Product Design
Loudspeaker design
The loudspeakers designed by Kvålsvoll Design are examples showing what is possible to do. They are the results of development projects with specific requirements criteria, such as size, price, desired sound character.
A speaker can be made to have certain specific sound characteristics, visual appearance and size, to suit a specific group of customers. Most of my speakers are tailored for the sound I appreciate, but it is also possible to create a speaker with a different sound, with a predictable outcome.
Simulation and acquired knowledge from numerous practical designs, together with unique expertise in electroacoustics, makes this possible. 3D-cad design gives an impression of visual appearance early in the design phase.
Understanding human perception of sound is an important part of this.
Technical solutions developed by Kvålsvoll Design are possible to implement, through licensing.
Kvålsvoll Design can assist the whole process going from requirements specification through prototype design and building, into preparation for production.
Example of product design: SR-2x surround speaker
SR-2x is a good example of product design by Kvålsvoll Design. Here the development process and steps involved are described:
https://www.kvalsvoll.com/blog/forum/topic/sr-2x-surround-speaker/
Testing
Testing new products involves making prototypes and small pre-production series, to verify how the product performs in actual use. For loudspeakers, this can be getting a few products out to customers, and then collect information from those customers on their experience with the product.
We want to see if the customers like it, obviously, and also if they are able to make it work as intended, and for speakers, how the sound is experienced.
Testing is not to measure the frequency response of a speaker, that is part of the product development process in earlier stages.
For the SR-2x surround speaker, it was important to verify that the claimed improved surround sound improvement is something that the customer also experiences. That requires getting the speakers out to a customer, letting the customer try it, and then collect information from the customer about how the sound is experienced.