All items tagged with loudspeakers (183)
JBL Reimagines the Affordable Home Theater Experience
July 19, 2024 by Alfred Moody

JBL Reimagines the Affordable Home Theater Experience

Previewed earlier this year, JBL launched its new JBL Modern Audio (MA) AV Receivers and Stage 2 Loudspeakers – high-performance home theater and hifi solutions for the music and movie enthusiasts. This new range of JBL-branded products are intended to meet growing demand for home systems that are simple to install, connect, and upgrade. The concept is to offer a unified and cohesive system that combines simplicity, design, quality, and scalability – all at an affordable price.
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Loudspeaker Bass Reflex Alignments
June 5, 2024 by Claus Futtrup

Loudspeaker Bass Reflex Alignments

The use of standard filter alignments represents a foundational concept in the loudspeaker industry, with an impact nearly as significant as the invention of the electro-dynamic loudspeaker principle itself. As one of the creators of Speakerbench, a web-based speaker design tool, in collaboration with Jeff Candy, Claus Futtrup is in a unique position to discuss the evolution of enclosure designs based on this electrical filter theory, including the concept of an alignment chart.
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Alta Audio Premieres New Four-way Reference Speaker at AXPONA 2024
April 4, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Alta Audio Premieres New Four-way Reference Speaker at AXPONA 2024

The creation of industry veteran Michael Levy, Alta Audio always offers very unique home audio loudspeakers. For AXPONA 2024, the company is bringing Aphrodite, a new four-way design inspired by the Goddess of Love. Chicago dealer Cinetec will promote a special pre-AXPONA event on April 9 to debut and demo the new reference model in the Alta Audio lineup, and Nexus Audio Technologies, the brand's North-American distributor, will have a dedicate room at AXPONA.
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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.
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Bass Reflex Performance Envelope - Part 3: A Practical Example
March 20, 2024 by Gary Gesellchen

Bass Reflex Performance Envelope - Part 3: A Practical Example

In this article, Gary Gesellchen (Vanatoo) completes his Bass Reflex Performance Envelope exploration. After concluding the main analysis portion of the article determining his novel approach to estimating the performance envelope available from bass reflex loudspeakers, Part 3 shows an example to see how his calculations all work together, and addresses some practical considerations. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2023.
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Bass Reflex Performance Envelope - Part 2: System Analysis
March 13, 2024 by Gary Gesellchen

Bass Reflex Performance Envelope - Part 2: System Analysis

This Bass Reflex Performance Envelope article series describes a novel approach to estimating the performance envelope available from ported loudspeakers. Part 2 expands on the system analysis, showing how driver and port sizes determine how loud and how low a system will play, and how that relates to generally available drivers. This article was originally published in audioXpress, August 2023.
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GGNTKT Launches New Model M3 Active Mastering Monitor With Cardioid Bass
March 13, 2024 by Joao Martins

GGNTKT Launches New Model M3 Active Mastering Monitor With Cardioid Bass

German loudspeaker design house GGNTKT Audio launched a freestanding 4-way active loudspeaker as the flagship model in its M family. The new Model M3 is described as an active mastering monitor with cardioid radiation behavior, directly reflecting the company's philosophy of designing systems that remain true in the studio, home theater or private listening environments, delivering authentic reproduction and the unforgettable "you-are-there" effect.
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Q Acoustics Introduces 5050 Flagship Home Speaker Model
March 8, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Q Acoustics Introduces 5050 Flagship Home Speaker Model

British audio brand Q Acoustics announced an expansion of its popular 5000 loudspeaker series with the arrival of the 5050 – the flagship model. The largest speaker in this stereo and home cinema loudspeaker range, this two-way floorstanding design has the scale, power and poise to bring music vividly to life. Boasting two 6" woofers, the biggest mid/bass drivers, custom developed for the series, the 5050 will fill even the largest listening rooms.
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Bass Reflex Performance Envelope - Part 1: The Foundation
March 6, 2024 by Gary Gesellchen

Bass Reflex Performance Envelope - Part 1: The Foundation

Targeting speaker designers/builders, Gary Gesellchen (Vanatoo) wrote a sequence of three articles discussing Bass Reflex Performance. Essentially, this series takes a novel approach to estimating the performance envelope available from ported loudspeakers, considering port and driver sizes and multiple applicable parameters, and comparison with the performance from a passive radiator. This article was originally published in audioXpress, July 2023.
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The Loudspeaker Sourcing Show Returns October 16-18, 2024
March 5, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

The Loudspeaker Sourcing Show Returns October 16-18, 2024

The Loudspeaker Sourcing Show will take place October 16, 17, and 18, 2024 at the Nansha Grand Hotel in Nansha (Guangzhou), South China. This is the return of the only trade show specifically organized for the loudspeaker industry and exhibiting loudspeaker component manufacturers at the OEM/ODM level, plus only the technologies that are relevant for loudspeaker design and production.
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