ALTI-EXPO2020 System Builders Workshop
What is System Builders Workshop?
System Builders Workshop is a deep dive into product development that takes the participant from concept to design to modeling, to building a working loudspeaker system in 4 modules.
Module 1. Speaker Builders Workshop:
- Concept of the product for our “customer”
- Design and modeling of the loudspeaker
- Building a working loudspeaker
- Designing and tuning a task specific enclosure with port tube
- Assembly and testing the system
Module 2. Amplifier Builders Workshop:
- Build a 2 way system with amplifier, bluetooth, and passive radiator
- How to design and properly match the needs of the application to the specs of the loudspeaker
- Examine options and identifying the benefits or drawbacks of various solutions
- Install the amplifier/Bluetooth module to the loudspeaker
- Set up and tune the system
- Testing
Module 3. DSP Builders Workshop*:
- What is DSP and why it is beneficial and how it is often misused
- Examine the design and functionality of a DSP module
- Add the module to our System. Set up and tune
- Go through the common pitfalls and and give guidance to get the most out of the benefits of DSP
- System testing
Module 4. Business Builders Workshop:
- Designed for company executives, Sales and marketing professionals, and product development professionals but a useful experience for engineering staff as well.
- Identifying opportunities. Evaluating risk/reward. Knowing when it is beneficial to be bold, and when to “wait and see”.
- Establishing an identity for company and product that sets one apart from competition.
- Building on ones identity and making it pay.
- Introducing our Wireless portable PA system designed for temporary use at conventions, public gatherings, and more.
- Develop an identity and a marketing plan for it.
- Present to a group of prospective buyers to decide the best plan in a “Shark Tank” like environment*.
*DSP Builders Workshop and the “Shark Tank” like finale to the Business Builders Workshop that we are calling “Piranha Pond” will be at InfoComm immediately after ALTI-EXPO2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Time/Place TBA
The most comprehensive training experience of its kind ever done in this format!
The Presenters:
Module 1 Presenters.
Barry Vogel- Executive Director of ALTI: Welcome and Introduction
Jinlan Huang- COMSOL: FEM
Brian Myers- Parts Express/Dayton Audio: Enclosure design
Jerry McNutt- Eminence & ALTI Board of Directors: Speaker design and assembly
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Module 2 Presenters.
Dan Foley- Audio Precision & President ALTI
Brian Myers- Parts Express/Dayton Audio
Marian Liebig- Klippel GmbH
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Module 3 Presenters.
Dan Foley- Audio Precision & President ALTI
Brian Myers- Parts Express/Dayton Audio
Chris Perez- Parts Express/Dayton Audio
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Module 4 Presenters.
Adrian Weidmann- StoreStream Metrics
Spencer Knisely- Textile Creative Studios
Ed King- HighStreet and Living Retail Lab

