which worked but initially struggled to do everything well. With the Meeting Owl Pro, the Boston-based company managed to improve the whole concept and the experience. Now, Owl Labs announced the launch of its Meeting Owl 3 camera device, new Expansion Mic, and enhanced Owl Intelligence System (OIS) software.
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Loudsoft FINE Suspension Nonlinear FEA Spider and Surround Design Program
May 25, 2022 by Vance Dickason

Loudsoft FINE Suspension Nonlinear FEA Spider and Surround Design Program

An overview of Loudsoft's latest FINE Suspension Nonlinear FEA Spider and Surround Design software. This new transducer engineering tool, specific to the development of speaker surrounds and spiders (dampers), allows for the simulation of different types of surrounds and spiders from imported DFX files or created from templates with parameters selected by the user, and then outputs the compliance curves similar to the Kms and Cms curves measured by Klippel DA2 or KA3 analyzers.
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Monitor Audio Group Previews Concept 50 Cluster Loudspeaker at High End 2022
May 24, 2022 by Joao Martins

Monitor Audio Group Previews Concept 50 Cluster Loudspeaker at High End 2022

As part of the company's 50th anniversary celebration, British manufacturer Monitor Audio showcased a new bold loudspeaker development. Presented as a fully-working prototype, the Concept 50 is a three-way configuration loudspeaker with a unique driver arrangement, featuring a new-generation MPD pleated diaphragm tweeter surrounded by an array of six mid-range drivers, suspended on a two-legged cabinet configuration holding four force-cancelling bass drivers. The Concept 50 is scheduled to go into production later in 2022.
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Metamodal TPCDs — Next-Generation Speaker Diaphragms from Composite Sound
May 5, 2022 by Martin Turesson

Metamodal TPCDs — Next-Generation Speaker Diaphragms from Composite Sound

This article details the Composite Sound journey that led to the extensive use of TPCDs for loudspeaker applications and the company's second-generation Metamodal technology. This new engineering approach allows designing loudspeakers tailored for an intended purpose, realizing a physical representation of a TPCD computer-simulated model that is only achievable through the company's unique proprietary production process. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, February 2022.
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Fulcrum Acoustic Releases AHC2 High Output Coaxial Horn
May 4, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Fulcrum Acoustic Releases AHC2 High Output Coaxial Horn

Fulcrum Acoustic has released the AHC2 High Output Coaxial Horn, a bi-amplified 2-way, high sensitivity, arrayable coaxial horn design. The new AHC2 retains the compact enclosure, precise pattern control to below 400Hz, low frequency extension to below 80Hz and associated features of the original AH coaxial horn loudspeakers, while incorporating upgraded drivers capable of much higher output.
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Properly Equalized: Best Practices for Loudspeaker Equalization and Tuning
April 27, 2022 by Charlie Hughes

Properly Equalized: Best Practices for Loudspeaker Equalization and Tuning

Charlie Hughes knows about directivity control and how a loudspeaker system should sound good and measure accordingly. This article offers basic recommended guidelines that will not only help to develop good equalization and tuning practices, but also will go a long way in improving the overall sound quality, regardless of the application. This article was originally published in audioXpress, January 2022.
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