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Tannoy – a famous name<br />
with a proud heritage<br />
Few companies’ products have such a<br />
profound impact on our lives that their<br />
names enter the dictionary as generic<br />
descriptions <strong>for</strong> their inventions.<br />
There are notable exceptions such as<br />
Biro, <strong>for</strong> its ballpoint pen, and Hoover <strong>for</strong><br />
its vacuum cleaner. But in the audio fi eld,<br />
Tannoy stands alone as a name synonymous<br />
with sound, appearing in the dictionary as:<br />
Tannoy (n) ‘a communications system<br />
with loudspeakers’ …and the<br />
phrase ‘Over the Tannoy’ is<br />
universally used to describe a<br />
PA announcement.<br />
The company’s success in<br />
developing public address<br />
systems and then continuing<br />
its reputation <strong>for</strong> pioneering<br />
audio solutions within the studio<br />
environment is legendary.<br />
Despite being steeped in history, the<br />
company has never dwelt on its past.<br />
Proud of its heritage and the credibility<br />
built up with its long association with the<br />
professional recording industry, Tannoy<br />
has always been an innovator where quality<br />
sound reproduction is concerned.<br />
Unique Technologies<br />
Tannoy Dual Concentric Drive Unit<br />
Tannoy’s core technology, the Dual<br />
Concentric, is unlike ordinary drive units<br />
in that it is effectively two drivers properly<br />
merged into one. The high-frequency unit is<br />
positioned on the back of the low frequency<br />
driver so that they are on the same axis. As<br />
a result, sound energy is propagated from<br />
the same point and delivered through the<br />
centre of the low frequency cone providing a<br />
26 TANNOY<br />
Few companies’ products have such a profound<br />
impact on our lives that their names enter the<br />
dictionary as generic descriptions <strong>for</strong> their<br />
inventions. In the audio fi eld, Tannoy stands alone<br />
as a name synonymous with sound.<br />
true point source. This integrated approach<br />
provides a constant time delay over the<br />
frequency spectrum offering better transient<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance and sound quality with better<br />
harmonic alignment than a displaced source<br />
monitor design. The crucial benefi t at the<br />
mix position is the delivery of a more natural<br />
and cleaner sound with greatly<br />
enhanced intelligibility.<br />
The ‘Dual’ design provides<br />
a very wide sweet spot with<br />
an exceptionally even response<br />
throughout the listening area and<br />
extraordinary transient response.<br />
This phase accurate Tannoy-designed<br />
drive unit has, <strong>for</strong> all these reasons,<br />
been the choice of professional<br />
studio engineers <strong>for</strong> decades.<br />
WideBand Technology<br />
Tannoy has been at the <strong>for</strong>efront of<br />
developing loudspeakers with WideBand<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance. Extending the high<br />
frequency roll-off out to 51kHz corrects<br />
the time or phase response at the upper<br />
end of audibility, resulting in enhanced<br />
accuracy and ‘air’, improved clarity within<br />
the essential mid band area, and even<br />
enhancing defi nition of low frequencies.<br />
Tannoy WideBand Technology is an<br />
essential component of the Precision and<br />
Ellipse monitor designs delivering increased<br />
tonal accuracy of the individual instruments<br />
in the recording process – a mix-critical<br />
factor allowing the best EQ and placement<br />
decisions to be made.<br />
iDP (Interactive Digital Programming)<br />
Technology<br />
Accurate room optimisation has taken<br />
a quantum leap <strong>for</strong>ward thanks to the<br />
development of Tannoy iDP technology<br />
and its incorporation into Precision iDP<br />
and Ellipse iDP models. Utilising iDP<br />
software, precise matching to the listening<br />
environment is possible as each monitor<br />
can be individually optimised, taking into<br />
account its exact position within the room<br />
relative to the room boundary, and its<br />
own per<strong>for</strong>mance relative to the acoustic<br />
properties of the room. iDP technology<br />
also allows the user to control parameters<br />
in ‘real time’ – such as bass management,<br />
global level, recall of different preset<br />
settings, solo/mute functions etc.<br />
Tannoy is the longest established loudspeaker company in the world, having been in<br />
‘the business’ <strong>for</strong> more than 80 years. It was Tannoy’s invention of the Dual Concentric<br />
speaker in 1948 that brought the company into contact with the top end of professional<br />
audio. Arthur Haddy, chief recording engineer at Decca, heard the Monitor Silver version<br />
in 1951 and ordered it <strong>for</strong> the famous Decca FFRR studios in London. EMI subsequently<br />
ordered Tannoy Dual Concentric loudspeakers <strong>for</strong> Abbey Road recording studios.