THE NETHERLANDS — Leiden, NL based Audio van Hooidonk, one of the country’s most respected and historical rental firms, took delivery of yet another Outline Doppia II 9075 + DBS 18-2 set.
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Audio van Hooidonk rental firm doubles its “Doppia” system after a year of satisfaction
Just one year after company owner Mr. Anton van Hooidonk attended an Outline demo at The Audio Specialists headquarters, they ordered a second Outline Doppia II set. More specifically, the system in question is made up of four Doppia II 9075 and four DBS 18-2 subwoofer systems. All are driven by Outline’s T-Series amps, whilst signal processing is handled by an Outline Genius 24.
Mr. Anton van Hooidonk explains, “When I heard this FOH set for the first time, I could not believe that such small lightweight cabinets were able to produce such an amount of SPL without any compromise in headroom and fidelity. Now, having worked for a year with our first Outline set, we wanted all our gigs to experience this incredible system, so a second set was ordered.”
The Doppia cabinet — Outline remarks — features a power size ratio that is unique in the point-source system scenario. It has a volume of just 0.25 m3 and weighs 55 kg, in spite of its four large-diameter components and the sturdy fiberglass waveguides loading the mid-high frequencies (LF 2 x 12” – MF 1 x 10” – HF 1 x 3”). It has a peak SPL of 139 dB @ 1 meter with a frequency response ranging from 61 Hz to 19.7 kHz.
An example of Outline’s innovation in loudspeaker design is integral to the DBS 18-2 design; namely the “Decoupled Baffle Subwoofer” assembly. This ingenious technique contributes to the structural integrity of the entire cabinet, as well as reducing resonance (and thus unwanted coloration) and air turbulence noise from the reflex ports (143 dB SPL peak at 1 meter).
Axel Nagtegaal, owner of The Audio Specialists (Outline’s distributor for Benelux and Germany), concludes: “The market demand for conventional FOH point-sources is still very high here, but a system has to be exceptionally good. It also needs to be flexible in set-up yet lightweight as well. Outline does just that, which has resulted in the huge success since we started distribution at the end of 2011. We wish Anton and his crew a lot of satisfaction with their latest investment.”
