All items tagged with loudspeaker design (178)

Diagnosing Design Issues Using the Klippel Distortion Analyzer

April 17, 2024 by Patrick Turnmire

Diagnosing Design Issues Using the Klippel Distortion Analyzer

The founder and principal of Redrock Acoustics, renowned for offering engineering and design services, Patrick Turnmire has tested thousands of driver samples during his career, including countless for Voice Coil's Test Bench. Having recently reopened access to its Klippel testing and transducer analysis services, Turnmire shares his vast experience, advising on how to make sure the tests are robust enough to clearly see the loudspeaker performance.

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.

Ferguson Hill Updates Jetstream Transparent Loudspeaker System

April 1, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Ferguson Hill Updates Jetstream Transparent Loudspeaker System

British loudspeaker designer Ferguson Hill announced that its Jetstream Loudspeaker System is now available and shipping as a complete system. The Jetstream, two decades in the making, builds on the seminal FH001 sound system. Twenty years after unveiling its debut system, Ferguson Hill's latest generation of the Jetstream maintains the extraordinary, transparent visuals; however, the Kent-based maker upgraded practically every single component of the original Jetstream Loudspeaker System.

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

March 28, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

In Voice Coil April 2024, Tom James reminds us about the importance of SPL Graph Data, and Mike Klasco revisits the fundamentals of speaker lead-out wire. As scheduled, there's an updated directory of Speaker Cable and Connector Vendors. James Croft explores a patent detailing a filter that may increase and extend the bass frequency response of a speaker. And for this month's Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the Neotera Ultraflat UF 295 CBS 10" Subwoofer, followed by the SEAS W16NX005 5.25" Midbass Woofer with a metamodal TPCD diaphragm.

Bowers & Wilkins Introduces Crafted 700 S3 Signature Loudspeakers

March 27, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Bowers & Wilkins Introduces Crafted 700 S3 Signature Loudspeakers

Bowers & Wilkins unveiled its new 700 S3 Signature range headed by the new 702 S3 Signature floorstanding loudspeaker, together with the 705 S3 Signature standmount model. For the first time, the 700 S3 Signature range includes a new center speaker, the HTM71 S3 Signature, ensuring Signature-series levels of performance for home theater enthusiasts when combined with the 702 S3 Signature and 705 S3 Signature.

Stratton Acoustics Launches the Element 12 Loudspeaker

March 22, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Stratton Acoustics Launches the Element 12 Loudspeaker

Stratton Acoustics, the UK-based manufacturer of the extremely original high-end Elypsis 1512 loudspeaker, inspired in the iconic, main studio monitors that shaped recording in the 1970s and 1980s, has now launched the Element 12, a smaller 2-way, reflex-loaded design with integral stand. The Stratton Acoustics Element 12 is a passive design that employs advanced driver technologies, crossover techniques, and enclosure construction, polished with a touch of artisanal refinement.

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.

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.

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.

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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