Company History

The Past, and The Future of
US Enclosure Company
OUTLINED

1990:   US Enclosure Company Begins this year after Kris Metaverso reviews articles written by Dr. Henry Olsen on non-diffracting loudspeaker shapes at a College Engineering Library. Intrigued, Metaverso builds a number of loudspeakers utilizing ( believe it or not ) beer-ball containers as the cabinets. The initial subjective sound tests confirm that curved undampened polyethylene beer balls actually made the loudspeaker drivers sound "better" than when they were in their original factory box-shaped enclosure enclosures. And Olsen's journal publications were correct... loudspeakers sound better in in curved enclosures because curved loudspeaker enclosures have far less diffraction than a box-shaped loudspeaker enclosure or any enclosure with sharp edges. Metaverso also discovers that inexpensive plastic balls as cabinets do not offer the best loudspeaker response due to enclosure material resonant frequency problems, Still, they still were much better rated in both Quantitative Measurement and in Subjective Listening experiences than the same drivers in exact sized factory-built box-shaped enclosures.

Metaverso also confirms that all spherical-shaped loudspeaker enclosures have unique resonance's inside the curved enclosure walls. He then begins the engineering-work needed for special dampening for spherical sound waves which lead him away from loudspeaker stuffing to focusing on finding the truly-proper Enclosure Wall Materials specifically designed to absorb the energy inside a loudspeaker enclosure for any loudspeaker cabinet shape that could be mass-manufactured.

Multi-Modulus is the loudspeaker enclosure wall material developed from this research and in August 1992 it is fully perfected for it's current application. SuperStuffing is the product later arising from dampening material for spherical sound waves.

Ultimate Speaker Enclosure Company, later shortened to US Enclosure Company  Originates.

Metaverso's review of his Test Results details that a new engineered class of materials would be required to be developed to be able to provide the various shapes necessary... that also could be mass-manufactured. And the new materials would need to sound the same or better than the best loudspeaker wall materials known and utilized.  Multi-Modulus was first tested this year.  First test-enclosures using multi-modulus created for sonic test purposes also produced. 

1991:  Metaverso incorporates Levitated Composite Core technology inside the initial spherical loudspeaker enclosures to defeat the standing waves inside curved loudspeaker enclosures. The basis of this concept is the fact that that the same amount of sound wave energy heard in the listening room is also trapped in the loudspeaker enclosure. Sound waves inside an enclosure with curved walls can be focused into sound-absorbent material.   





1992:  Brian O'Neill begins to use the Pre-WWW Internet to market a product he manufactured and marketed since 1989. Previous to the Internet marketing experience, O’Neill originally used 10 of the best nationally distributed specialty periodicals to market his product called a "Sock Monkey" doll for babies. The motion picture Cabin Boy featured his product in one scene.

O'Neill's product was also featured on 1992 on ABC-TV's Home Show.

O'Neill was literally one of the very, very first to recognize and use the Internet to market a product beginning in 1992.  

Ultimate Loudspeaker Enclosure sales and production begin.  Metaverso tests multi-modulus loudspeaker enclosures for mass-manufactured designs.  First multi-driver multi-modulus spherical with curved enclosures designed, manufactured and sold to third-parties. First multi-modulus loudspeaker enclosure material with multi-driver configuration with each driver having it's own curved enclosure within the main curved enclosure body using curved-wall enclosures also using Levitated Composite Core stuffing techniques and technology, manufactured as a test of future mass manufacturing methods. 





1994:   Metaverso and O’Neill meet. O’Neill offered his experience with advertising, marketing & sales for Metaverso's loudspeaker innovations and  US Enclosure Company organizes.  We use the Internet, the WWW with the Mosaic browser, and college engineering research libraries to confirm, correct and expand on our company research. 





1995:   US Enclosure Website on WWW launched.  Original site completely Hand - Coded by Kris Metaverso without web editing software at http://www.aol.com/kmetaverso.  

36" pair of Spherical Loudspeaker enclosures for JBL 18" woofers designed by Metaverso, manufactured and shipped to our client in Michigan. Still the Largest curved loudspeaker enclosures ever produced.





1996:   Egg-Shaped Loudspeaker Enclosures perfected and placed into the marketing/manufacturing-mix.

US Enclosure  Mark SERIES  loudspeaker designs tested based on both Sphere and Egg-Shape.





1997:   US Enclosure MARK SERIES is publicly unveiled and offered to the consumer with 12 different loudspeaker models from:


     Two Center-Channel models including a Dual-sphere Center Channel.

     Two Subwoofer models including a 25Hz f3 Subwoofer actively correctable

     to 20Hz f3.

     Three Rear-Channel models and a side-channel model ... 4-way

     gimbal-adjustable Dipole w/rear-firing ribbons.     

      Four completely different Front Main Speakers in 2 and 3 driver

     configurations including ported and sealed spherical, egg-shaped and

     wing-shaped units.  Floor standing, Bookshelf, and a unique ceiling hanging 2

     and 3 way Front Mains using spherical or egg-shaped cabinets.

      All THX-Compliant.

     




1998:   Floor Standing Curved Loudspeaker Enclosures developed housing a 3-way loudspeaker system. Sound quality is lab-tested and compares much better compared to the original box-enclosed loudspeakers from which the drivers were derived. This Wing-Shape style is a spherical enclosure in a conventional tower-style  loudspeaker design. These are the Worlds first Floor-Standing multi-driver spherical enclosure loudspeakers and designed to compete with standard floor standing loudspeakers.

World's first spherical enclosures with egg-shaped interiors engineered, manufactured and delivered.

80 unit production order for Circus Circus Casino delivered.





1999:   US Enclosure moves to a 1400 sq. ft. facility at 1495 W 9th Street #306, Upland, CA.  US Enclosure designs, engineers, manufacturers and delivers 30" spherical loudspeaker enclosures with three vari-vent ports driven by Phoenix Gold vane-based subwoofer drivers per the ContraBass concept.





2000:  US Enclosure subject of paper presented in Berlin, Germany at the 2000 International Computer Music Conference.

1/2003:   US Enclosure has by this date completed over 300 CUSTOM curved multi-modulus based loudspeaker enclosure projects for companies like Dolby Labs, Eriksson Cell-telephones, etc.  US Enclosure refutes further Non-OEM work.


Full-scale Test Manufacturing for OEM clients occurring.

2005:   Constrained Boundary Layer Multimodulus  CBM  available for mass manufacturing.

2006:   US Enclosure achieves 343 custom enclosure design projects with concurrent manufacturing. 

2007:   US Enclosures creates it's Design Studio after realizing US has unique experience in manufacturing and developing groundbreaking loudspeaker cabinet designs-- not just our experience with spheres;, we created and engineered spherically-related Egg shapes and Wing shaped loudspeaker cabinets in the mid 90's using better materials than thin walled low density blow-molding or injection molding allows, let alone pressed metals with ring like a bell.

2010:  Devin Ragsdale is asked to become and accepts full 3rd partner, allowing US Enclosure to absolutely become the world leader in curved loudspeaker cabinet manufacturing for OEM's.  Ragsdale has 15 years experience in operations management using our manufacturing method.  The shape of quality loudspeakers on retail shelves can easily, smoothly and effectively change to curved non-diffracting shapes with ear and eye pleasing looks using artistic possibilities. 

2011:  Comprehensive curved cabinet library completed for OEM Reference

005     THE FUTURE: