dissertation survey

[lufbramatt]

Hi guys,
I need some facts and figures to help me with writing my dissertation for my Industrial design degree- I would much appreciate it if you could fill in the questionnaire located here: http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=84jufop6awwcsn0184567

It will only take a few minutes, and no personal information is needed.

Thanks very much, Matto

 

[Cal Weldon]

Hi Matto,

I just took your survey. I found it difficult to answer some of the questions.

#5 and #7 were the hardest for me.

 

[pinkmouse]

Yes, the last question is very difficult to answer properly for anyone that knows about audio.

 

[ShinOBIWAN]

Just filled it out

 

[ShinOBIWAN]

Yes, the last question is very difficult to answer properly for anyone that knows about audio.

I agree.

I already thought I'd pretty much answer that question with question #7 but then I realised that Matt was probably trying to differentiate between looks and sound quality.

I've only heard one of the loudspeakers shown which didn't help things at all, so I had to guess the sound quality based on reputation.

I'm not sure if Matt wanted us to rank the items in question #5 in order of preference ie. 1 to 6 or whether he wanted us to rate them and be able to have 1 in a couple of boxes since they were equally important. In the end I rated them from 1 to 6.

 

[mantisory]

also filled it out, but yeah, the questions regarding the pictures are highly subjective...i am sure i recognized at least one of them...not a blind test, eh?

 

[peranders]

I have checked the survey and it's pretty hopeless to answer if you want to be totally honest.

 

[Khron]

I completed your survey too.

And i'm also sure that i've seen one set of speakers somewhere before (part 2, picture C)

 

[redunzelizer]

I also tried to participate...

Then the form refused to let me select equally "1" (highest importance) for each of these at the same time:
- Seamless stereo effect / imaging
- Bass response
- Low distortion / clarity

Similar "either/or" procedure with
- Sound quality
- Build quality / reliability

Since all of these are equally important to me, I refused to give any untrue answer and thus gave up. No answers from me then.

IMHO that's just about the way to get quite useless statistics...

regards

 

[lufbramatt]

hi guys,

thanks very much to everyone whos filled in the questionaire- its only a small part of my research but it all counts. Ive had 44 replies so far and I only really need 50 so nearly there then i can get some form of write up done tomorrow

Sorry to those guys who got annoyed filling it out, i appreciate some answers carry the same importance for some people. The survey was just to get a rough idea of peoples views, I've got some much more useful information through chatting to some hifi retailers I know and a couple of designers working in this area.

Thanks again, Matto

 

[inrank]

hi, what designers do you know in the area?
i am doing Automotive and Product Design at Coventry Uni and i would love to do somthing in speaker design as a job.

 

[francis varkey]

lufbramatt,
I've sent in my answers, but I guess you've already obtained your required quantity.
The last question was trickiest, best answered by my heart.
The worst sounding and best sounding are probably easier to choose.
Why didn't you include B#$& instead of the KEF(sorry, couldn't resist)

 

[lufbramatt]

Hi,

I had a slight problem with retreiving the results so if anyone could spare a couple of mins to fill in the survey again it would be most appreciated! The silly website locked me out as i had too many responses (without paying for them ) so i had to start it agian . . . http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=84jufop6awwcsn0184567

Sorry to everyone who took the time to fill it in already, I hadnt anticipated that the website would do that

Thanks

hi, what designers do you know in the area?
i am doing Automotive and Product Design at Coventry Uni and i would love to do somthing in speaker design as a job.

Hi inrank- I know a couple of guys doing design over at coventry, one guy was doing your course and the other is doing auto + transport design, hes sent me some pics of his work- looks like you get up to some cool stuff

I chatted to quite a few people when i went to the bristol hifi show, the head engineer of REL subwoofers was interesting to talk to, it seems his methods are pretty much the same as most DIY'ers (make something cool and see what it sounds like ). Ive also spoken to a guy i know whos done some OEM work designing hifi sytems for dixons, and a guy who used to design amps for Exposure who lives locally to me.

Although id like to work in this area, its quite specialist with most companies only needing one very experienced industrial designer (as opposed to engineers), so ill probably start off with whatever i can find and try to get into the loudspeaker industry when ive got a few years of design experience under my belt.

Francis- Bose wouldve made it too obvious

 

[inrank]

im still in my first year so things are a litlle boring at the moment.
looking forward to making somthing proper lol

 

[lufbramatt]

yeah i had the same feeling when i was in the first year here- the second year was a chore too but this year has been really good. Once I get this dissertation out the way Ive literally just got practical (making some speakers hehe) in preparation for the degree exhibition on 10th-13th june.

When is the coventry design exhibition? Ive got a friend who moved to coventry a while back who ive not seen in ages so could visit both on the same trip . . .

 

[inrank]

i think it is the week begining the 29th May

 

[SimontY]

Hi, I did it. It wasn't that tricky ranking 1-6 on things. You can take it too seriously...

The Kef Egg system is the only one I've heard lol. Easy to rank it lowest, altho it's nice for what it is. I like Kef's other ones, and I guess that's a big Tannoy and expensive Meridian, so I can assume they'd be awesome-sounding. The other looks like Quad 11l or something, which is said to be fine...

Simon

 

[francis varkey]

lufbramatt,
I've filled up and sent it again, ask n you shall receive...

SimontY,
On the same lines....

 

[roger_lew]

Matto,

Your survey sparked my curiosity. Are you sampling any other groups for your survey or just us diyaudio misfits? Can you tell us anything else about your dissertation?

Regards,
Roger

 

[kevinkr]

I did your survey a couple of minutes ago, hope it helps. It was particularly difficult for me because I design and build my own electronics and have now embarked down the same path with speakers. Current project is an Onken based system, and it couldn't be more different than the stuff I was looking at in your survey.