Tannoy

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Tannoy Ltd. is a traditional British manufacturer of loudspeakers and professional audio equipment.

History of the company

The company was founded as Tulsemere Manufacturing Company in 1926 in London. The name Tannoy is a neologism (English for alloy) originated from the syllables and Tantalum Alloy. Tantalum alloys have been used in the manufacture of electrical rectifier, whose production began in 1926, and so the name still symbolizes a piece of history. The company's founder Guy R. Fountain was on 10 March 1932, the Tannoy brand for Guy R. Fountain Ltd.. license.

Since 2002 Tannoy belongs ( together with other major manufacturers of audio equipment ) to the Danish Group TC Group.

Developments

Tannoy's most important development is the " Dual Concentric ' speaker, which has found use in many Tannoy systems and finds. This consists of a woofer with a deepened in the center tweeter arrangement. This positioning and connecting horn channel, this system allows for excellent speech intelligibility and imaging performance. In 1947, the " Dual Concentric " was presented at a trade show in the UK. The advantages, such as high efficiency and high power consumption, the speaker made ​​a much sought after system. Through its particularly good imaging performance with Tannoy " Dual Concentric " stocked speakers are quickly becoming the standard in British studios and broadcasters. The use of Tannoy studio monitors for recording studios founded the legendary reputation of the systems. In the late 50s also emerged for the home user loudspeaker systems with the " Dual Concentric " driver.

Trivia

• By equipping the British Army in World War II Tannoy gained greater popularity. So the word Tannoy found its way into British slang: "over the Tannoy " means an announcement via a speaker system to make. This formulation also finds a place in the Oxford English Dictionary. In the original English version of the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy says:

" Trillian sat hunched over a clump of instruments reading off figures. Her voice what Carried round the Tannoy system of the whole ship. "

• A Tannoy system is mentioned in the song What's My Name? by The Clash on the eponymous album.