FEATURE ARTICLE New Factory Now Open To facilitate its growth strategy, Tymphany has now opened a new state of the art factory and business campus in China, allowing increased production capacity and room for the vertical integration of additional processes. The new campus is located close to the former Premium Loudspeaker factory in XinXu. Production from the old PL factory has already been moved to the new facility; production from the Panyu factory will move within a few months. A next generation version of Tymphany’s renowned asynchronous transducer production line is already running, together with environmentally controlled paint spray and wood finishing processes. “The new campus is truly a showcase facility for the speaker industry,” says Stuart Croxford, General Manager of the new facility. “We’ve used the combined experience of the PL and Tymphany teams to put together a dream facility, and the depth of experience certainly shows. Not only do we have the best equipment and working conditions, we also expect to see improved quality through better process control and vertical integration”. The new facility is over 415,000 feet total, and consists of four main production buildings with four floors each; over 250,000 square feet of production space. It has extensive office and engineering spaces, two anechoic chambers, and comprehensive audio, electronic and environmental test facilities. “One of the unique areas of our factory is our test and listening rooms, one of which was built using American wood frame/sheetrock construction,” adds Croxford. “This allows us to better serve our customers during the design and tuning phase by accurately replicating installation environments in their primary markets”. Tymphany will add an onsite wood mill and additional electronics manufacturing capabilities to coincide with the launch of digital amplifier platforms later this year. The new Tymphany campus will have the following capabilities: Wood, plastic and metal cabinet finishing Double barrier, positive pressure, dust free spray environment Veneer, piano finish and automotive paint finishes Crossover assembly line Full wood mill Electronics assembly Woofer, tweeter, LAT and planar ribbon driver capability Aside from the added capacity and improved working conditions, better control over component sourcing will result in higher quality and better pricing, and vertical integration of processes will help reduce lead times and increase efficiency.	In This Issue FEATURE ARTICLE New Factory Now Open NEW PRODUCTS ScanSpeak Illuminator Drivers Near Sample Stage TYMPHANY EVENTS Munich High end Show 2008 PEOPLE AT TYMPHANY Meet Bob True NEW AT TYMPHANY Tymphany is Hiring FEATURED MATERIAL PVC + 30% Wood Powder
	“The new campus is truly a showcase facility for the speaker industry.” — Stuart Croxford General Manager of the new production facility
Advanced Finishing Processes One of the arenas in which Tymphany leads is cabinet finishing, and to that end, the new factory has extensive finishing process capability, including negative pressure sanding booths and multiple dust free spray rooms. Ed Boyd, General Manager of Tymphany’s Premium Audio Video (PAV) division, explains: “When we first moved [PL] to the XinXu area in 2005, the local vendors struggled to meet our high-quality standards on painted finishes, so we took the decision to move the process in-house to gain better control. In a short time, our customers started to realize that we could produce standards of finish that were previously unavailable in China, giving them measurable competitive advantage. In the new factory, we have, of course, further enhanced this capability by adding better equipment and carefully planning airflow within the facility for a dust-free environment.”
NEW PRODUCTS ScanSpeak Illuminator Drivers Near Sample Stage   The new ScanSpeak Illuminator drivers, first shown at CES in January, are nearing sample stage. Heralded as the finest drivers available today, ScanSpeak has scheduled the first production run for late April, and many of Tymphany’s high-end customers are anxiously awaiting samples. With long throw neo-ring underhung motor designs, the Illuminator series is set to make quite a splash in the high-end audio business, and many high-end brands have already started to design them into new product lines.   For more product details, visit our website: www.tymphany.com   New product line will initially feature mid-woofers in two sizes, 5-¼" and 6-½", and tweeters in ¾" and 1" sizes.
