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Void Acoustics Makes Prime Loudspeaker Launches at PLASA09

Void Acoustics will be launching several new products at PLASA09 (Earls Court, London, 13 16 September 2009). Exhibiting on Stand No. 1-C12, Voids new loudspeaker products include the Stasys Prime wide-band arrayable point-source system offering ground-breaking efficiency, the Stasys 5 Mk2 low-frequency system with pressure plate to enhance transient response, plus the Arcline 12 medium-format line-array enclosure. On the stand will be two new models in Void's UK-built Infinite X amplifier range - the Infinite X7 and Infinite X8 power amplifiers. Completing the company's line-up at PLASA09 will be industry veteran Ken DeLoria, who recently joined Void as head of its US division.

A wide-band loudspeaker design for large-scale touring, arena and stadium sound, Voids new Stasys Prime uses two 15 LF drivers and a 1 x 1.5 neodymium HF driver to deliver a continuous output of up to 142dB. This raises point-source arrayable enclosures to a new level of performance, with ground-breaking efficiency, and an extended low-end down to 90Hz negating the need for separate upper-bass enclosures. Achieving lossless summation between adjacent enclosures, the design offers a seamless transition within an array, greatly improving intelligibility and phase coherence, as well as efficiency, as adjacent outputs are free from destructive interference. Stasys Primes super-high efficiency and 2-way active operation makes it an environmentally-conscious system, needing fewer amplifiers, with lower output power, to deliver a given result, while easing handling and transport.

The Stasys 5 Mk2 low-frequency 1 x 18 enclosure is designed for demanding live performance applications - on the largest tours or in the biggest arenas. This innovative design harnesses some of the energy that would normally be dissipated in its rear chamber, by firing the transducer onto a passive aluminium pressure plate - the plate's restoring force is reflected back onto the transducer to provide a substantial increase in transient response and efficiency, and a continuous output of 135dB. As with all premium Void enclosures, the use of resonance mapping has resulted in an extremely ridged structure, with very low colouration. The Stasys 5 Mk2 also uses 'coolwave' technology to reduce thermal compression to a minimum and ensure consistently high output levels - used in combination with Voids recently-developed 5 double-coil neodymium drive unit to give the enclosure an output-to-weight ratio near the theoretical maximum, and making it one of the lightest enclosures of its type available.

Void's new medium-format Arcline 12 line array enclosure solves the challenge of generating a coherent cylindrical wavefront - from a typical hang that exhibits the same decay-per-distance in lower octaves as the mid and HF frequencies. To achieve this, the Arcline 12 incorporates a high-efficiency horn-loaded low-mid section, which delivers the necessary low-frequency projection down to 90Hz. Using the same principle as the Arcline 6, the new Arcline 12 has its physical components positioned on an arc to form a common virtual feed-point, with this approach, in conjunction with the designs 120-degree horizontal dispersion, enabling the systems wide and uniform coverage pattern, free from phase and response anomalies.

Void Acoustics Infinite X power amplifiers are manufactured in the UK using the companys dedicated production facility. The Infinite X range includes two- and four-channel amplifiers, featuring high-efficiency, high-current switch-mode power supplies. New for PLASA are the Infinite X7 and X8 two-channel designs, delivering 2 x 2000W and 2 x 2600W into 4 Ohms respectively. All models deliver increased power output into a 2 Ohm load.

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Void Acoustics Makes Prime Loudspeaker Launches at PLASA09

27th August 2009

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