All items tagged with loudspeaker design (195)
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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Some Thoughts on Plastics for Speaker Enclosures
April 7, 2022 by Mike Klasco

Some Thoughts on Plastics for Speaker Enclosures

Discussing speaker enclosures, this article examines all the different options for plastic applications and the implications for loudspeaker driver design in general. Enclosure characteristics, construction features, advantage comparisons between wood and wood particle board cabinets, and production techniques are some of the topics explored. This article was published in Voice Coil, March 2022.
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Stay on Top of Loudspeaker Industry Developments with Voice Coil April 2022
March 29, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Stay on Top of Loudspeaker Industry Developments with Voice Coil April 2022

Voice Coil April 2022 is now available and brings an interesting overview of the latest updates to Loudsoft's FINE Suspension Nonlinear FEA Spider and Surround Design software. Mike Klasco discusses Cables, Lead Wires, and Connector/Terminal Technology, and there's an updated directory of vendors and manufacturers in those product segments. Then, Vance Dickason characterizes the AMT 23CM1.1-C Air Motion Transformer from Mundorf, and the Beyma CD1ND 1" Polyimide Diaphragm Compression Driver and TD-194 compact horn.
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R&D Stories: The Tetrahedral Test Chamber Story (Part 1) - Recognizing the Need for Consistent Measurements​
December 29, 2021 by Geoff Hill

R&D Stories: The Tetrahedral Test Chamber Story (Part 1) - Recognizing the Need for Consistent Measurements​

This article revisits the story of the development of the Tetrahedral Test Chamber (TTC), by Geoff Hill, loudspeaker engineer, author, and inventor, in an effort to solve the longstanding problem of making consistent loudspeaker measurements. This innovative loudspeaker test chamber is now defined in international standards and in use throughout the world, scalable to any size of loudspeaker driver. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2021.
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Martin Audio Awarded Patent for XE Monitor Waveguide
December 16, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Martin Audio Awarded Patent for XE Monitor Waveguide

Martin Audio has extended its list of notable patents with the addition of a United Kingdom Patent for its XE stage monitor waveguide. The patent covers the use of Martin Audio’s differential dispersion coaxial drive units and the continuation of their waveguide shape to form the baffle, as seen in the XE monitors to achieve the desired HF coverage. The geometry of the static HF horn, the LF cone/moving waveguides and the static baffle combine to form a single HF horn.
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