How Great Hi-Fi Gets Made—Lenbrook's Matt Simmonds

Host Jorden Guth is joined by Matt Simmonds, Vice President of Product Development at Lenbrook, for a behind-the-scenes look at how modern hi-fi products come to life. Simmonds discusses his family's history in audio, the origins of Bluesound, the importance of industrial design, and how companies weigh innovation, market trends, and emerging technologies like AI when deciding what products to build next.

Sources:

"Bluesound's High-Style Pulse Sub+ Subwoofer"—SoundStage! Talks (December 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-ljBZQ4uE

Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:36 Introductions and family traditions
00:06:34 Career-type decisions
00:10:19 Why Bluesound?
00:14:00 Design matters
00:20:53 Avoiding cannibalism
00:27:51 Polishing that crystal ball
00:33:51 AI versus the real world
00:43:04 Outro music: "Brother” by Montessori