Introduction - Tannoy arena Highline 500 LCR Owner's Manual

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for selecting Tannoy loudspeakers developed in the UK by our
dedicated team of design engineers. The Tannoy Arena Highline 500 LCR
speakers are designed to blend perfectly into your room and provide a
sound stage which is at least as good as you would hear in a commercial
movie theatre, but in the comfort of your own home. A wall mounting
bracket and platform for centre channel use is included with the speaker.
An optional floor stand and shelf / table stand is also available.
Tannoy Professional Studio Monitor speakers are used by mixing
engineers, producers and directors in the creation and production of many
movie soundtracks. Tannoy Arena Highline 500 LCR home cinema
speakers are engineered with the same technology, design and
manufacturing principles as Tannoy Studio Monitors to create realistic
special effects with clear crisp dialogue capability. The carefully designed
appearance of Tannoy Arena Highline 500 LCR system components allows
discreet placement of the speakers giving the movie screen pride of place
as the centre of the visual movie action.
TANNOY DUAl CONCENTRIC™
The Arena Highline 500 LCR loudspeakers incorporate the legendary
Tannoy Dual Concentric™ drivers. Intensive research and development
has produced an all-new version of this proven technology that builds upon
the legendary performance of this exclusive Tannoy driver design. The time
coherent, point source and constant directivity nature of the dispersion
characteristics inherent in the Dual makes it an accepted industry
standard in studio monitoring. By exceeding the rigorous demands of the
recording and mastering environment Tannoy can ensure that playback
performance in the home, whether in two channel stereo or multi channel
home cinema mode, is strictly controlled to accurately reflect the sound
engineer's artistry. In nature all sounds emanate from a single point in
space. The high frequency unit of the Dual, centrally mounted in the throat
of the main mid/bass driver, is so positioned as to acoustically replicate
this single point source; delivering an incredibly natural sound with an
incredibly wide imaging 'sweet spot' that creates an expansive soundstage
with remarkably focused placement of vocals and instrumentation.
TANNOY WIDEbAND™
Tannoy has incorporated its own WideBand™ technology into the design
of the Arena Highline 500 LCR loudspeakers. Not only does this
exceptional in-house technology resolve fine detail of high frequency
information but it also effectively enhances the listening experience
throughout the whole frequency range. The WideBand™ high frequency
system creates an increased immediacy, airiness and impact making
music sound more natural and true to life. Music contains transient
information and rich harmonics beyond the range of human hearing for
pure tones. Even bass notes have leading edge transients reaching
30kHz. Operating between the roll-off point of the exclusive Tannoy
mid-bass driver unit and 51kHz, the Tannoy WideBand™ high frequency
unit will accurately reproduce the leading edge of individual notes allowing
the listener to experience the entire bandwidth information of instruments.
In addition, the extension of the frequency response, by fully two octaves,
corrects time and phase response within the bandwidth of normal human
hearing. Taking these acoustical phase anomalies beyond the audible
range adds realism to the soundstage through improvements in imaging
and the placement of instrumentation and movie special effects.
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