All items tagged with speaker design (265)
Brane Audio RAD Speaker Technology Named in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024
November 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

Brane Audio RAD Speaker Technology Named in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024

As TIME revealed its annual list of the Best Inventions, which features 200 product, technologies and innovations changing our lives, there was a surprising mention of Brane Audio's Brane X portable speaker as a winner in the Entertainment & Gaming category. As audioXpress and Voice Coil readers learned earlier - and coincidently James Croft writes about in Voice Coil November 2024 - the company's Repel-Attract-Driver (RAD) that is part of the Brane X design, is indeed the first effective embodiment of a negative-spring woofer that bends Hofmann’s Iron Law.
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McIntosh Launches PS1K Advanced Powered Subwoofer
October 24, 2024 by Alfred Moody

McIntosh Launches PS1K Advanced Powered Subwoofer

McIntosh Laboratory announced the PS1K Powered Subwoofer, crafted to redefine high-end home audio with unmatched bass precision and power. Engineered for music and home theater enthusiasts alike, the PS1K subwoofer enhances any system using two 13” woofers featuring powerful magnets and featuring McIntosh’s proprietary Low Distortion High Performance (LD/HP) magnetic circuit design, which reduces distortion and improves power handling. The PS1K’s dual woofers are driven by two 500-watt Class-D amplifiers.
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Sonos Unveils New Arc Ultra Soundbar Featuring Sound Motion Technology
October 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sonos Unveils New Arc Ultra Soundbar Featuring Sound Motion Technology

Sonos announced Sonos Arc Ultra, a new premium soundbar that also debuts the new Sound Motion transducer technology that finally leverages some of the original Mayht patents. Part of the new generation of advanced designs that the Sonos engineering team is creating, the Sonos Arc Ultra is able to reinvent what a premium soundbar is capable of doing. With the new soundbar, Sonos also introduced Sub 4 with a refreshed design, both systems tightly integrated with Sonos app updates that deliver a significant progress in performance.
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COMSOL Conference 2024, Boston: Acoustics Up Front
October 11, 2024 by Roger Shively

COMSOL Conference 2024, Boston: Acoustics Up Front

After a five-year gap for in-person conferences from COMSOL, the 2024 event in Boston, MA - part of a planned series now expanding to Europe (Florence, Italy) and Asia (Shanghai, China) - was a very successful return. audioXpress was invited to attend, as more and more audio developers and manufacturers use COMSOL's Acoustics Module, Structural Mechanics Module, and the AC/DC Module, among others integrated in the leading Multiphysics modeling and simulation software.
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From Norway with Love: Arendal Sound Launches Flagship 1528 Speaker Series
October 8, 2024 by Joao Martins

From Norway with Love: Arendal Sound Launches Flagship 1528 Speaker Series

Norwegian company Arendal Sound launched its latest creation, targeting both stereo and home cinema applications. The new Arendal Sound 1528 speaker series redefines high-performance loudspeaker design at fair prices, merging sonic precision, striking power, and elegant aesthetics. A custom carbon-graphene mid-range driver joins an exclusive lithium magnesium tweeter in the biggest ever speakers from Arendal Sound.
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Focal Chooses SPARK Microsystems' UWB Wireless Technology for New Diva Utopia Speakers
October 2, 2024 by Joao Martins

Focal Chooses SPARK Microsystems' UWB Wireless Technology for New Diva Utopia Speakers

Focal introduced the new Diva Utopia to the world, its first wireless, connected, active loudspeaker. This design is the result of five years of development by French and British engineering teams from Focal Naim, and represents the brand's commitment to pushing the boundaries of hifi to unprecedented levels. The new Diva Utopia speakers combine Naim electronics, the latest UWB wireless technologies from SPARK Microsystems in the ultimate vision of the Focal Utopia philosophy.
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KEF Introduces Q Series MAT Speaker Family
September 26, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

KEF Introduces Q Series MAT Speaker Family

Since 1961, KEF helped redefine home audio with a stream of innovations from the early adoption of synthetic materials to the world's first coincident-source speaker driver, Uni-Q. Introduced in 1988, Uni-Q has been present in nearly every KEF design ever since. To make high-fidelity audio experiences more accessible and versatile, KEF now introduced the successor to its Q Series family, updated with the 12th generation Uni-Q driver array featuring Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT).
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Ascendo Immersive Audio Debuts The10 Passive LED Phantom Voice Speaker
September 2, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Ascendo Immersive Audio Debuts The10 Passive LED Phantom Voice Speaker

Ascendo Immersive Audio will debut The10 Passive LED Phantom Voice speaker during CEDIA Expo 2024. This versatile new speaker was created to meet the growing demand for high-quality sound in shallow and narrow spaces, making it a perfect companion for LED cinema screens from leading brands like LG, Samsung, Quantum Media Systems, Christie, Barco, and others, as well as non-perforated or near-field projection screens.
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Cutting-Edge Drivers and New Enclosure Options in Voice Coil September 2024
August 30, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Cutting-Edge Drivers and New Enclosure Options in Voice Coil September 2024

In this issue of Voice Coil, Vance Dickason continues his exploration of Outboard DSP systems with a review of the Marani Pro MIR4801 Audio System Processor. And Claus Futtrup explores the concept of a transitional alignment between B4 and LR4. Next, Mike Klasco writes about new materials for cabinets and enclosures. On Test Bench Vance Dickason characterizes the new B&C Speakers DE640-16 1.4" compression driver and the latest Satori MR13TX-4 5" TPCD TeXtreme midrange from SB Acoustics.
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Xavian Designs Speakers Featuring Only Scan-Speak Ellipticor Drivers
August 29, 2024 by Joao Martins

Xavian Designs Speakers Featuring Only Scan-Speak Ellipticor Drivers

Coming from the Czech Republic, Xavian is the first hifi company to do what many speaker designers have dreamed of doing. They designed a speaker completely relying on the advanced Scan-Speak Ellipticor drivers. Exploring the benefits of an elliptical voice coil to defeat cone and dome standing wave modes, the new Medea speakers from Xavian feature an 8.5" Scan-Speak Ellipticor woofer and 4.7" Scan-Speak Ellipticor silk dome tweeter in a simple two-way bass reflex wooden cabinet with a very simple, passive crossover design.
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