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d&b All Ways a Winner at ABTT 2008
d&b audiotechnik's colourful but simple stand was the backdrop for the launch of their ABTT award-winning new additions to the renowned E-Series range of loudspeakers and their new amplifier the D6. These loudspeakers were discreetly displayed showing off their versatility: This way. That way. Always. And yet when coupled with the D6 they display their characteristic d&b system persona: little, light and loud.
Lightness and power typifies the new additions to d&b's multipurpose E-Series; thoroughly modern loudspeakers, the E8, E12 and E12-D combine astutely engineered polyurethane hard foam cabinets with highly efficient coaxial LF/HF drivers at their heart. Designed for use as stand alone full-range loudspeakers, any of these models can be integrated into larger systems with the seamless homogeneity that has become a d&b convention. All three models have 90° rotatable horns, with patterns of 90° x 50°, 80° x 50° and 110° x 50° (h x v) respectively, high power ratings of 129 dB, 134 dB, 133 dB SPL, and yet none exceeds 16 kg (35 lb), making them immensely versatile in application. Speech, playback, live music, all lend themselves to easy use, and with the addition of the E15X subwoofer, range can be extended down to 37 Hz, yet just one channel of the new D6 amplifier will drive an E12 and E15X combination in passive mode.
In precisely the same vein, their latest amplifier the D6 combines physical lightness with genuine audio power, to provide total versatility. Two channels of 600 W into 4 ohms (up to 16 ohms maximum), this class D amplifier weighs just 8 kg (17.6 lb). On-board DSP capabilities identical to their established D12 amplifier means the D6 is equally versatile, capable of running all d&b loudspeaker configurations except the B2 subwoofer or any active two-way box. Besides the delay capability of up to 340 msec and the 4-band parametric equalizer, the D6 also features System check (a predefined check routine) and Load and Input monitoring for installation applications where IEC 60849 compliance is required for emergency loudspeaker systems. The D6 has analog and AES / EBU digital signal inputs and also remote sockets at the rear that integrates it into the d&b Remote network for total remote control and / or monitoring.
Stephen "Oggi" Hogg who heads up d&b's UK Office commented "It's been nother great show and we've shared good times with old friends and new riends; a lot of great people. That's a good way to feel after a busy show; this way, that way, always, but most of all our way."
In picture: Stephen Hogg with the ABTT Award for the E-Series.
17th June 2008
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