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Audio Creativity and Technical Expertise​

From award-winning HIFI audio equipment to safety alarm systems and feedback components, Design 1st has the technical expertise to integrate audio into your project.


Audio Design Expertise Include:

We have deep audio design and engineering expertise in the following areas:

  • Open port vs. closed port designs
  • Speaker selection for application and frequency range requirements
  • Understanding SPL (volume at given distance)
  • Interior versus exterior applications
  • Speaker Grill: shape and area affect audio frequencies, SPI
  • Speaker technologies
  • Wideband audio (HD Voice) for telephony audio
  • Voice-User Interface (VUI) and speech recognition
  • Smart Voice Assistant Technology
Pair of SMART Technologies slim grey speakers with volume knob and USB ports
SMART SPEAKER design

Low-cost with high Quality

“Design 1st demonstrated the right creativity and technical understanding to adeptly manage the product design and testing process. They created an award-wining product the market has really embraced.”

Dan McMahon, Vice President (Software) SMART Technologies

Audio Project Images:

  • Exploded view of the Cloud 9 wideband audio handset showing its internal circuit board
    Cloud 9 Project: Wideband audio handset for high clarity voice communication
  • Annotated cutaway render of the SMART sound bar showing speaker, tweeter, air port and acoustic material
    SMART Technologies required a low-cost speaker while ensuring it maintained high-quality audio
  • Annotated cutaway render of a cylindrical speaker showing the structural frame, driver and acoustic materials
    Smart required a low-cost speaker while ensuring it maintained high-quality audio
  • Annotated cutaway render of the Liberty Pumps NightEye controller showing loud buzzer, display and light pipe
    Liberty Pumps needed a loud buzzer. our knowledge of SPL resulted in a quick turnaround

Do you have an Audio Design challenge you need help solving?

Learn how our team of design and engineering experts can help you

Render of a home theatre speaker set with centre channel, subwoofer and four tower speakers
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