The Electro-Voice booth was largely focused on the new LiveX line of loudspeakers. Comprised of three powered and four passive models, Live X are designed for portable sound, with the latest Electro-Voice-engineered components. Lightweight and made with durable plywood cabinets, EV says they offer best-in-class SPL output, power-handling, and frequency response from clean, stackable designs.
K-Array loudpeakers, designed and built in Italy and distributed in the US by Sennheiser, introduced the KR400S is an ultra-slim, two-way loudspeaker designed for small to medium situations in both mobile and installed applications. It includes two KR400 satellites and two KL21ma powered subwoofers. The KR400S features a line array of 24 by three-inch high efficiency neodymium magnet drivers enclosed in an ultra-strong chassis and capable of 132 dB continuous, 138 dB peak output. Look for a review of the KR400 system later this year in Church Production Magazine.
Lectrosonics announced the Quadra digital wireless monitor (IEM) system, which consists of the M4R belt-pack diversity receiver and M4T half-rack transmitter, features digital RF modulation, two or four channels of 24-bit/48 kHz digital audio, analog or digital inputs, and a unique mixing interface for users. A four-channel mixer in the belt-pack allows the church musicians and singers to tailor the mix in real time, based on what is sent to the transmitter from the monitor console. Several channel setups and knob configurations are available, giving the user a variety of choices as to how the system operates.
The Quadra system operates in the license-free ISM band between 902-928 MHz and has a throughput latency of one ms for analog inputs and <0.5 ms for digital inputs. A retail price of $3,100 makes this a very high-end product, but for very large churches, or churches operating in overcrowded or difficult UHF environments, the Quadra could be an excellent problem-solver.
