If you're in the market for some new audio gear, whether that's an affordable car subwoofer, a Public Address (PA) system, or even a karaoke machine, then you've probably come across Rockville Audio. They're a sound and lighting company based in the United States, offering all kinds of professional and home audio-related gear like monitors, equalizers, and sound gear for home theater systems. They're also based in the United States - but its gear isn't all manufactured there.
Rockville Audio is registered
as a company in the US; more specifically, in the Inwood area of New York. The company has been US-based since it started back in 2013. But, like a lot of companies, it actually manufactures some of its products in China. According to some of Rockville's product listings, they do so to keep prices down for customers. Some components used to construct its gear are also from other countries, with some of its speakers using Japanese titanium-diaphragm compression drivers. The listing also states that they're made under close "American-style supervision and quality standards", while underlining the fact that Rockville is integral to the manufacturing process.
China is home to many manufacturers of audio equipment and their components. A few examples include Yaqin Audio, Meizu, and Fiio. As well as this, much like Rockville Audio, several other audio companies also manufacture their products in China despite not being based there. For example, JBL makes its speakers across a few different locations internationally, including China, Mexico, and the United States.
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How Does Rockville Audio Test Its Products?
Rockville claims that its audio products go through the "most rigorous quality control standards in the industry", which it shares some insight into on its website. Any of a product's user functions, like the volume controls on a hi-fi system, are tested before a product is shipped. Similarly, internal components like sound chips and other semiconductors are also tested against Rockville's quality standards.
This type of testing doesn't only happen after the speakers, subwoofers, or lighting rigs are produced, either. Before producing or manufacturing its products, concept models are also tested for at least a couple of weeks or up to multiple months. These concept models might be prototypes or minimum viable products, which set out to experiment with new design and development ideas before beginning production. Testing out ideas in this stage of development to check their viability and functionality is fairly common when designing any kind of product, including tech.
Some products are also tested a second time while they're on the production line, as a kind of final stage of the quality control process. Senior engineers head down to the manufacturers to test out a certain number of products across a batch to make sure they're working as they should be. This whole testing process is what the company calls the "Rockville Difference".
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