Tone 無線家居揚聲器 by MrSmith Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 音響產品設計 Competition Category.

銀音響產品· 2020

Tone 無線家居揚聲器

by MrSmith Studio

Client: CONCRETAmente

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 音響產品 Category

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The Design

About Tone 無線家居揚聲器

Tone係一款採用混凝土機身嘅無線家居揚聲器，混凝土因其高密度特性而被選用，可提供堅實嘅音箱結構。呢款揚聲器配備兩個全音域揚聲器同一個超低音揚聲器，提供200瓦連續輸出功率。內置電池同藍牙功能令Tone可以擺放喺屋企任何位置，提供高保真音響體驗。混凝土嘅顏色同前後面板嘅物料都可以自訂，而可選配嘅鋁製前網罩則透過磁石固定。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Tone 無線家居揚聲器是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Tone 無線家居揚聲器將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Tone 無線家居揚聲器是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

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