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Tannoy Extends Arena Loudspeaker Range (31/5/2006)

The new Arena HighLine loudspeaker ranges combine meticulously crafted design, exceptional acoustic performance and application flexibility to deliver systems that define the category.

The multi award-winning Arena loudspeaker range from Tannoy has been extended ...quite literally! Designed to elegantly coordinate with flat screen televisions, two distinct new ranges have been introduced - Arena HighLine 300 and Arena HighLine 500. Each range offers three exquisitely designed models, a choice of subwoofers and collection of accessories allowing a wide variety of complete home theatre system options.

Extravagantly thick section aluminium is the primary material for the ultra slim loudspeaker cabinets and these are internally braced at strategic points throughout their length to provide a robust and rigid platform for the drive units. For the centre channel and satellite speakers, invisible wall mount brackets are supplied as standard; these simple yet effective fixing mechanisms allow completely unobtrusive installation. Low profile table stands and height adjustable floor stands, all with carefully thought through cable management, are available as optional accessories ensuring a seamless fit within any contemporary dˇcor scheme.

Lowering the centre of gravity with the addition of a substantially weighted platform fixed to the tall and slender floorstanding speakers, provides stability and additional acoustic benefits through enhanced floor coupling and subsequent stabilising of the audio image.

Arena HighLine 500

Incorporating the same technology for which the original Arena models have been internationally praised, a 100mm (4.00") version of Tannoy's world famous proprietary Dual Concentric(tm) drive unit is complemented by a bass drive unit of the same size within all components of the Highline 500 system. The highly specified Dual Concentric(tm) is a compact but high powered, wide bandwidth unit which combines a multi fibre paper pulp LF cone and a titanium domed HF unit with a neodymium magnet system.

Extending the bandwidth of the loudspeakers ensures enhanced intelligibility by providing a more focussed sound stage through superior spatial imaging. Vocals and instruments are clearly more separate and distinct and percussive sounds have more reality and impact. Perfect for this type of application, the point source driver system generates a spherical wave front unaffected by energy loss at the crossover frequency in either vertical or horizontal planes. With this exclusive Tannoy system, consistent performance on and off axis is achieved over the full frequency range, meaning the whole family gets the full home theatre experience and not just the person sat in the middle of the sofa!

Multiple electro-statically applied layers of paint, each hand sanded and polished, produce the sumptuous deep gloss mirror-like silver or black finish on the Highline 500 models.

Arena HighLine 300

A multi driver array comprising two 75mm (3") midrange units, two 75mm (3") bass units and one 19mm (0.75") ultra high frequency SuperTweeter(tm) is used in the compact HighLine 300 series. Mounting the high frequency unit in a D'Appolito driver configuration, centrally between two midrange drivers, creates a larger radiating area and controls tweeter dispersion off axis providing a greater uniform coverage area of the sound. Using exactly the same driver complement in each of the loudspeakers within the full system ensures a synergy of sound which is a crucial element for the very best home theatre experience.

HighLine 300 models are lavishly finished in silky smooth matt silver or black.

Subwoofer choice

To deliver the huge dynamics demanded by modern movie soundtracks the choice of 300 or 500 Watt subwoofers incorporate high efficiency power amplifiers providing exceptional performance and bandwidth. Comprehensive control functions on each model enable simple optimisation of the unit for music or home cinema listening and output adjustment to match the relative level of the main speakers, or just setting to personal taste. Beautifully finished in black or silver to coordinate with the rest of the system, the subwoofers feature clever orientation options allowing the driver to be faced downwards, sideways or forwards to optimise acoustic coupling to the listening room.

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