A highly regarded designer and manufacturer of high quality point source loudspeaker systems, with numerous patents to his name, Tony Andrews’ landmark developments include the hugely successful Flashlight and Floodlight systems, and more recently the distinctive Funktion One Resolution Series.

After leaving a Geology Degree Course at The University of London in 1969 to roadie for Piblokto, Tony Andrews soon realised that P.A. sound quality was a long way short of his homebuilt hifi.  So began his 40 year career in loudspeaker development.  Within 7 years he was applying for his first loudspeaker enclosure patent and has subsequently been granted patents on at least 8 loudspeaker related innovations.

The focus of his work has been on horn loading techniques for both bass and mid range, motivated by the pursuit of efficiency and coherency.  His mid high waveguide designs have proved an innovative and very low distortion alternative to the ubiquitous compression driver and the amount of well defined bass he can achieve from a small horn loaded enclosure is legendary.

Tony’s designs have received many awards and in 2007 he was personally recognised by the Professional Lighting and Sound Association when he received the Gottelier Award in recognition of his pioneering work spanning three decades which, it was stated, had contributed significantly to advancing people’s enjoyment of live music and added to the industry’s deeper understanding of loudspeaker design.

In 2010  Tony received a Lifetime Achievement Award from  Audio Pro Magazine.