All items tagged with loudspeaker measurements (76)
Practical Test & Measurement: Loudspeaker Measurements at Home - A Guide for Building Your Own Test Chamber
September 9, 2020 by Geoff Hill

Practical Test & Measurement: Loudspeaker Measurements at Home - A Guide for Building Your Own Test Chamber

Our friend Geoff Hill, the inventor of the original tetrahedral test chamber (TTC), explores how to do loudspeaker measurements at home. For those of us without an anechoic chamber at home, Hill explains how to build our own test chamber. With the build description, he also provides a valuable guide on alternative loudspeaker measurement techniques. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2020.
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audioXpress September 2020 Speaker Focus Edition Is Now Available!
August 10, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress September 2020 Speaker Focus Edition Is Now Available!

Our always popular loudspeaker edition is now available online and in print! audioXpress' Speaker Builder, Speaker Focus edition covers loudspeaker building, design, and testing with a balanced amount of DIY, speaker history, theory, R&D, and manufacturing articles. Read two articles about speaker history, a review of the Magnepan LRS, explore the details of two amazing speaker builds, and learn how to do loudspeaker measurements at home. And there's much more in speaker research and development, measurement, and production!
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New Speakerbench Online Tool for Assisting in Speaker Design Calculations
June 19, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

New Speakerbench Online Tool for Assisting in Speaker Design Calculations

Speakerbench is a web-based application created by Jeff Candy (San Diego, CA) and Claus Futtrup (SEAS, Norway), combining several special-purpose modules aimed at low-frequency analysis and design of loudspeakers. According to the authors, the online tool is made available to whoever might find it useful, including the loudspeaker DIY community. The authors encourage user feedback and even invite software developers to implement the techniques.
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Klippel Expands Managing Board with General Manager Appointment
May 20, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Klippel Expands Managing Board with General Manager Appointment

Klippel GmbH, one of the global leading companies in the field of measurement technology for loudspeakers and audio systems, founded in 1997 by Dr. Wolfgang Klippel, announced that Benjamin Barth has been appointed general manager to its managing board. Barth has worked with Klippel for the past eight years and his appointment will allow Wolfgang Klippel to focus more on research and education, while the company aims to expand its portfolio of products and services.
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Studio Six Digital Discounts AudioTools App, Test Microphones and Interfaces
May 4, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Studio Six Digital Discounts AudioTools App, Test Microphones and Interfaces

Studio Six Digital, designers of the popular AudioTools test and measurement system for the Apple iOS operating system, has discounted the AudioTools app by 50%, and the full suite of in-app upgrades by 30%. Now, they are also offering reduced pricing on all of their iOS and USB test & measurement microphones and audio interfaces to accommodate work-from-home technicians who have been displaced from their labs during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Fresh From the Bench: Dayton Audio Test System (DATS) V3
April 22, 2020 by David Logvin

Fresh From the Bench: Dayton Audio Test System (DATS) V3

After a decade of widespread use, the Dayton Audio Test System (DATS) has acquired an impressive reputation for fast and accurate testing. Now, Dayton Audio has taken the easy-to-use audio test system and improved it in almost every way when creating the DATS V3 Computer-Based Audio Component Test System. This is an ultraportable audio test system that provides a reliable method for collection of Thiele-Small parameters, loudspeaker measurements and component measurements. This article was originally published in audioXpress, March 2020.
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Klippel Announces Klippel Live Conference Series Focused on New IEC 60268-21 Measurement Standard
April 21, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Klippel Announces Klippel Live Conference Series Focused on New IEC 60268-21 Measurement Standard

How can you apply the new IEC 60268-21 standard in practice? Or how can you investigate speaker-room interaction? And what is the best way to measure and interpret signal distortion? These and other topics will be discussed in the new free webinar series Klippel Live promoted by the leading electro-acoustical test equipment manufacturer. The online conference series aims to educate and support loudspeaker designers and manufacturers around the globe while restrictions for traveling, in-person events and trade-shows are still in place.
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L-Acoustics Publishes Three New White Papers on Loudspeaker Measurements
April 17, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

L-Acoustics Publishes Three New White Papers on Loudspeaker Measurements

In line with its ongoing commitment to scientific research and the advancement of the audio industry, L-Acoustics announced the release of three new White Papers: Measurement Quality at Low Frequencies, Measurement Quality at High Frequencies and Optimum Measurement Locations for Loudspeaker System Equalization. Focused on sound reinforcement applications with professional audio systems, the three papers are available for download on the L-Acoustics website.
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New Features and Updates from Klippel for Speaker Designers and Manufacturers
March 23, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

New Features and Updates from Klippel for Speaker Designers and Manufacturers

The specialists in electro-acoustical transducers and audio systems test equipment at Klippel GmbH continue hard at work on updating their range of products, recently expanded with the Klippel Controlled Sound Technology (KCS) and adding on the existing features for the Klippel Analyzer System. Here is a summary of the main things that the company implemented recently, including updates to its dB-Lab software and the QC Software Framework.
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Fast, Quality Testing of Loudspeaker Suspension Parts
March 4, 2020 by Wolfgang Klippel and Robert Werner

Fast, Quality Testing of Loudspeaker Suspension Parts

This article discusses an approach for time-efficient testing of loudspeaker suspension parts, close to their final operating conditions. It refers to the Linear Suspension Test set (LST Lite), a hardware and software add-on for the Klippel QC loudspeaker end-of-line testing system. The system may be applied to 100% of the parts or to a random sample. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, December 2012 (with some updates introduced from 2019 documents).
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