Martin Audio announces new additions and upgraded voicing for its CDD Loudspeaker series—as well as improved production capacity.
CDD was original launched in 2015, combining curved enclosures with patent protected Coaxial Differential Dispersion technology. Martin Audio further extended the range in ensuing years with both weatherized and marine editions to cater to all outdoor environments including cruise ships.
“During the pandemic, Martin Audio has seen a growing number of small to medium installations, both indoors and out, to keep sales of CDD extremely buoyant,” the announcement states. “Bars and restaurants upgraded systems or extended to outdoor areas to better cater for clientele in changing conditions; houses of worship adapted to socially distanced congregations with the need for improved coverage and consistency, while education facilities similarly needed better solutions to manage socially distanced students.”
Martin Audio is increasing production capacity, while extending product lines to include transformer variants of the popular 8” and 10” models, as well as improving the voicing across the series for an up-to-date sound and consistency to the family, straight out of the box.
Increased production capacity is achieved through improved sourcing of suppliers as well as changing the 12” and 15” from their normal UPM Formi cabinet construction to wooden cabinets. Dom Harter, Managing Director, explains, “The 12” and 15” models in particular have always seen capacity constraints so by moving to wooden enclosures, using innovative bended wood techniques, we have not only been able to retain the classic aesthetics of the CDD design and performance, but now have the capability to increase production by tenfold.”
Extension of the series includes new 8” and 10” versions, with 70V / 100V transformer options, as well as weatherized variants, enabling daisy chaining of loudspeakers for increased amplifier efficiency in larger installation projects. Harter adds, “We have seen increased requests for additional transformer versions to complement the current 5” and 6” transformer models, as larger scale projects are all about efficiency of the installation.”
Martin Audio is also launching new DSP settings across the range to bring the voicing up to date. These are available to complement any amplifier solution but in addition to this there are also new FIR-based presets for iKON amplifiers and DX4.0 controller, designed to further enhance the sound quality performance out of the box.
New voicing settings for CDD are available to download now, while wooden cabinet changes are available from January and the transformer additions to follow in February.
Dom Harter concludes, “We’re delighted to extend and improve our best-selling CDD series as well as increase the production capacity to maximize its absolute sales potential as we see increased demand of small to medium installation projects at this time.”
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