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Tannoy is a leading innovator of premium audio solutions utilizing cutting edge acoustic, electronic and digital expertise.
A BRIEF HISTORY
The history of Tannoy goes back to 1926, commencing shortly after the start of broadcasting in London. Early radio sets needed low voltage DC to heat valve filaments and high voltage DC to provide the prime power source. This had to be supplied by batteries, either dry batteries – expensive and with a relatively short life, or lead acid 'wet' batteries – also expensive and frequently in need of recharging. Most commercial garages at the time, had battery chargers and this became a profitable side-line to their normal business. An engineer named Guy R. Fountain owned one such garage, in the Dulwich area of London.
The commercial accumulator chargers in use then, employed mercury vapour rectifiers and were relatively expensive. This prompted Guy Fountain to look into ways of simplifying the charging process, with the aim of designing a charger more suitable for use in the home. To do this a rectifier was necessary. He perfected an electrolytic rectifier, which was simple and reliable enough for home use. Production of this rectifier used two different metals: tantalum and a lead alloy. Thus the name Tannoy was coined. Guy Fountain set up a tiny factory in Dalton Road, West Norwood, London, to manufacture these rectifiers and Tannoy the company was born.
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