SHOW REVIEW: PROLIGHT + SOUND
Mathieu Pobeda (electroacoustic engineer) and Rémi Vaucher (R&D engineer) with Nexo’s GEO M6
infrastructure rather than just consoles.
LOUDSPEAKERS Amadeus launched its new PMX 4 miniature loudspeaker and ML 8 subwoofer. The PMX 4 speakers made it into the company’s product line after numerous customers – including the French Natural History Museum, where Amadeus speakers feature heavily in a recent install – requested mini speakers with the same audio qualities as the rest of the company’s range. The PMX 4 line includes 5in-12in models as well as EtherSound-enabled versions. Coda Audio showed its new
TiRAY ultra-compact line array module. This is designed for use in small theatres, live music venues or houses of worship, or for front or sidefill within larger systems. The TiRAY module features two 5in cone speakers and a 5in neodymium planar wave driver and a built-in passive crossover. APG used Prolight + Sound
to introduce Scott Fraser, who has been
appointed to head up the company’s UK sales operation (see page 8). Xavier Pion, who looks after international sales and marketing for the company, explained that APG is rethinking its distribution model – working with distributors in some territories, selling direct in others, and using a mixed model elsewhere. Its long- term strategy, he added, is to have profit centres in Europe, America and Asia. K-array showed the latest addition to its Anakonda series – the Anakonda KAN200+. This features 16 incorporated transducers – double the amount of its predecessor – and is said to be particularly useful for frontfill applications. There was also a preview of the KH8 and KS8 subwoofer, primarily intended for large live events and currently in beta testing. New from Sommer Cable
were installation speakers from its in-house CARDINAL DVM brand. The three models available are: DVM-SP06C – a
6.5in flushmount ceiling speaker in a low-impedance and 100V version; DVM- SP0501 – a 5.25in/1in heavy- duty compact speaker in a low-impedance (16 ohms) and 100V version; and the DVM- SP4601 sound column, which has four 6.5in low/mid drivers plus an HF unit. Other new speaker models launched at the show included Martin Audio’s DD12 and Nexo’s GEO M6, both of which you can read about on page 48.
Yamaha marketing director promusic and pro audio Nils Peter Keller at the launch of the QL series
AMPLIFIERS Powersoft described its new X Series (see page 44) as “the next step in the evolution of the power amplifier” – on account of the large amount of extra functionality that it contains. “The philosophy behind the X Series is to permit the audio system to operate independently from the power mains available at the venue and to allow even smaller racks to be brought to run the show,” explained Luca Giorgi, Pro Audio Business Unit director at Powersoft. “This brings us even closer to complete integration of the system and provides an unmatched level of control over the behaviour of both the audio and power source.” Following on from their
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