Tone Kabelloser Heimlautsprecher by MrSmith Studio

Tone Kabelloser Heimlautsprecher by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Silber in Audioproduktdesign Competition Category.

SilberAudioprodukte· 2020

Tone Kabelloser Heimlautsprecher

by MrSmith Studio

Client: CONCRETAmente

A' Design Award in Silber Winner in Audioprodukte Category

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The Design

About Tone Kabelloser Heimlautsprecher

Tone ist ein kabelloser Heimlautsprecher mit einem Gehäuse aus Beton, ein Material, das wegen seiner dichten Struktur gewählt wurde und dadurch ein stabiles Gehäuse bietet. Er ist mit zwei Breitbandlautsprechern und einem Subwoofer ausgestattet, die eine kontinuierliche Ausgangsleistung von 200W bieten. Integrierte Akkus und Bluetooth ermöglichen die Platzierung von Tone überall im Haus und bieten ein Hi-Fi-Klangerlebnis. Sowohl die Farbe des Betons als auch das Material der Vorder- und Rückplatte können individuell angepasst werden, und das optionale Aluminium-Frontgitter wird durch Magnete befestigt.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Silber

Tone Kabelloser Heimlautsprecher ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Silber, einer enorm prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, großartige und beeindruckende Spitzendesigns. Silber-Gewinner sind ungemein brillante und äußerst kreative Werke, die die herausragende Expertise, das Talent und den Scharfsinn ihrer Designer veranschaulichen. Von Tone Kabelloser Heimlautsprecher wird erwartet, dass es ein wunderbares Vorzeigewerk ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und zutiefst innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Silber prämierte Design ist eine höchst bemerkenswerte, bewunderte Erfindung, die den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Tone Kabelloser Heimlautsprecher ist eine vielbeneidete Schöpfung, die Wünsche weckt, positive Gefühle vermittelt und Staunen und Verwunderung entfacht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Tone is a wireless home speaker with the body made in concrete.
The reason behind this is that concrete is perfect sound transmission, therefore is one of the best materials for this kind of purpose.
It is equipped with built on batteries, so you can bring it anywhere in your house and listen to your preferred songs with a high quality sound experience.
Both color of the concrete and material of front and back panel can be customised in order to provide to clients a custom made product.
An optional aluminum front grid is kept in place simply trough magnets.
Dimensions & Packaging: Channels 2.1
2x50w 4 inches Full-Range Drivers
1x100w 5.25 inches Subwoofer
Frequency response 35Hz 20KHz
Continuous power output 200W
Max. SPL 100dB
Bass reflex port on the back
Acoustically isolated midrange chambers
Bluetooth 4.0
Class-D Amps
Active Crossover
Battery 5500mah
Dimensions 490 x 206 x 260 mm
Weights 9Kg
Tags: speaker, audio, portable, hifi, concrete, design, MrSmith, wireless, bluetooth, sound, experience
Production Technology: Body is made with UHPC, Ultra High Performance Concrete. This particular concrete has very high mechanical characteristics that allows to reduce thickness of sections. In addition to that has a very fine grain and whiter color, related to standard concrete. Pigment can be added to the mix and this allows to have body of different colours.
Design Challenge: Main challenge in this project has been fitting 200W of power output in a small portable speaker.
We've made several prototypes and mockups before landing on the final version of the speaker.
Research: The aim of this project was to create the best sound experience in a wireless home speaker. We made a deep research on components in order to find the best solution for a deep, clear and powerful sound experience.
In addition to that, we made a research on materials with the purpose to find the best solution for the body and frame. Came out that concrete has great sound transmission properties. In order to reduce the total weight we opted for a specific kind of concrete that has high structural strength properties and allows thin sections.
Inspiration: Because of it high sound transmission characteristics and stiffness, concrete has been already used in high end speakers, but because of its weight, none of them are portable. Therefore the idea was to create the best sound experience in portable speaker segment, with a body made in concrete.
Project Duration: Project has bee entirely developed in MrSmith Studio headquarter in Milan. Started in June 2019 and has been released in February 2020
Operation Flow: Interaction is very simple. Power and Bluetooth buttons are on the back plate. Once paired with your phone you can play your favourite track experiencing high quality audio. Tone is equipped with built on batteries so you can bring it anywhere. Next to the pool or in your living, wherever you want to hear some good music.
Patents: MrSmith Studio
Team Members: MrSmith Studio
Image Credits: MrSmith Studio