Saturday, May 11, 13:00 15:30 h, Room K2 W6 Distributed Mode Loudspeaker (DML) Technology Chairman: Peter Mapp, Peter Mapp Associates, Colchester, UK Panel: Lampos Ferekidis, New Transducers Ltd, Huntingdon ,UK Neil Harris, New Transducers Ltd, Huntingdon ,UK Malcolm Hawksford, University of Essex, Colchester, UK Ulrich Horbach, Studer, Regensdorf, Switzerland Demonstrations: Robbie Taylor, New Transducers Ltd, Huntingdon, UK Summary Distributed Mode Loudspeakers have now been around for five years and have not only found application in a wide range of traditional audio products but are also enabling new and unique applications to be created. The workshop aims to provide both a tutorial review of the technology and its associated acoustic properties together with an update on typical uses and implementations. Apart from covering general aspects of loudspeaker design, the expert panel will also discuss and demonstrate applications such as Computer and TV screen implementations, WAP and mobile phones, computer and multimedia speakers and commercial PA, sound reinforcement and speech privacy systems. |
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