Outline
Head Office - Via Leonardo da
Vinci, 56 - 25020 Flero, Brescia, Italy
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Company History
35 Years played with pride
Outline is an Italian company. Member of
the
Audio Engineering Society,
was founded in 1973 by a team which
merged skills from different but
complementary backgrounds - musicians,
audiophiles and electronic designers - brought together by the great passion
for music and top quality sound
reproduction which they had in common.
The Outline story began when Guido
Noselli, putting his musical experience
to use, founded the firm to enter the
emergent hi-fi market.
The 'Araldi' band,
founded in 1966. Guido
Noselli is the first on the
right
Series of
Outline hi-end electronics (1975-1978)
The successful venture, which later left
the confines of private homes and
crossed over into those "shrines" of
music called discos, has expanded
constantly during the 35-plus years
since then, becoming a well-known name
at national and international level,
with over thirty
distributors
in five continents.
Outline Doppias, Integras
and Micras at the DNA Club
(Birmingham, UK)
A lot has changed since then: trends,
music and the tastes of fans who want to
enjoy themselves listening and dancing
to good music have all had a
considerable influence on the pro audio
market. Outline's success is due to its
ability to come up with products always
able to meet changing demands and above
all ensure great operating reliability,
a must for "public" applications.
Through the years, Outline has built up
a portfolio of thousands of fully
satisfied corporate clients:
discotheques, concert halls, rental
firms, pubs, indoor sports venues,
cruise liners, cinemas, theatres,
concerts,
conference halls ecc., as well as
private users who, because of their
passion for music and quality sound, use
Outline professional equipment at home
too.
In spite of changing trends, some of the
firm's products are still in use to this
day, even after twenty years!
Tripla's cluster and
Topsub subwoofers.
Pooh's tour, 1997,
Italy
Tripla's cluster (single
centre channel, mono).
Pooh's tour, 1998,
Italy
Meazza
Stadium, Milan, Italy.
24 Tripla
enclosures was used during
the Champions
League matches
'Grande' theatre, Brescia, Italy.
Four Doppias for the Opera
Various shots of the
Verona's Filarmonico cinema,
Italy. The Outline Movie
series system can be clearly
seen and the huge (17 metres
wide) cement subwoofer
below.The
performance figures are
record-breaking. This is an
exclusive idea for this type
of application, and
guarantees gutsy audio
reproduction, inconceivable
with traditional systems.
Company philosophy
Nowadays, Outline manufactures a
comprehensive range of professional
audio products built without cutting any
corners and with the precise intent of
supplying high quality and absolute
operating reliability.
Outline's philosophy is based on the
fundamental premise that any audio
system is a chain whose overall
performance depends on the strength of
the weakest link. A uniform, adequately
dimensioned audio chain gives better
results at the same cost and maintains
its characteristics for much longer,
thanks to the balanced performance of
the various components and their
optimized interaction.
For this indisputable elementary reason,
Outline manufactures the entire
amplification chain required for
professional sound reinforcement systems
in-house. An Outline sound system which is correctly designed,
installed and calibrated, runs for many
years with top performance and no need
for any particular maintenance.
Outline's catalogue therefore includes
full-range speaker systems, with
numerous models going from 50 to 2100
Watt (AES), amplifiers ranging in power
from 700 to 6,000 Watts RMS per channel (PWM
models), digital processors and the
well-known mixers, the first in the
world (the MX500 in far-off 1973) built
with the functions required by DJs.
Still imitated to this day by famous
international firms, these still boast
their supremacy as an undisputed
reference point in this sector.
1990 - Outline introduces a turntable
(ET System) for measuring loudspeaker
enclosures’ polar dispersion.
It's another
reference point,
worldwide.
Since then, Outline turntables have been
used to measure the dispersion
characteristics of the world’s best
loudspeaker systems, designed by the
most authoritative sound designers (see
references).
Nowadays (2007) this product is
currently in
production and it's one of the best
sellers too.
Outline ET
System, launched
in 1990. Nowadays,
Outline
turntables are
used by the most
authoritative
sound designers
(see
references).
In the picture
above, Pat Brown
of
Synergetic
Audio Concept,
Inc. USA. Their
audio seminars
are considered
the industry’s
finest,
worldwide.
Outline Pro 405, launched in 1994
at the Rimini's SIB. Its
narrow high lines, number
of channels and functions
have been a source of
inspiration for at least thirty (or more...) similar products
worldwide.
Outline equipment is used in thousands
of permanent installations and mobile
set-ups in over thirty nations and forms
the cornerstone of high quality sound
systems in
live concerts, theatres, clubs, cinemas,
conference halls, resorts, hotels,
shopping malls, indoor sports arenas,
stadiums ecc.
Today
Constant investment in research and
development has enabled Outline to come
up with products which are among the top
in the world's professional sound
reinforcement technology sector.
Nowadays, Outline is able to compete with
the world's top names in audio, which
very often have at least half a century
of trading to their credit: the only
firm always able to turn out products
which are innovative and often
forerunners of market requirements.
