TCS COMPACT SERIES
USER MANUAL
Turbosound Ltd.
Star Road, Partridge Green
West Sussex RH13 8RY England
Tel: +44 (0)1403 711447
Fax: +44 (0)1403 710155
Issue 1.0 January 2006
Copyright © 2006 Turbosound Ltd.
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TCS Compact series
Introduction
Congratulations, you have just purchased a professional loudspeaker product from the
TCS Compact Series sound contracting loudspeaker range, designed to give you the best
in audio quality and many years of reliable, trouble free operation. It offers excellent
pattern control, superior audio quality, integral rigging and flying hardware options, full
technical documentation including EASE data, and a comprehensive warranty against
manufacturing defects. Please read through this manual carefully before you attempt to
operate the loudspeaker system. It contains valuable information enabling you to quickly
and easily connect the loudspeakers to your amplifiers, important system and set-up
checks together with positioning and mounting instructions.
Thanks
Thank you for choosing a TURBOSOUND TCS Compact Series loudspeaker product for
your application. Please spare a little time to read the contents of this manual, so that you
obtain the best possible performance from this unit.
All TURBOSOUND products are carefully engineered for world class performance and
reliability.
If you would like further information about this or any other TURBOSOUND product,
please contact us. Detailed product information is available on our web site at
We look forward to helping you in the near future.
Unpacking
After unpacking the unit please check carefully for damage. If damage is found, please
notify the carrier concerned at once. You, the consignee, must instigate any claim. Please
retain all packaging in case of future re-shipment.
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Product Range Summary
General Features
TCS Compact series loudspeakers are designed for use in a wide variety of fixed
installation applications that require professional sound quality, ranging from cafés,
pubs, bars and restaurants to retail stores, nightclubs, live music venues and houses of
worship.
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Cabinets are constructed from high quality birch plywood; rebated, glued and
screwed together for maximum strength and rigidity.
The enclosures are supplied with a durable black or white semi-matt textured
paint finish as standard. Optional finishes include TurboBlue™ and a whole
spectrum of other custom colours. Cabinets can also be supplied in raw birch
plywood for painting, varnishing or staining on site to match venue décor
requirements.
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Powder-coated perforated steel mesh grilles, backed with reticulated foam (or
white acoustically transparent cloth on white cabinets) protect the drive units
from damage and provide an unobtrusive and aesthetically pleasing apperance.
Multiple rigging points enable a wide variety of installation methods: with
standard eyebolts, OmniMount™ hardware and specifically created Turbosound
wall and ceiling brackets. The enclosures are fitted with internal M10 threaded
rigging points on the top, sides, bottom and rear, that allow single cabinets to be
suspended and angled in fixed installations.
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High quality components are used throughout. Cast-frame low frequency drivers
give the combined benefits of high strength and low weight.
Speakon NL4MP connectors and 4-way terminal / barrier strips are provided on
recessed rear panels for input and loop-through / parallel connections to
additional TCS Compact series speakers.
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Weather-resistant options, to IP54 rating (protected against dust and sprays of
water from all directions), enable the TCS Compact series to be used outdoors or
in humid conditions.
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General Features for Two Way Enclosures
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High-grade speaker components are matched with an internal passive crossover
to ensure a seamless transition between the HF and LF drivers.
The crossover network incorporates a two-stage thermal overload protection
system which prevents damage to the high frequency driver by reacting
instantly to large transient peaks while still allowing wide dynamic range to be
maintained. The protection system is transparent at normal operating levels and,
as the level increases, the signal is gradually and almost imperceptibly
compressed once the critical threshold has been reached.
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High frequency drivers have been selected for consistent and reliable
performance.
High power line transformer versions are optionally available for use in 70v or
100v line distributed systems.
The rigging points on the bottom of the cabinets enable them to be hung upside
down in order to position the HF driver closer to the audience.
TCS Compact Series full-range enclosures are designed to give good pattern
control down to crossover frequency, and are fully supported with EASE polar
data (available to download from the Turbosound website at
specifying sound systems in a given venue.
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Model Information
TCS-081C
The TCS-081C is a compact passive two-way loudspeaker designed for use in a wide
range of fixed installations. It consists of an 8” reflex-loaded low frequency driver and a
1” high frequency compression driver on a 100°H x 60°V Converging Elliptical
Waveguide™ in an optimally tuned trapezoidal enclosure constructed from 12mm (1/2”)
birch plywood.
The cabinet is fitted with M8 internal rigging points on the rear panel which enable it to
be permanently installed using the Turbosound WB-20 wall bracket, or CB-55 ceiling
bracket. Four M6 internal rigging points are also provided for use with OmniMount™
series 30 brackets.
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