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Thursday April 24th, 2003

Outstanding loudspeaker scientist Alexander Voishvillo to join Gibson Labs

Alexander Voishvillo, an internationally recognized authority on loudspeaker engineering, will join Gibson Labs, the technology division of Gibson Guitar Corp. The Russian-born scientist holds several patents and is the author of numerous publications, including a book on loudspeaker design and theory.

"We are developing world-class audio products at Gibson Labs, and Alexander Voishvillo is one of the most knowledgeable loudspeaker designers in the world," said Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson chairman and CEO. "We are looking forward to making huge waves - audio waves - with Alexander on the Gibson Labs team."

"Gibson has a combination of tradition and vision that few companies can offer," Voishvillo said. "Gibson Labs' dedication to the discovery and development of new technologies has created the kind of environment every engineer and research scientist wants to be a part of."

Voishvillo was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, and was granted U.S. permanent residency in 1996 as an essential technical specialist in the field of loudspeakers. From 1977 to 1995 he worked at the Popov Institute for Radio and Acoustics and designed loudspeaker systems and studio monitors. He also worked for the AWS Group of Wheeling, West Virginia, which had a facility in St. Petersburg. In 1995 he moved to Simi Valley, California, where he joined Gene Czerwinski, CEO of Cerwin-Vega to head their new research and development team. There he designed new transducers and systems and did research on nonlinearity in sound systems and advanced methods to measure nonlinearity. As Director of Electroacoustical Research and Development at Cerwin-Vega, Voishvillo was granted several patents on new transducers.

He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and the Standards Committee of the AES, and he has contributed four articles to the Journal of the AES. He is also a frequent presenter of technical and scientific papers at international engineering and scientific conferences and meetings held worldwide.

Gibson Labs, located in Sunnyvale, California, is the technology division of Gibson Guitar Corp. Innovative products developed by Gibson Labs include the award-winning MaGIC digital transport protocol, the Indestructible line of speakers and amplifiers for systems contractors and the world's first digital electric guitar.

For more information about Gibson Labs go here or send Gibson Labs an email. Gibson MaGIC is here.