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Equipment file · Three-way touring loudspeaker

TMS-3

Turbosound · c. 1981

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

Turbosound grew out of Tony Andrews's 1973 [[festival-group-pa|Festival System]]. Its TMS-3 three-way enclosure used the patented TurboMid device, and Turbosound describes it as having become 'the most copied system in the industry'.

Introduced
c. 1981
Category
Three-way touring loudspeaker
Intended use
Modular touring PA
Production
Turbosound, UK, founded 1978 by Tony Andrews, Tim Isaac and John Newsham

Equipment photographs · 1

Turbosound TMS-3 three-way enclosure

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Turbosound TMS-3 three-way enclosure·Warehouse Sound Services·© Warehouse Sound Services, used for identification and historical commentary

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It established Turbosound as a major touring loudspeaker maker.

  2. 02

    It bridged one-off festival builds and the standardised touring boxes of the 1980s.

Engineering record

System type
Three-way enclosure with the TurboMid midrange device[1]
Setup
External amplification, crossover and phase alignment per the TMS manual[2]

Original pricing

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2026 equivalent

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Use in the field

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Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1About UsTurbosound · brochure
  2. 2TMS Series User's ManualTurbosound · manual
  3. 3TurbosoundJedistar · archive · 2021-06-25

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