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livereport 1990s
MSL-4 (right): The MSL-4 was the industry’s first self- powered, high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker. At first, some sound companies and system designers were hesitant about this new idea. After all, Meyer Sound was packing 1,240W of power into each loudspeaker cabinet. Within a year, the MSL-4 proved itself and its success prompted Meyer Sound to convert all of its full product line to self-powered. The initial 10 or 20 percent of sales that the company had expected self-powered products to constitute would quickly prove to be an underestimate.
PSW-6: The PSW-6 was another self-powered breakthrough technology from Meyer Sound with an exceptional cardioid directional control over its entire operating range of 30Hz to 125Hz. A unique six-driver enclosure (four drivers in front, two in the rear) is combined with sophisticated phase manipulation circuitry to substantially improve definition in the audience, provide greater control of sound on the stage, and decrease low-frequency reverberation.
2000 and beyond
MAPP Online Pro: Self-powered systems eliminate the guesswork and surprises that come from mismatched amplifiers and cables. The MAPP Online Pro acoustical prediction program further increases performance accuracy and streamlines setup by allowing engineers to create designs with a high level of confidence that the system will perform as the coverage prediction in MAPP.
M3D: The self-powered M3D was Meyer Sound’s first line array loudspeaker. Employing the line source principle in a vertical format, the M3D is intended to be used with little or no splay between cabinets. The M3D has supported all musical genres, from Pavarotti to Pope Benedict the XVI.
MILO: The 2003 release of the self-powered MILO line array loudspeaker solidified the presence of Meyer Sound products across the full spectrum of the live sound market, from MILO’s first user Norah Jones to heavy metal Metallica. The MILO family of products exposed the self-powered advantages to a much broader user base and converted many skeptics to the logistical and sonic benefits of self- powered systems.
Son of LEO: the new LYON RMS: A question that is often
The growing LEO Family (left)º: John Meyer has devoted his career to developing products that would behave in a consistent and predictable manner at all times. He also believes that the most direct pathway to achieving this linearity is by building self-powered systems. “With LEO and the new LYON, we can show that a linear system can be built to deliver a consistent performance, even at very high sound pressure levels,” says John.
asked about self-powering...
With the amplifiers inside each loudspeaker flown in the air, how would we know if an amplifier was malfunctioning? To address these concerns, Meyer Sound introduced the RMS remote monitoring system. It allows system techs to monitor real-time operating status of each loudspeaker on their laptop.
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