Re: акустика в истории музыки / 11-01-2008 01:15
вообще, история создания Альтек Лэнсинг и список сделанного компанией (а так же теми, кто стоял у ее истоков), впечатляют:
THE HERITAGE & HISTORY OF ALTEC LANSING CORPORATION
© Altec Lansing Technologies
1876 Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone in Boston.
1889 Thomas Edison gave laboratory demonstrations of talking motion pictures, using a wax cylinder recorder synchronized to film.
1906 Lee de Forest demonstrated triode amplifying tube.
1913 Edison toured U.S. with Kinetophone talking picture apparatus.
1924 Research group moved from Western Electric in Chicago to newly-formed Bell Laboratories in Manhattan.
1925 Western Electric manufactured compression drivers with aluminum diaphragms and edge-wound ribbon voice coils. Calvin Coolidge used first Western Electric public address system during outdoor address at Harvard University.
1926 Warner Brothers Studios licensed Bell Labs talking picture system under "Vitaphone" trademark.
1927 The Jazz Singer opened in New York on October 6. Western Electric amplifiers included the 8B, 9A, and 10A, powered by multiple wet storage batteries.
1928 Western Electric formed Electric Research Products, Inc., ERPI, to manufacture, install, and service talking picture systems in studios and theatres. New amplifiers could be powered from AC line, including models 41A, 42A (3 watts), and 43A (15 watts).
1931 Western Electric built, and ERPI installed, the first three-way wide-range loudspeakers in theaters, with four 18" cone loudspeakers on 4` by 8` baffle, two 15` long, wooden, exponential horns with 555W drivers, and 596 tweeter. ERPI held training classes for projectionists in new talkie equipment.
1935 Western Electric introduced the Mirrophonic Sound System, whose loudspeakers introduced multicellular horns to multi-way loudspeaker systems.
1936 Western Electric divested ERPI division. Management formed "All Technical Services" Company, Altec Service Company, to continue service contracts and manufacture some theatre sound equipment. University Loudspeaker Company founded in New York City.
1941 Altec Service Company bought nearly bankrupt Lansing Manufacturing Company, and formed Altec Lansing Corporation on May 1 at 6900 McKinley Ave. to manufacture former Lansing products with 23 employees. First Altec power amplifier, model 142B.
1942 Model 87E high-power amplifier produced; anti-submarine detection equipment produced for U.S. Navy.
1943 Introduced first field coil Duplex® 15" loudspeaker, model 601. Built anti-aircraft gunnery trainer for U.S. Navy. Altec occupied offices in the Taft Building in Hollywood.
1944 Model 604 Duplex® 15" permanent magnet loudspeaker produced. Offices established at Hollywood and Vine.
1945 Built first home loudspeakers, amplifiers, and television receivers. Voice of the Theatre® loudspeaker systems introduced
1947 Acquired Peerless Electrical Products Company. Tenth Anniversary record album produced, with Bette Davis, Bob Hope, Jean Hersholt, and others.
1948 Model 101 high fidelity tuner introduced, Peerless 20-20 transformers. Bell Labs developed transistor.
1949 First Altec microphone, model 21 condenser. Acquired Western Electric Sound Products Division and began producing Western Electric product lines.
1950 Altec moved to new facility in Beverly Hills. Won Electrical Manufacturing Certificate of Award for condenser microphones.
1951 Entered acoustical instrumentation market with 21 BR measurement microphone.
1952 First Altec broadcast console, model 250, became broadcast standard and was used exclusively by Armed Forces broadcasting. Peerless pioneered hermetically sealed power transformers.
1953 Voice of the Theatre® became world standard, approved by Research Council of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Developed first stereophonic theatre sound systems for: This is Cinerama, House of Wax, and The Robe.
1954 Formed Newpaths, Inc., to build theatre stereo equipment. Introduced model S-15 theatre stereo amplifier system.
1955 First Voice of the Theatre home loudspeaker, model 820A. Peerless produced communications transformers for Cape Canaveral. Tech Letter #1 published.
1956 First public trading of Altec stock. Entered telephone products market. Altec featured in television documentary "Success Story of Altec Lansing". Purchased orange grove in Anaheim, California, for new factory.
1957 Moved offices and factory to new plant in Anaheim, California.
1958 First Altec contractor sound engineering seminar. First complete Altec home stereo system. Altec supplied sound systems for Thor missile launching sites worldwide.
1959 Ling Electronics, Inc., acquired controlling interest in Altec Companies, Inc. First Altec New Products Clinic. University Sound Products acquired by LTV. Giant Voice® introduced.
1960 Introduced new microphone line. First integrated sales and marketing force formed. New line of Peerless heavy duty, high power transformers announced.
1961 Introduced first transistorized compressor amplifier, also new line of telephone products. Altec teleconferencing system installed at Disneyland.
1962 Sequr® coupler introduced, along with Watchguard® system for Giant Voice® testing. First Altec FM receiver introduced.
1963 Introduced 203B multicell horn, first Playback® amplifier. University Sound moved to 100,000 square foot factory in wheat field in Canadian County, Oklahoma. Acquired Gonset Inc., manufacturer of transceivers.
1964 Second Altec national contractor sound engineering seminar. Acquired Cinema Engineering, Inc., formed it into Audio Controls Division.
1968 Acquired Standard Systems, Inc., formed it into Altecom telecommunications product line. Introduced Acousta-Voicing® filter sets and test equipment. Introduced A8 Voice of the Theatre® loudspeaker system.
