Niron Magnetics' first commercial pilot plant in Minnesota is a key milestone in the path to sustainable, rare-earth-free permanent magnets.

Cleaning out your ears is a sensible procedure. This article explores self-assessment, ear hygiene and new visual ear care tools.

Read about the first manufacturing operation ready to deliver neodymium permanent magnets in the United States.

Good intentions for sustainability, circularity, or simply reducing your carbon foot-print not always produce the intended results.

In this article I wrote about my experience designing with Nuvoton smart amps and Klippel Controlled Sound (KCS) speaker technology.

The Menlo Scientific suite at The Venetian is open for business two days before the start of CES, ready to support our clients.

This is the second Market Update article on haptic transducers published by audioXpress, following the original series on Bass Shakers.

Check out the latest Voice Coil article by Mike Klasco discussing speaker enclosures, now available online.

Speaker Applications Using Alpine HX5 Nanocomposite. I explain HX5 in more detail in a dedicated online piece, available here.

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Roboden, a unique stretchable cable with great potential for microphones, earphones, and headphones, expands up to 40% longer than its...

This article for Voice Coil magazine explores the use of high-performance film diaphragms for headphones and speakers.

The Audio Product Education Institute (APEI), an initiative of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), will host a three-day Product Developmen

Vesper's VM3011 intelligent MEMS microphone claim to fame is a power saving architecture that enables battery standby life that otherwise wo

In this article, Mike Klasco takes us on a brief trip down the evolution of feedback speakers, before previewing SubVo's Bend-Sensor and Kla

In this article for audioXpress and The Audio Voice newsletter, Mike Klasco writes about "a very cool" concept from Soundmatters, the...

Menlo Scientific to Present Two Sessions During Audio & Loudspeaker Technologies International (ALTI) 2020 Online Event

Menlo Scientific to Present Two Sessions During Audio & Loudspeaker Technologies International (ALTI) 2020 Online Event

This article explores Polyvinylidene Fluoride Film (PVDF), and how it is used in various transducers for headphones, microphones and...

In this article, the history of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Film (PVDF), a piezoelectric polymer used in various transducers, is revisited.

In this article, Mike Klasco provides an introduction to the voice capture, signal processing and voice recognition challenges. Voice...

This article explores the fabrication, materials, and performance aspects of this critical component in driver design.

Mike Klasco writes about the possibilities of recycling neodymium from old electric motors, wind turbines, alternators, hard drives... and e

Mike Klasco provides an overview of the neodymium supply chain, rare earth minerals trade, and implications for the loudspeaker industry.