Greetings!
Welcome to the first
ALMA Newsletter of 2007. We bring you the long awaited
Winter Symposium report, and also annouce our new job
board, updated standards and member news. Remember,
this newsletter is interactive - you can click on the
blue links in this email to get more information from
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2007 Winter Symposium
Roundup 
Firstly let me say a big thank you to
everyone who made this show a success. This was my
first year organizing the Symposium, and I am
pleased to say that attendance was up 40% on last year,
and the ratings in the post-show survey were excellent.
I hope all of you attended enjoyed it, and if you didn't
attend, you can read all about what you missed.
Full Symposium
Review
Technical Papers
The technical papers covered a wide range
of topics from test and measurement to diamond
loudspeaker cones, and included presentations from
Wolfgang Klippel, Steve Temme, Earl Geddes and Adrian
Bankewitz. You can read a full report as well as
download the papers on the
website.
Tutorials
Tutorials were presented on
subjects as diverse as nonlinearity in loudspeakers, Rub
& Buzz measurement and subwoofer signal processing
solutions.
Go to technical papers
& tutorials on web
site
Exhibitors
With 8 new exhibitors this year, as well
as some of the regulars, there was something for
everyone, with products ranging from test and
measurement equipment to materials and electronics. Exhibitors
included Listen, Loudsoft, Klippel, Gras, K&K,
Propex, KSC Industries, Ferrotec, Ferrolabs, R&D
Team, Anadigm, Phase Design and Voicecoil. Click on the
link below to read what they all had to offer, and link
directly to their websites.
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ALMA Job
Board 
ALMA has a new recruitment board on its
website! This offers a unique opportunity to get your
open positions in front of a highly targeted audience.
It is a great member benefit as full members may post
open positions here free of charge. Non members may post
positions at a cost of $200 for a 3 month listing. We
also offer the opportunity for individual members to
post resumes. Go to ALMA job
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Standards Updated on Web
Site
Following the standards committee meetings
that took place at the Winter Symposium, the Components
Standards pages on the ALMA website have been updated.
Highlights include:
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Member News  Henkel Corporation
offers training programs in effective use of
adhesives and sealants, Loudsoft announces the new
FINELab QC system, Listen announces the release of
SoundCheck version 7 which includes full multichannel
analysis and Gary Church joins Misco. Read the full
stories in the member news section on the web site.
Email me your press releases if you would like to be
included in the next issue.
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New
Members Please join me in extending a
warm welcome to the following full members, and visit
their websites to learn more about the products and
services that they can offer you.
Full members:
We also welcome the following individual members:
Pete Capra, David Clark, Jeff Foster, Mike Frost, Bob
Sachs, Ron Sauro, Jim Smolik, John C. Stewart and Lance
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Coming in
June... Next issue (June) we will be
featuring Loudspeaker Components,
leading with a technical article on Anadigms's new
dynamically programmable Analog Signal Processing
module. The issue will also feature a round-up of
loudpeaker cones, materials, adhesives,
electronics, wires and other components. If this is your
business, please send me your latest press
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And Finally...
Don't be left out! Send me your news and
information for inclusion in the newsletter and on the
web site. I am also looking for longer technical
articles of interest to our members for future
newsletter issues. If you would like to write
one, please contact me. It is your contributions
that make this newsletter interesting!
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Events
EAV's Audio
Masters Tour entitled "Loudspeakers in a global world -
research, development and manufacturing" takes place in May
and June in China. The tour will
consist of three seminars on May 28/29 in
Szengzen (South China), on June 1st
in Bejing and on June 4th in Shanghai. The seminars,
organized by Eric Chu from EAV in conjunction with
ALMA International and the Chinese Audio Frequency
Engineering Society (CAFES) address
the important role of communication in education,
research, development and
manufacturing of
loudspeakers.
The experts speak about loudspeaker technology,
share their personal experiences in the audio
industry and report on their work in international
organizations such as AES and ALMA which support the
exchange of technical ideas and cultural contacts.
The
invited speakers are John Vanderkooy,
University of Waterloo and Editor of the Journal of
the Audio Engineering Society, Stu Lumsden, Polk
Audio and President of ALMA, and Wolfgang Klippel,
University of Technology Dresden and Vice President of
ALMA. For more
information about the program and entrance costs, please call
the EAV office at +86 755 2693 8069.
ALMA will have a booth
at the Chinese
speaker parts trade show, which is in Guangzhou, May 10 - 12,
2007. The 8,000 square meter exhibit floor will feature
new electroacoustic products, components,
materials and assembly equipment and machinery. ALMA board
member Steve Tatarunis will be on-hand to tell people about
the benefits of ALMA membership and encourage companies to
exhibit at the ALMA Winter Symposium. If you are in the area,
stop by and say 'hello'.
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