Tony Andrews
Loudspeaker designer and co-founder, Turbosound and Funktion-One
Major contribution
Tony Andrews co-developed Turbosound and Funktion-One loudspeaker systems for touring, festivals and dance-music reinforcement.
Tony Andrews worked with John Newsham to develop Turbosound, founded in 1978, and later Funktion-One, founded in 1992. Their shared loudspeaker work included the TMS-3, Flashlight and Floodlight systems.
At Funktion-One, Andrews continued pursuing driver and waveguide development. The company’s projects included the Millennium Dome Central Show system and the Resolution Series, followed by Dance Stack, Evolution and the large-format Vero touring system.
Key work
- Turbosound co-founding (1978)
- Funktion-One co-founding (1992)
- Dance Stack (2002)
- Evolution Series (2015)
- Vero touring system (2016)
In the chronology
Selected sources
- Funktion-One Co-Founder John Newsham Retires · Mix
- Last Word with Tony Andrews, Part 2 · AudioTechnology