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Ten Years
EXPERIENCE
designing Commercial
CURVED
Loudspeaker Enclosures
and their Specialized Stands.
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What does this mean
for
Your Company?
We have far more EXPERIENCE engineering/manufacturing this
style of loudspeaker enclosure than any other entity in the world.
We
can mass-manufacture any shape loudspeaker cabinets with our 112 pound per
cubic foot
piano-black gloss finish, constrained boundary
layer cabinet materials.....
But DESIGN comes
first...
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Aureal Semiconductor |
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Babb Loudspeaker |
| Boeing |
| Checkpoint Systems |
| Circus Circus Hotel and Casino |
| Cirque du Soleil |
| Claremont Colleges |
| Columbia University |
| Delta State University |
| Dolby Laboratories |
| Ericsson Cell Phone Manufacturing |
| Firewire |
| Fisher Scientific
International |
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Instrumental Media |
| Lightware |
| Miller and Kreisel
Sound (M & K) |
| Michigan State University |
| NASA ( United Space Alliance
) |
| Prairie Logic |
| Princeton University |
| Ramtel Communications |
| Saitama Med. School ( Japan
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| San Diego State University |
| Sound Alignment Systems |
| Sound Advance |
| University of California Davis |
| University of Massachusetts |
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| DESIGN |
design DESIGN design
| Design Innovation: Apple is so good at design
innovation that you can be forgiven for thinking it invented the MP3
player. In fact, whether it's music players or computers,
Apple is rarely the first entry into a field. Where Apple is almost
always first is in capturing the hearts and minds through Design.
Line-Extension Innovation: Porsche is the most
profitable auto company and it's money product is the 911, around
since 1964. Porsche still puts nearly all its eggs in the 911
basket. But then it innovates the heck out of the basket.
Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine
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Designers satisfy
a variety of criteria. A
well-designed, properly produced product will meet certain
standards that will be recognized as "better than the others" by most informed, knowledgeable
consumers.
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FUNCTION The first approach is
function. How successfully does the design do what it is supposed to do? For
example, how efficiently does a chair support a human form? In fact, how
does a box-shaped loudspeaker enclosure work as it's function as a loudspeaker
enclosure; say, compared to a curved-shape loudspeaker enclosure?
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· BALANCE Another important aspect of
design is balance or symmetry. Formal balance is also called symmetrical
balance. This means that the piece has a geometrical symmetry. Informal or
asymmetrical balance means that their is still a general symmetry but it is not
strictly geometric. The symmetry is one of contrast rather than geometry.
Mass or visual weight, pattern, color, and texture are elements used in
composing the informal balance of a piece.
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· HARMONY Also called continuity.
Most
objects are composites, made up of many parts. A good designer will make the
various parts seem to belong together. One way of doing this is by
repetition, for example curving all parts of the design.
· EMPHASIS
Artists use emphasis to
attract the eye. In design, a part that provides emphasis often has a
practical of functional value. For example, drawer knobs can produce
emphasis but are also used to open the drawers.
· HONESTY
Honest use of materials is
essentially not hiding the material or techniques used. For example
wood-grained plastic Formica laminate is not an honest material. The
designer is attempting to fool the eye. If the laminate were solid or had
some artificial pattern, it would be a more honest design. The honest use of
materials overlaps into the region of taste or preference.
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US Enclosure Company
DESIGN PROCEDURE
FOR OUR CLIENTS:
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1 Determine if the design is a
copy or minor
modification of an existing
design, or, if it is an whole new
design "from scratch".
2 Functional Requirements are obtained.
What is it? A functional
name is
assigned.
3 Stylistic Requirements now are the focus.
The overall geometric shape
should be laid out or "blocked up".
4 Mock-ups may be constructed at this stage, thus making it easier to
develop
detailed plans.
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Working Drawings are the end result of the design process.
6 After client approval of the Design, a Manufacturing
Cost Proposal
is
produced, based on our client needs and requirements.
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US Enclosure
Designya Offers A La Carte
services when our client asks us for limited,
specific input.
US Enclosure
COMPANY Can
work hand-in-hand with US
Enclosure Design.
US Enclosure Company
can offer a 100%
Turnkey
Manufacturing Approach-- from your initial design work to
monitoring production-line output for you.
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Curved shapes
are naturally appreciated by Men and Women
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Although
US Enclosure Company
is a strong proponent of curved
loudspeaker enclosures,
our
client needs come first.
Our loudspeaker enclosure
materials are the first and only product specifically designed and engineered
for the express
purpose of Loudspeaker Walls.
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If
our client requires a design that uses flat walls, a rectangular
enclosure, a trapezoidal enclosure, etc., we will do our
job properly to meet our clients requirements using our enclosure
materials and mass-manufacturing developments to their ultimate
advantage.
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Curved products inside
and around the home and workplace are consumer-acceptable... and Consumers every
day consciously purchase a
wide variety of curved objects for the home.
EXAMPLES
include lampshades and lighting fixtures to delivered water-dispensers,
from planters to electronics, computer monitors to backyard gazing balls
in the yard next to the aerodynamically-shaped automobile.
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Loudspeaker Industry design conventional
wisdom states that loudspeakers have to be in Boxes. The fact is, consumers have No-Problem with Curved
Loudspeaker Enclosures as long as the enclosures "appear nice" and the
product's sound has higher quality for the money spent.
Now, the
person in charge of decor can Approve the purchase of curved loudspeakers enclosures
(which are easier to blend into existing and planned interior decors).
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purchasing loudspeakers in a curved cabinet since they
already own a large number of curved products in their home. Thus these cabinets
will automatically fit into an average person's home decor. And Sound
Great for the money the consumer spent compared to the same drivers in
a box cabinet.
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