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Hill Audio - A History in Sound.

Hill Audio is a brand of professional audio products created by audio design pioneer Malcolm Hill, and owned by Malcolm Hill Associates.

Starting in 1969, Hill was initially known as Hill PA systems;  in 1980 the suffix 'PA systems' was replaced in favour of the more relevant 'Audio'.

With Malcolm Hill Associates providing the product design, premises and finance, long term associate Robert Lingfield formed Hill Audio Ltd, to manufacture Hill products under license. The Hill Audio  product range includes amplifiers, mixing consoles and speaker systems.

 

Together with Malcolm Hill Associates, the next decade saw massive expansion, plus the introduction of many innovative products, and the development of an international distributor network. 

Iconic Hill products

 

Modular Mixing Consoles

B series 

D series

J series

K series

Concept series

 

Non-Modular Mixing Consoles

Soundmix series

Multimix (rackmount) series

 

Power Amplifiers

IC 208 series

DX 700 series

TX 1000 series

DX 3000 series

Chameleon series 

 

Speaker Systems

B212

M2

M3

M4

M6

This phenomenal success is well illustrated by Live Aid, the 1985 global event, where every piece of live sound audio equipment was a  Hill Audio  product (except the microphones!)

Other Theatre, Arena and Stadium events and concert tours featuring the exclusive use of Hill Audio products include:

A-HA

AC/DC

B52s

Barbara Dickson

Berlin

Bob Geldof

Boomtown Rats

The Beat

Cliff Richard

David Essex

Def Leppard

Druid

Duran Duran

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

George Thorogood

Gary Moore

Gary Numan

George Michael

Iggy Pop

INXS

Judy Tzuke

Live Aid

Luther Vandross

Marillion

Midnight Oil

Monsters of Rock Festivals

Ian Gillan

Iron Maiden

Osibisa

Ozzy Osbourne

Queen

Robert Palmer

Rod Argent

Sad Cafe

Saxon

Selector

Shakin Stevens

Sham 69

Sky

Status Quo

Third World

Tom Robinson

Van Halen

Wilko Johnson

Y&T

Ziggy Marley

ZZtop

 

Other customers include:

Abbey Road Studios

Air Studios

Dynaudio

Neve n co

Rank Strand

Roger Quested 

Phil Rudd

Vangelis

Cliff Williams

Hans Zimmer

Sadly, in 1992, at a time of general economic recession and extreme price competition from Far East manufacturers, Hill Audio Ltd went into administration.

The business assets were purchased from the administrator by Millbank, a subsidiary of Atapco

Following an action in the High Court, a Supreme Court order determined that ownership of the Hill Audio name, style and designs remained with Malcolm Hill Associates, the licensor.

 

Although most Hill Audio production was wound down at this time, Malcolm Hill Associates continued (as Malcolm Hill Audio) with the manufacture of the Hill Chameleon, and then to gradually introduce new Hill designs.

 

New generation Hill designs are manufactured by Hill Pro Audio Ltd., York, UK, under license from Malcolm Hill Associates.  www.hillproaudio.co.uk

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