2007 Asia Symposium Post-Show Review

Model, Measure, Manufacture… a practical guide to loudspeaker development


ALMA Asia 2007 was held October 20-21 at the NanHai Hotel iN Shenzhen. A tabletop exhibition featured suppliers of test and QC equipment, manufacturers, consultants, and system integrators including: Audiomatica, Guangzhou Wenbo Exhibition Company, Henkel, K&K International, Klippel, Listen, Loudsoft, Phase Design, Redrock Acoustics, Sea Galleon, Tonwel, and VoiceCoil.

The following papers were presented and are available for download from the ALMA Asia 2007 area of the ALMA Download Manager.

Welcome to Meeting & ALMA Overview Stu Lumsden, ALMA President

Keynote 1:  “Simulation of T/S Parameter Production Tolerances” Patrick Turnmire – Redrock Acoustics

Keynote 2: “The Importance of Education in the Chinese Loudspeaker Industry”. Yu Jingyuan, GGEC

Keynote 3: “The Perception of Distortion” Earl Geddes – Audio Intelligence

“Selling to US Loudspeaker companies: The role of trade organizations like ALMA” Jennifer Ni / Nancy Bunch, Phase Design

Standards Update – Eric Chu, EAV

Vibration and Radiation Analysis of Loudspeaker Cones – Wolfgang Klippel, Klippel GmbH

SpeaD 2.0 – Loudspeaker modeling software - Pat Turnmire, Redrock Acoustics

Tonwel Video Presentation – Yan Bingyao, Tonwel

New and Hi-Tech Materials for Loudspeaker Applications – Jimmy Ying, Sea Galleon

Time Frequency Analysis for Loudspeaker Measurement – Steve Temme, Listen, Inc.        

Product Overview – Kalian Gang - Henkel

 

Day 2 of the event featured:

How to pass a Vendor Qualification Audit – Phil Bunch, Phase Design

Basic End of Line Testing – Paul Wang, RS Tech/Listen, Inc.

Practical Aspects of Loudspeaker Design – Peter Larsen, Loudsoft 

The Basics of Large Signal Parameters – Wolfgang Klippel, Klippel GmbH

Day 2 presentations are paid-for training classes which are only available to people who attended Day 2 of the Symposium.

 

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