Brian Smith of S&L Audio, makers of the Woofer Tester and distributors of Credence loudspeakers, holds down the 21" woofer so I can't walk off with it...err...I mean, poses next to it for scale. If I can find a way to get that in my carry-on IT'S MINE!!! Look out, Brian. I'll be back. Credence may not be a recognized name brand but their products are most likely familiar to you. They were the OEM manufactures for all of Stillwater's designs, including all of the super tough, award winning, bass in your face, nearly indestructible subwoofers under the Kicker brand name. That being said, there are lots of aesthetic similarities to the drivers, like the double stitched attaching of the surround to the cone, and a line of square frame woofers as well. One other slick idea in the final stage of development is the elimination of traditional speaker leads running from the voice coil over the spider and attached to posts connected to the frame.
Credence has created a lead-less design eliminating the potential for the dreaded "lead slap" most loudspeaker designers have encountered at one point or another in their life. As can be seen the voice coil's leads will actually come down through the magnet structure and be mounted to the rear of the driver on a chamber-type mechanism (not shown). www.woofertester.com
Shown above is a shot of the newest drivers in Dayton Loudspeaker's RS series, the 3" fullrange and 8" woofer. MSRP and specs are still TBD as of the show, but keep an eye out at www.PartsExpress.com for details coming soon. PE also had a cool Tang Band display that I felt you should see.
GINI Systems out of California was demo'ing their passive and powered Ipod docking station with matching speakers.
This thing is pretty cool, with the powered version having an integrated 8 watt amp built into the base for powering the included speakers, which had great build quality and used nice drivers compared to most cheesy plastic I-pod docking stations available in this size. Other features are an S-video output for connecting your Video I-pod to your TV. Both versions include all adapters for using various I-pod models, as well as all cables. The powered version includes the speakers and MSRP is to be determined. The passive version has everything the powered version does minus the amp, including RCA outputs, and retails for $69.95. www.gini.com
Cheers
Mike
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