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Hành trình 51 năm của hãng loa OUTLINE – Italy

1973-2024

#51st #anniversary!

Tracing Outline’s path through 5 decades results in an easy, uncomplicated task: it has always been at the forefront of concert sound and bespoke installations, at the junction where audio accuracy rhymes with sonic elation and impeccable engineering.

A casual search across our archive through the ages returns not only a who’s who (of whom Outline’s been mixed up with), but renders an incredibly varied palette of venues and architectural buildings, styles of entertainment, events of most diverse music genres, and a full compendium of sound engineering trends and applications from all eras.

Please choose your seat and fasten your seat belt – for it’s not the destination, it’s the journey!

Welcome to Outline’s time machine! :-]

OEM_Outline_Switcher_for_Toshiba_1973

1973 – Guido’s got a dream!

 

Outline is incorporated by Guido Noselli – an OEM contract fuels its start-up.

 

Toshiba commissions a switchboard for patching components into hifi systems.
 
 
 
 
 

UCS-1000-(1974)

1974 – UCS 1000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PA 1001 (1974)

1974 – PA 1001 graphic EQ

 

The first graphic equalizer with double shiftable frequency on each band…

 

…when all others only had one center-frequency per band.
 
 
 
 
 

MX 500 (1974)_1

1974 – MX 500 mixer

 

A compact, professional audio mixer with 5 inputs and 4 outputs.

 

(another Outline’s first of the period!)
 
 
 
 
 

SA-2050-(1975)

1975 – SA 2050
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SA-2060-(1976)

1976 – SA 2060
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TCS-250-(1976)

1976 – TCS 250
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PA-1007-(1976)_2

1976 – PA 1007
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EFM-301-(1977)

1977 – EFM 301
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TCS-350-(1977)

1977 – TCS 350
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SA 2050 (1975) (1)

1978 – ST 2070 AM/FM/TV tuner

 

The successor to ST 2050 tunes to both radio and TV stations with PLL accuracy.

 

The one and only hifi tuner to extract pristine audio off TV broadcasts)!
 
 
 
 
 

CTA_2120-(1978)

1978 – CTA 2120
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CTA_250_Single_Channel_Power_Amp-(1978)

1978 – CTA 250 Single Channel Power Amp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CTA_250_single_Channel_Amp (1978)

1979 – CTA power amplifiers

 

A line of power amps to get the very best off the best loudspeaker systems!

 

These powered the best clubs in the best club culture years – with massive power!
 
 
 
 
 
1979 – MX 503 mixer

 

10-input professional audio mixer, twice the capacity of its predecessor.

 

Earlier independent FM stations start to upgrade their control rooms.
 
 
 
 
 

LF Series amplifiers (1980s)

1980 – Two new trademarks!

 

Lion’s and Formula Sound are launched, each with own lines of new products.

 

Outline’s to diversify its product portfolio, and tack at new marketing missions.
 
 
 
 
 

OUTLINE-PRO-616-MODULAR-MIXING-CONSOLE

1982 – Pro 600 Series mixers

 

A new line with three different models of mixing consoles.

 

Mixing consoles go modular for disco clubs and FM stations.
 
 
 
 
 
1983 – Lion’s LF 500 power amp

 

With 420 W per channel (onto 4Ω load), it commands respect even before you switch it on.

 

Then, after you’ve heard it playing, all other amps turn to a faded memory!
 
 
 
 
 

MX 507 (1985)_very_first_version

1984 – MX 507 mixing console

 

Club mixer with 7 inputs, 3 outputs, and a stereo 3-band EQ on main output…

 

…that reaches “instant classic” status in the blink of an eye!
 
 
 
 
 
1984 – EP Series graphic EQs

 

EP Series debuts 3 different graphic equaliser models…

 

…of which EP 20 comes with an onboard LED-based Real Time Analyzer and a matching mic!
 
 
 
 
 

LF 700 (1985)

1985 – Lion’s LF 700

 

For when “a lot” isn’t enough, this one’s outputs 600W per channel (on 4-ohm load)…

 

…or 1200 W bridged – none such here, in those days!
 
 
 
 
 

FORMULA SYSTEM (1986)

1986 – Formula System

 

4-way, ultra-compact, concert-sound loudspeaker system…

 

…outputting 146dB SPL peak off a 0.68 cubic meters package
 
 
 
 
 
1986 – Micromonitor

 

A loudspeaker system for professional applications off the symmetrical D’Appolito design principle…

 

…no one had tried that before, as such technique was a staple among hifi manufacturers.
 
 
 
 
 

HD2000-3000-5000

1986 – HD Series

 

Three models – HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 5000 – of heavy duty power amplifiers…

 

…bridging hifi accuracy with pro audio reliability (at mighty output power).
 
 
 
 
 
1988 – Stage monitor series

 

The first Outline stage monitors ever, Stage 12 and Stage 15 appeal to numerous rental companies…

 

…in search of response accuracy and dependable reliability.
 
 
 
 
 

PRO 408_very_first_version (1988)

1988 – Pro 408

 

Derived from Pro 600 Series, club mixer sports universal inputs (phono, mic or line)…

 

…and six discrete outputs – which made it ideally suited to multi-floor club venues.
 
 
 
 
 
1990 – Top Fly

 

Horn-loaded mid-high system saw the light as the first pro audio speaker to operate its voice coil in magnetic fluid…

 

…and the bigger sibling of the series comprising Flyone, Flysub, and Topsub, too.
 
 
 
 
 
1990 – LF Series

 

LF 600 and LF 800 further refine Outline’s power amps offer – with even higher output at 2x 625 and 2x 840W RMS, respectively…

 

…at the pinnacle of utmost sonic accuracy and operational reliability.
 
 

 

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