{"id":336,"date":"2016-02-24T11:44:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T19:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmanpro.com\/insights\/?p=336"},"modified":"2016-02-24T12:02:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T20:02:31","slug":"harman-innovator-spotlight-ralph-hyde-jbl-speaker-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro.harman.com\/insights\/enterprise\/large-venues\/harman-innovator-spotlight-ralph-hyde-jbl-speaker-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"HARMAN Innovator Spotlight: Ralph Hyde, JBL Speaker Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our previous segment in the HARMAN Innovator Series, we profiled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harmanpro.com\/insights\/harman-pro\/harman-innovator-spotlight-gerald-stanley-crown-amplifier-engineer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gerald Stanley<\/a>, the father of the high-powered solid state amplifier. This time, we\u2019re taking a look at another great HARMAN engineer, Ralph Hyde. Ralph has been designing innovative speaker solutions for HARMAN for 27 years. He got his start at JBL in 1988, coming over from Electro-Voice.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Ralph has brought dozens of new loudspeakers to production. Since 1992, Ralph has become the king of bass, being a central designer behind JBL\u2019s larger woofers. His particular area of expertise is transducers, which are the heart of speakers. The transducer is the piece of equipment that converts the electrical energy of an amplifier and converts it into the soundwaves we hear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harmanpro.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vtxs28_angle_z-720x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hpro-web-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/insights\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vtxs28_angle_z-720x450.jpg 720w, https:\/\/hpro-web-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/insights\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vtxs28_angle_z-1170x731.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/hpro-web-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/insights\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vtxs28_angle_z-340x213.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ralph has designed and brought more than 60 transducers to production for JBL and contributed to the design of many others. He works on improving JBL\u2019s industry-leading dual-coil magnetic designs that use a parallel configuration of smaller, stronger magnets to provide better audio quality in lighter-weight speaker. Ralph\u2019s technology centers on improving the transducers in these systems so that there is less distortion in the sound and more movement for the cone. In a woofer, more movement in the cone means better bass response and an increased sound pressure level (SPL). He also invented a way to apply JBL\u2019s patented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jblpro.com\/pages\/components\/vgc.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VGC\u2122 transducer technology<\/a> to dual-coil subwoofers, providing better power handling and, again, further-increased SPL.<\/p>\n<p>It will probably come as no surprise that Ralph actually holds three patents and shares two others for subwoofer technology and design. If you ever go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jblpro.com\/www\/products\/cinema-market\/subwoofers#.VqZR4vkrKUk\" target=\"_blank\">the movies<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jblpro.com\/www\/products\/installed-sound\/marquis-dance-club\/md7#.VqZSvPkrKUk\" target=\"_blank\">concert<\/a> or any <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jblpro.com\/www\/products\/tour-sound\/vtx-series\/s25#.VqZSg_krKUk\" target=\"_blank\">large venue<\/a>, odds are high that the booming bass you feel is from one of his transducers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-356 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harmanpro.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sequoia-6-09-104-720x450.jpg\" alt=\"Sequoia 6-09 104\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hpro-web-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/insights\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sequoia-6-09-104-720x450.jpg 720w, https:\/\/hpro-web-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/insights\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sequoia-6-09-104-1170x731.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/hpro-web-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/insights\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sequoia-6-09-104-340x213.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When he is outside the office, Ralph enjoys camping and the outdoors. He\u2019s a fan of \u201crock hounding\u201d (or lapidary, if you want the technical term), which involves going out into the desert and finding what he calls \u201cpretty rocks\u201d (agates and other crystals). Some of the rocks he keeps as decoration and others his wife makes into jewelry.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Ralph\u2019s love of technology bleeds over into his love of the outdoors as well. As much as Ralph loves hiking, backpacking and skiing, he is also interested in solar architecture, sustainable living and electric cars (Ralph is on his second and says he\u2019ll never drive a gas car again). He\u2019s also looking at farming and winemaking, as he starts to consider a well-deserved retirement in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our previous segment in the HARMAN Innovator Series, we profiled Gerald Stanley, the father of the high-powered solid state amplifier. 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