Early Days
The TURBOSOUND story unofficially begins in the days when men were men, and sound reinforcement was a truckload of AC30’s and a wall of bulky bins stretching as far as the eye could see.
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The Turbo Phase Device that change the Industry
Tony Andrews’ involvement with the Glastonbury Festival led to the development of the Festival System
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TURBOSOUND Ltd is Born
By 1978 – which is when the offi cial story begins – Tony Andrews had met Tim Isaac and joined forces with John Newsham, a respected sound engineer, to form TURBOSOUND
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A New Beginning
New concepts were on the drawing board, and the new TURBOSOUND system – codenamed UHQ for Ultra High-Q – which was to take the world by storm was in some ways a step forward
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Worldwide Acclaim
Such was TURBOSOUND’s international success that the TMS-3 was widely copied, hijacking a patented product design down to the last detail. In Canada, a succesful legal case resulted in a local company’s TMS- 3 copies being publicly chain sawed.
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The Next British Invasion
TURBOSOUND Inc, to realise the sales potential in the US, and TURBOSOUND Sales Ltd to manufacture the products and cover the rest of the world. Behind the early move into the US market was the principle that if the company succeeded there, it would succeed anywhere.
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Combining the Elements
It was with the formation of the Edge Technology Group (or EdgeTech), that partnered TURBOSOUND with BSS Audio in 1986 and spawned Precision Devices a year later, that the possibility to have some measure of meaningful influence on the quality of the signal chain became a reality
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TURBOSOUND Receives the Pretiguous Queen's Awards
In a few short years, the TMS-3 had been confirmed as the world’s largest-selling modular full range PA cabinet, with over 3,000 units in use and sizeable systems in all the big rental houses around the globe.
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The True Star of the Show
As Pink Floyd prepared to stage their extraordinary world tour in the spring of 1994, FLASHLIGHT was picking up awards, beating EAW’s KF850 and Martin Audio’s F2 systems to be named Best Concert PA System in the Live! Awards.
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The Polyhorn is Born
As early as 2000, sparked by a decision not to follow the well-trodden and overcrowded path of me-too line arrays, TURBOSOUND’s engineers began the process of updating the large format touring systems.
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Floodlight – A Wider Audience
Along the way it became clear that the practical limitations of a narrow-beam, long throw PA meant that FLASHLIGHT alone could not meet the requirements of smaller venues, and so FLASHLIGHT spawned another family of products to replace the TMS-3.
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Aspect - A Good Point Well Made
The 2005 Glastonbury Festival saw the ASPECT rig deployed for the John Peel Stage by South WestAudio, which showcased emerging artists.
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TURBOSOUND Receives the 3rd Queen's Award
In 2007 the market was looking for a medium scale TURBOSOUND system that would be accessible to local and regional rental companies, and it had become clear that by splitting a POLYHORN and slotting a Dendritic device in between, it was possible to design a better line array
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TURBOSOUND's Biggest Install
XIn 2013 FLEXARRAY and a host of other TURBOSOUND installed loudspeaker products from the TCS and NuQ ranges were chosen for the single largest, and arguably the most exclusive, nightclub in the world.
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TURBOSOUND
For over 40 years TURBOSOUND has repeatedly shown award-winning innovation and leadership in the world of high end professional audio, producing landmark products that have defined and shaped the live industry.
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