1969 Acousta-Voicing® seminars conducted nationwide.
1970 Introduced biamplified loudspeakers for home use. University Sound becomes part of Altec Division of LTV.
1972 Altec Corporation formed from parts of LTV, was publicly traded on American Exchange. Altec assigned long-term liabilities of LTV acquisitions of Allied Radio and Escon.
1973 Billboard magazine announced that more Altec monitor loudspeakers used in recording studios than all other brands combined. Altec Lansing Sound Products Division formed. National sound engineering seminar held. Altec Lansing International, Ltd., founded in England.
1974 Model 1220 control console revolutionized reinforcement mixing. National sound engineering seminar held. Theatrical and industrial service company sold.
1975 Facilities now exceeded 450,000 square feet, more than 1000 employees. 800 watt model 9440A amplifier introduced. Bookshelf loudspeaker line introduced.
1976 Model 19 monitor loudspeaker received Design and Engineering Excellence Award from EIA. Tangerine® phase plug introduced. Industry`s first automatic microphone mixing introduced. All products sales conference held in England.
1977 Model 15 received Design and Engineering Excellence Award from EIA. Altec Lansing of Canada. Ltd., founded in Toronto, with local warehouse to serve Canadian customers.
1978 Introduced Mantaray® constant-directivity horns, and Incremental Power® amplification system. Sound system design seminar in England.
1979 Model 14 monitor loudspeaker received Design and Engineering Excellence Award from EIA for Tangerine, Mantaray, and Automatic Power Control.
1980 Introduced Voice of the Highway® auto stereo loudspeaker line. Model AL1 auto stereo system won Design and Engineering Excellence Award from EIA. Gave away BMW automobile in "Gee, I`m a great salesman" promotion. Spring New Products Clinics, sales conference held in England. LF1 and LF2 coffee table subwoofers won Audio Grand Prix award. Hi-fi dealer conferences held all across Canada to introduce models 4, 6 and 8 loudspeakers.
1981 Introduced "black rack" electronic components. Sound system design seminars in U.S. and Canada. Introduced sound system design software and horn radiation studies. Fall New Products Clinics.
1982 Built almost 4000 channels of power amplification for Disney`s Epcot Center. Sound system design seminars in United States, Canada, and Switzerland. Introduced 8000 series direct radiator loudspeakers, 1200 series power amplifiers, and MRII series Mantarays.
1983 Closed Manchester Ave. plant in Anaheim and moved all production to former University Sound plant in Oklahoma. Moved offices and laboratories to Red Gum St. in Anaheim. Sound system design seminars in England, Fall New Products Clinics. Introduced A6 VOTT loudspeaker system and 1620A feedback suppresser. Entered Chapter 11 voluntary financial reorganization.
1984 XXIII Olympic winter games in Sarajevo used Altec Lansing reinforcement products exclusively. Sound system design seminars in Norway, Japan, and Australia. Closed Red Gum St. offices and moved all operations to Oklahoma.
1985 Introduced 920 Duplex® loudspeaker. Altec Corporation accepted purchase offer. On July 15, Altec Lansing Corporation formed as subsidiary of Gulton Industries, Inc. Sound system design seminars in Japan.
1986 Gulton Industries is purchased by Mark IV Industries, Inc. of Amhearst, NY.
1987 Altec Lansing introduces the 1715C 150W mixer-amplifier, 299-8A and 299-16A high frequency compression drivers featuring Pascalite® aluminum alloy diaphragm material and 9872 package loudspeaker system. Altec Clinics are reintroduced with separate meetings held in Atlanta, Kansas City and San Francisco.
1988 The 9444A Anniversary Series Amplifier is introduced. The All Technical Engineered Sound Conference is held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1989 The A700 package loudspeaker is introduced, along with the 8551A and 8558A programmable equalizers. European Clinics are held in Frankfurt, Germany and Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1990 The Las Vegas Clinic, held in conjunction with the 1990 NSCA Show, showcases the Variable-Intensity (VI) high frequency horns, Maestro Monitors and the 9446A amplifier.
1991 Altec Lansing is the major supplier to Euro Disneyland in France. AcoustaBASS low-frequency speaker systems are introduced, along with the industry`s first PA-422 programmable equalizers and the M100 monitor speaker.
1992 At the NSCA Show in Anaheim, California, Altec introduces new package loudspeaker systems specifically designed for the House of Worship market. These new speakers utilize the Altec 920-8B and new 950-8A Duplex speaker components. Also introduced are new 1400-series equalizers and the updated 2280B Incremental Power amplifier system.
1993 Altec redefines the price and performance point of high output speaker systems with the introduction of the 9864A Duplex speaker system. The Announcement Management System (AMSYS) micro-processor controlled paging system is also introduced.
1994 Altec Lansing and University Sound provide all of the audio equipment for the 1994 Winter Olympics held in Lillehammer, Norway. The Duplex speaker system product line is completed with the addition of the new rectangular and arrayable packages in full-range and mid/high performance packages. The 4024A DSP processor is introduced with pre-sets for all combinations of Duplex speaker systems. Altec conducts a seminar in Beijing, China.
1995 Thirteen regional seminars are held in the USA.
1997 Mark IV Audio, including Altec Lansing purchased by Greenwich Street Capital Partners, a New York investment fund, and renamed EVI.
1998 EVI is merged with Telex Communications, another Greenwich Partners company. Altec`s Oklahoma City plant closed with manufacturing consolidated in EV`s Buchanan Michigan facility.
2000 Altec Lansing Professional Division of Telex Communications closed. Remaining trade name rights sold to Altec Lansing Technologies
2002 Altec Lansing Professional relaunched as a division of Altec Lansing Technologies
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