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d&b Spins Themes and Dreams at Prolight+Sound
For those who deciphered the mystery and discovered the relocated d&b audiotechnik stand at Frankfurt. there was much to behold at the white on white
experience. Spinning themes and new products dominated the show with the new E6 taking pride of place.
Replacing a classic takes much thought and deliberation and a product of superior performance. So it is with the new E6 loudspeaker which is destined to replace the ubiquitous d&b E3; a loudspeaker that has become synonymous with small, convenient, useful and powerful.
The E6 has to be superior in many respects; and so it is. It is a high performance multipurpose cabinet employing an integrated 6.5"/1" exit coaxial driver design with neodymium magnet and constant directivity horn loading. The horn with its 100° x 55° (h x v) dispersion pattern can easily be rotated through 90°, providing a 55° x 100° pattern, without the use of tools. It is a two way design with a built-in passive crossover network and its frequency response extends from 85 Hz to above 18 kHz.
The cabinet shape allows use either in a vertical or horizontal orientation as well as deployment as a discreet stage monitor. Weighing in at only 5kg and with smaller dimensions than the E3 it produces a maximum SPL of 123 dB when powered by the d&b D12 amplifier.
d&b product manager Werner "Vier" Bayer remarked: "The reaction to the E6 was very positive which, I guess, comes from the belief people have in our development routes. To replace a product as established as the E3 takes great trust and, from what I have seen, people have that trust."
Also on show was the rest of the E-Series range including the recently launched E12X-SUB, which is a compact, lightweight, high performance 12" subwoofer. Within the monitor section the new M6 low profile 2-way high performance stage monitor took the limelight from the benchmark M2 and the M4 monitors. The M6 employs an integrated 12"/1.3" exit coaxial driver with a CD horn and passive crossover network, and distinguishes itself through its remarkable midrange presence and dry and compact low end.
Completing the ProLight+Sound debut of recently launched products was the
B4-SUB which is d&b's first subwoofer to realize its patented design of a unique cardioid technique using one channel of an amplifier. This exclusive design makes the medium sized B4 a highly economical solution to provide a cardioid low frequency performance. Within the arrayed product section d&b's innovative T-Series, that offers two different loudspeaker technologies in one package, was featured alongside its bigger brothers the flexible Q-Series and the now renowned J-Series that seems to know no boundaries. As total control becomes an increasingly important factor in large distributed systems, d&b devoted two interactive areas of the stand to demonstrate its Remote network with the R1Remote control software and its ArrayCalc software for designing setups easily. d&b: spinning themes, dreams and no mystery, however.
"Small, convenient, useful, powerful; I'm sure you detect the thread. The E12X and B4 subwoofers certainly fulfil those characteristics, so too the M6 stage monitor," said d&b's Simon Johnston by way of conclusion. "As for the E6: well, as we bring down the curtain on the venerable E3, the new E6's originality and sheer technical perfection will, I'm convinced, exceed everyone's expectations."
In picture: Werner "Vier" Bayer with d&b E6.
31st March 2010
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