All items tagged with speaker design (231)
Klippel New dB-Lab Version 212 and QC 7 Updates Extend Speaker and Enclosure Characterization Tools
July 1, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Klippel New dB-Lab Version 212 and QC 7 Updates Extend Speaker and Enclosure Characterization Tools

Klippel released a major software update to its Klippel Analyzer System. The new dB-Lab Version 212 and QC 7 updates now add shared sensor management, support for the new Multi-Scanning Workbench hardware and three further modules (LSIM, MTON, RMA). The Klippel Multi-Scanning Workbench supports near-field holographic soundfield scanning measurements in a much smaller form factor, while the new modules add linear signal modeling and simulation and multi-tone measurements, dedicated to speaker and enclosure design.
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Dinaburg Speaker with Dual Diffuser - An Innovative Coaxial Driver Design with a Passive Ring Radiator
June 25, 2021 by Mike Klasco

Dinaburg Speaker with Dual Diffuser - An Innovative Coaxial Driver Design with a Passive Ring Radiator

Recently, Dinaburg Technology, based in Dallas, TX, was issued their first US patent for an electro-dynamic loudspeaker with an integrated coaxial passive ring radiator. Mikhail Dinaburg, noted physicist and the patent inventor, uncovered some missing elements in previous coax and passive radiator work and set out to prove it. Dinaburg’s patent discloses techniques for higher performance sound reproduction, enabling lower distortion, extended frequency range, higher efficiency, and improved speech intelligibility. The invention has wide applications and scales from a earphone driver to near-field studio monitors, ceiling speakers, under couch subwoofers to the largest concert subwoofers.
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Audio Precision Releases APx500 Version 6.1 Audio Measurement Software
June 1, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Precision Releases APx500 Version 6.1 Audio Measurement Software

Audio Precision released the APx500 audio measurement software, version 6.1. With this update, AP is adding new measurement results, options, and test signals for production test of loudspeakers, headphone drivers, and microphones. Most importantly for speaker designers and manufacturers the new APx software now offers the broadest set of methodologies available for detecting rub and buzz defects.
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NEXO Introduces ID84 High-Performance Column Loudspeaker Design
June 1, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

NEXO Introduces ID84 High-Performance Column Loudspeaker Design

French professional audio manufacturer NEXO, a Yamaha subsidiary, announced a new installation-focused speaker design. The ID84 is NEXO’s first column loudspeaker, combining the company’s trademark characteristics of size-to-power ratio, variable directivity and highly flexible scalable configurations to a category that is relevant for a wide variety of applications, including music performance reinforcement.
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The Cell Alpha Triphonic Speaker Design from Syng. A Revolution in Spatial Audio?
May 27, 2021 by Joao Martins

The Cell Alpha Triphonic Speaker Design from Syng. A Revolution in Spatial Audio?

Chris Stringer is a longtime Apple designer and the reason why the unveiling of its latest project caused so much buzz on the usual gadget-oriented click-bait websites. His new company is called Syng and its first product is called the Cell Alpha Triphonic Speaker. A mysterious designation to describe a lot of very ambitious technologies and a bold design that normally would makes us suspicious, if it wasn't for the fact that a lot of great names in speaker engineering are involved.
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Comprehensive Transducer Testing in 24 Minutes
May 27, 2021 by Andrew Taylor

Comprehensive Transducer Testing in 24 Minutes

This article illustrates how the latest Klippel Multi-Scanning Workbench solution allows measurements across several domains (acoustical, mechanical, electrical, and magnetic) while working from non-anechoic environments. The author uses a practical characterization of balanced mode radiator (BMR) loudspeakers, which require a more complex approach when compared to conventional cone-based woofers or dome-tweeters. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, May 2021.
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Stenheim Unveils New Reference Ultime Two Speakers
May 18, 2021 by Joao Martins

Stenheim Unveils New Reference Ultime Two Speakers

Stenheim speakers are not for the faint of heart. Designed and built in the best tradition of extreme high-end Swiss audio brands, Stenheim aims to create only musical reference products for the ultimate music enthusiast. The company’s latest design brings the exceptional quality of the brand’s Reference Ultime speakers to smaller spaces and at lower price point of a mere $150,000 USD for the pair.
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Grimm Audio Announces New SB1 Digital Motional Feedback Subwoofer
May 6, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Grimm Audio Announces New SB1 Digital Motional Feedback Subwoofer

Grimm Audio introduced the successor of its LS1s-DMF motional feedback subwoofer: the SB1. The new design takes Grimm's Digital Motional Feedback approach to a whole new level. The new subwoofer uses a new and improved driver, over which Grimm Audio could build a better electronics implementation and leverage significant evolution in sensors and DSP, creating an even better match for its LS1 series speakers.
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Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beolab 28 Adaptive Stereo Home Speaker
April 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beolab 28 Adaptive Stereo Home Speaker

Bang & Olufsen continues to surprise with a very strong series of new speaker designs. The Danish home audio innovator now introduced Beolab 28, an adaptive, wireless speaker that combines advanced acoustical innovations with convenient smart speaker features. The slim Beolab 28 can be positioned anywhere in the home, stream anything instantly and provides powerful, immersive sound that automatically adapts to its space.
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Avantone Pro Introduces Gauss 7 Active Reference Monitors With GAU-AMT Tweeter
April 23, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Avantone Pro Introduces Gauss 7 Active Reference Monitors With GAU-AMT Tweeter

After its recreation of the classic NS-10M’s and Auratone studio monitors, Avantone Pro now pays tribute to Gauss by bringing a notable speaker name back with the Gauss 7. This active full-range, two-way reference monitor design mixes vintage nearfields and new-school-boosted bandwidth and frequency response decades after the much-missed Gauss Speaker Company’s closure.
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