All items tagged with speaker design (265)
Alta Audio Receives US Patent for its XTL II Hybrid Transmission Line Technology
June 5, 2024 by Joao Martins

Alta Audio Receives US Patent for its XTL II Hybrid Transmission Line Technology

Alta Audio, the company created by industry veteran Michael Levy, announced that it received US patent 11917361B2 for its XTL Transmission Line technology. Recently introduced in the company's latest Aphrodite four-way loudspeaker, updating an already patented original technology that applies the cabinet internal geometry to tune the frequency response, the new approach evolves to a hybrid transmission line, a ported enclosure design that Michael Levy says greatly increases power handling, lowers distortion, and extends bass frequencies.
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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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Dynaudio Unveils Four New Products for High End Munich 2024
May 2, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Dynaudio Unveils Four New Products for High End Munich 2024

Ahead of the Munich show, Dynaudio revealed four new home audio loudspeakers including the Contour Legacy, the latest member of the Heritage Collection, reviving references of iconic Contour models of the 1980s and 90s with modern materials and technologies. The Danish company will also unveil the Confidence 20A, a new active flagship in a standmount format, the new Contour 20 Black Edition with a new Esotar 3 tweeter, and The Bookshelf, designed in collaboration with Keiji Ashizawa Design and Karimoku of Japan.
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Test Bench: The New DE350-8 Ultra-Compact 1" Compression Driver from B&C Speakers
May 1, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The New DE350-8 Ultra-Compact 1" Compression Driver from B&C Speakers

This Test Bench characterizes an ultra-compact (under 60mm diameter) compression driver, along with the B&C Speakers ME10v2 90°x60° coverage horn. The really cool feature of the DE350-8 is the patent-pending phase plug. Inside, the DE350 has a round symmetrical outside channel, and an inside channel with a patent-pending twist for overall improved frequency response. Weighing in at a mere 275 gram, it is an ideal candidate for the new generation of lighter, more compact line array loudspeakers.
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Kii Audio To Present New Kii Seven Wireless Speaker at High End Munich
April 25, 2024 by Joao Martins

Kii Audio To Present New Kii Seven Wireless Speaker at High End Munich

Kii Audio will demonstrate its new Kii Seven compact wireless music system at the 2024 High End Show in Munich. This will be basically the official launch of this new design, announced back in September 2023, which will have fully integrated network and wireless streaming features. More than eight years past from the unveiling of the Kii Three, all the details about the second product from the company are also now available.
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New Audio Brand Consonus Debuts Tide Speaker System at AXPONA 2024
April 15, 2024 by Joao Martins

New Audio Brand Consonus Debuts Tide Speaker System at AXPONA 2024

Inspired by the possibilities to take audio fidelity to unexplored horizons, audio industry professionals Igor Levitsky and Eugene Gribov decided to combine their expertise and passion for audio to create Consonus Inc. The new Englewood, NJ-based company made its effective debut at AXPONA 2024 (April 12-14), with the premier of the Tide speaker system, a unique four-way, fully active design with outboard amplification, combining dipole MF and HF planar ribbons with an open baffle woofer and a sealed subwoofer.
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Test Bench: The Purifi Audio PTT8.0X04-NAB-02 8” Aluminum Cone Woofer
April 10, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The Purifi Audio PTT8.0X04-NAB-02 8” Aluminum Cone Woofer

The PTT8.0X04-NAB-02 is the fifth Purifi woofer to be examined in Test Bench. The new 8" aluminum cone woofer includes the same constant Sd surround, cone edge stiffening ring, and low magnetic hysteresis motor design as previous models. The addition of the unique Purifi NBR surround, make the PTT8.0X04 like no other in the history of woofer development. The PTT8.0X04e is rated for 350W IEC268 long-term power handling, and a 9.3mm Xmax.
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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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Dynaudio Expands Core Reference Monitor Range
April 3, 2024 by Joao Martins

Dynaudio Expands Core Reference Monitor Range

When Dynaudio announces a new product, celebrate! This time, the Skanderborg, Denmark-based company expanded its outstanding but underrated Core studio monitor range with a new compact nearfield model, the Core 5, and a compact floor subwoofer, aptly named Core Sub Compact. This is the first refresh in the Dynaudio reference monitor range since November 2019, when the Core 47 monitor and Core Sub were launched. Project studios doing serious work are the intended target for the new models.
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