TYMPHANY EVENTS Munich High end Show 2008 Come and Visit Us: April 24-27 Hall 4 – Booth F09 Tymphany will be exhibiting at the upcoming High End show in Munich, April 24-27. Please visit us in Hall 4 – booth F09 to see the new ScanSpeak Illuminator drivers, and get details about our other upcoming transducers, as well as our new amplifier platforms.   Bob True Chief Technology and Chief Quality Officer PEOPLE AT TYMPHANY Meet Bob True Bob True is responsible for Tymphany’s product roadmap, research activities, and quality program. A well-known audio industry veteran who enjoys pushing the limits of loudspeaker design, Bob has been with Tymphany for five years, during which time he served in several senior roles before being appointed to his current position as CTO/CQO in January 2008. “With our wide range of products and services, Tymphany occupies a unique space in the audio industry. We are just as proficient in the design and manufacture of low cost/high volume products as we are in lower-volume ultra-high end transducers and systems. Tymphany has always been known for providing only the best quality and highest performing products, and I am enjoying working with our teams to push our standards even higher.” “I am enjoying working with our teams to push our standards even higher.”   Bob is also heavily involved with Danish design teams that are set to unveil new product lines from Peerless, Vifa, and ScanSpeak. “With the ScanSpeak Illuminator line, we’ve managed to once again raise the bar for the audio industry,” said True. “And in re-introducing the Vifa brand, we’ve tried to incorporate the heritage of design excellence for which the name is known. The new Vifa line addresses the real world needs and cost constraints that exist in today’s market. The pure audio research we do at ScanSpeak propagates down through the lines, meaning that even our low-cost products offer the best value when performance and price are both important”. The new ScanSpeak Illuminator drivers, first shown at CES in January and heralded as the finest drivers available, are now nearing sample stage; ScanSpeak has scheduled the first production run for late April. Bob is an active member in the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and has published several papers on loudspeaker modeling and measurement.   NEW AT TYMPHANY Tymphany is Hiring Tymphany is looking for engineers for its Taastrup, Denmark, and XinXu, China locations. Experienced Transducer Engineers, Audio System Engineers and Mechanical engineers should send their resume to jobs@tymphany.com. For details, visit our website: www.tymphany.com/careers.
FEATURED MATERIAL PVC + 30% wood Powder Tymphany is using a unique new material for the new Jamo A 400 aesthetic series speakers, which combines the weight and acoustic properties of MDF with the lower cost of plastic. The extrusion is made of PVC + 30% wood powder, which is more dimensionally stable compared to the typical extrusions made of PVC + foaming agent.	The material cost of plastic extrusion is much less than aluminum; about 1/3 to 1/2 the price of an equivalent sized extrusion with 2-3 times the wall thickness. Thicker walls of 6mm to 8mm provide good internal damping as compared to aluminum, which you would also have to post treat with additional damping. Aluminum is priced at about 18.6HKD / kg with a density of 2.7g/CC. PVC + 30% Wood is priced at 10HKD/kg and 1.2g/CC.
Tymphany is producing Jamo’s new A 400 series using innovative wood filled plastic extrusion. The raw material comes in pellet form, and can be extruded or injection molded into parts with a maximum size of 200mm x 200mm and a maximum weight 4~5 kg per meter. Tymphany can create any shape of extrusion that fits within these dimensions. The base material can be pigmented to match any color. Using our experience in material finishing, Tymphany has developed a technique of sanding back the extrusion marks that tooling leaves along the length of the part. Primer and high gloss finishes then can be applied to the extrusions.	The material cost of this plastic extrusion is much less than aluminum — about 1/3 to 1/2 the price of an equivalent sized extrusion…” — Chris von Hellermann Principal Loudspeaker Designer, Tymphany Corp.   U.S. Corporate Headquarters +1 (415) 526-5780 TEL +1 (415) 526-5781 FAX In Denmark +45 7028 1800 TEL +45 9717 3697 FAX In China +86 20 3482 1838 TEL +86 20 3482 0866 FAX www.tymphany.com 1050 Northgate Drive, Suite 400 San Rafael, CA 94903 USA

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