These include the "Unimetal"
compression driver, "Tripla"
loudspeaker enclosures and "Twin Pulse"
digital amplifiers, all patented,
worldwide. Unimetal (launched in 1992) is a compression driver for high frequencies with
a diaphragm made from a thin (0.06mm)
sheet of aluminium which, thanks to the
use of technology which is still
unbeaten to this day, incorporates
suspension, coil and diaphragm in one
piece, ensuring distinctly better
performance and longer life than
conventional drivers.
Outline's
famous
UNIMETAL®,
launched in 1992
and patented
worldwide.
Its special
diaphragm/suspension
group in
aluminium and
magnesium alloy,
enables it to
reproduce music
extremely
rapidly and with
remarkable
precision. Click
here
for more...
Outline
Tripla (1994).
Patented design.
Components:
4x12"; 2x8";
1x3".
Dimensions: 110
x 55 x 60 cm. 143dBSPL peak at full
power at 1m.
Frequency
response: 46Hz ÷
19.3kHz
Outline's best-known enclosure, the
Tripla, launched in 1994 (and currently
in production) is described as
"High Density" as it was the first
speaker system to use no less than seven
loudspeakers in a space in which three
were normally fitted, resulting in
performance comparable with systems
three or four times its size. Lastly, "T
Series amplifiers - real "concentrated
power": the "T Eleven" version's
6,000 Watts
per channel in a single rack unit (just
44mm. high!) and weighing only 12 kilograms is at the very top in this
field.
Outline's catalogue includes top level
full-range speaker systems, some of them
self-powered and internally DSP
processed, such as KANGURO system,
awarded for “Design Excellence” at the
Plasa 2001 expo in London and the stage
monitor H.A.R.D. 212 (patent pending),
currently in use on top artists' tours,
worldwide. An innovative line-array
system, BUTTERFLY, for which 4
International Patents have been applied
for, has been recently introduced on the market.
Outline
Kanguro (2000).
Patent pending.
Awarded for
'Design
Excellence' at
the Plasa 2001
expo in London. Components:
1x15"; 1x12";
1x1".
Dimensions: 55
x 55 x 60 cm.
132dBSPL
peak at full
power at 1m.
Frequency
response: 36Hz ÷
18.5kHz. Phase
response: ± 45°
from 500Hz to
16kHz. Click
here
for more...
Outline
H.A.R.D. 212 (2001).
Ultra
low-profile
stage monitor
(33cm).
Patent pending. Components:
2x12"; 1x3".
Dimensions: 33
x 68 x 48.5 cm.
140dBSPL
peak at full
power at 1m.
Frequency
response: 64Hz ÷
15.5kHz. Phase
response: ± 45°
from 500Hz to
16kHz. Available
in self-powered
and passive
versions.
Outline
Butterfly line
array system (2003).
It's yet another
extremely
important
technical goal
achieved by
Outline thirty
years from the
company’s
foundation. Four
international
patents have
been applied
for.
Designed and
constructed
without cutting
any corners to
save on costs,
Butterfly has
optimized all
the acoustic and
operating
parameters of a
vertical line
array, with the
precise aim of
achieving state
of the art
performance.
Click
here
for more
details...
Outline is distributed in over thirty
countries throughout the world by a
Sales
Network made up of Exclusive
Distributors who in turn work with
franchising sales networks and
representatives. Outline's sales
philosophy is based on a close synergy
between the products and the services
offered to clients.
Each Outline national
distributor has
sufficient products in stock to meet the
majority of requirements, a complete
range of spare parts and a repair shop.
Every Outline Distributor has a design office whose
job it is to give their clients
consultation on how to make the most of
Outline products.
Outline believes high-tech products
shouldn't be put on the market any other
way and always has clients' and end
users' satisfaction as its primary goal.
The future from Outline's point of view
Coming years will see a large worldwide
challenge with increasingly widespread
use of digital technology in all the
electronic equipment necessary for
producing or reproducing music.
For years, Outline has invested in human
resources to face this challenge and, in
spite of being up against competitors
who are giants as far as turnover and
distribution are concerned, intends
continuing as it has done for the last
34 years.
Even giants have their weak points and
can be beaten, particularly in a sector
such as pro audio, in which end results
predominantly depend on the judgement
each person's brain gives via his or her
sense of hearing.
Art with a capital A - the art of
reproducing or playing music, cannot yet
be replaced by technology and Outline
isn't at all afraid of a direct A-B
comparison test with any competitor on
the Italian or international market.
Company profile
Name: Outline s.n.c. di Guido Noselli &
C.
Established: 1973
Head Office: Zona Industriale, Flero
(Brescia), North Italy.
Business: Outline is an Italian manufacturer of
high-end Loudspeaker System for the
Concert and Installation industry
Area of company premises: 4,200 sq.m.
total, of which:
- 400 sq.m. for offices and demo room,
- 200 sq.m. for R&D labs,
- 800 sq.m. for warehouse,
- 1,800 sq.m. for production, testing
and maintenance,
- 1,000 sq.m. for external units, CNC
carpentry shop, pre-assembly.
Distribution network:
Abroad: national
distributors
Italy: dealers, installers, shops
Key markets:
live concerts, theatres, clubs, cinemas,
conference halls, resorts, hotels,
shopping malls, indoor sports arenas,
stadiums ecc. (references
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