Tannoy Take An Active Role

Tannoy, long-time supporters of PALME Middle East — a market in which they have a huge presence — will make their Indian debut in Mumbai and take an active role in both the outdoor product demonstrations and in the seminar theatre.

The company will be using the show as the platform for a first Asian demonstration of its newest pro-audio product lines, VQ and QFlex, as well as exhibiting some of the existing V-Series loudspeaker range. Tannoy offers a wealth of audio installation solutions and intends to present models from its comprehensive line up of in-wall, in-ceiling and surface mount speakers at the show.

The new Tannoy VQ Series is a range of revolutionary loudspeakers designed for any application where precise directional control, outstanding sonic performance, and high SPL's are critical issues — such as large corporate AV systems, stadiums, large dance clubs, live concert halls, theatres, houses of worship and open-air venues. Utilising precision engineering and design, the VQ series can produce enough power and clarity to be used individually, maintaining the building's aesthetics, unlike line array solutions.

The VQ’s high sensitivity ensures exceptional SPL levels can be achieved with a very modest amount of amplifier power.

With the HoW sector in mind during the development of VQ, Tannoy took special note of the specific requirements of this type of venue with regards to both performance and aesthetics. Tannoy’s Director of Business Development, Graham Hendry, further qualified VQ’s target market. “Through discussions with customers and consultants it soon became very obvious that the Tannoy VQ range had a much more diverse market appeal.” VQ has already enjoyed a high profile install in one such alternate sector — at Ibiza’s premier dance club, Es Paradis.

The other big Asian product launch for Tannoy at PALME India is QFlex, a series of self-powered, digitally steerable loudspeaker arrays using ‘beam-steering’ DSP technology. By focusing the acoustical output in the target directions where it is needed Tannoy’s revolutionary new range is designed specifically to overcome intelligibility problems associated with highly reverberant surroundings. QFlex will satisfy a host of audio installation requirements such as airports and other transportation hubs, shopping malls, conference facilities, museums, houses of worship and many other locations with problematic acoustics.

Now a part of the VNET range of products, this architecturally pleasing system integrates cutting edge DSP, network control and amplification to provide class-leading steering control (±70 degrees) for not only extremely intelligible speech but also music reinforcement.