New Gear

The NX 15-SMA is equipped with new 700 W digital amplifier and 15-inch coaxial neodymium transducer to combine audio quality and definition with light weight. The NX 15-SMA can also be used as a portable PA system, with a powder coated steel pole mount installed on the side.

Proel's SW Series subwoofers, designed to complement full-range speakers, including the NET and FLASH Series, consists of two new models and an update to the existing FLASH15S, which has been renovated and renamed.

Guard Dog Low Profile Cable Protectors are now available with optional Velcro strips for use on carpet and/or anti-slip rubber pads for use on smooth surfaces. With 1, 2, 3, or 5 channels, these interlocking protectors are 1.25" high with a .75" channel height. They feature either standard ramps or low-angle ADA Compliant ramps.

XTA's iCore software package was developed to provide the interface for sister company MC² Audio's Ti Series and XTA's DC1048 integrated audio management system. XTA has now extended the iCore2 package to support all 4Series products. The company has also added new features to simplify live sound and installed operating systems, with enhancements to parameter linking, custom control panels, application auto-update and wireless kit compatibility.

Bag End Loudspeaker Systems now offers its Infra processor as a built-in option in its self-powered double 10 subwoofer systems. With Infra inside, both the IPD10E-I (installation enclosure) and the IPD10E-R (portable enclosure) can be implemented into a variety of sound system with ease. The company also promises sound with a sense of power and authority at both low and high listening levels.

WorxAudio Technologies' TrueLine V5 Ultra-Compact Line Array features a medium format 1-inch exit compression driver coupled to a stabilized FlatWave Former wave shaping device, promising clear, penetrating high frequencies over a predictable and controlled coverage area. Dual 5-inch cone transducers coupled to the Acoustic Intergrading Module (A.I.M.) are designed to minimize cone filtering.

QSC Audio Products, LLC's GX7 joins the GX Series of power amplifiers. Engineered and assembled in the company's Costa Mesa, California facility, the GX7 maintains all of the key form and functional elements of the existing GX Series while delivering more power in a lighter weight package. Designed for portable applications, the GX7 features 725W per channel at 8-ohms and 1000W per channel at 4-ohms, while weighing at15.5 lbs for the 120V version.

APB designed its new family of ProSpec mixers for live performance applications, including Mono, Stereo, or LCR mixing in installations, and also for portable ap-plications. Each of the ProSpec-1U8M's 8 mic/line input channels features a Burr-Brown microphone pre-amplifier with APB-engineered support electronics.

Responding to an oft-heard request at InfoComm – an iPad holder that could be attached to all things musical – König & Meyer have developed for NAMM an iPad clip fixture that can secure an iPad to any diameter object, from 7 to 30 mm / .27 to 1.18 inches.

Heil Sound's PR 31 BW came about after Bob Workman, who mixes FOH for the Charlie Daniels Band, called Bob Heil and asked if it would be okay for him to cut the chassis of his PR 30 in half.

Clear-Com Eclipse Version 5.2 uses Eclipse Configuration Software (ECS) with a simplified graphical user interface designed to ease configuration and management and result in faster and more efficient communications workflow.

Lab.gruppen's PLM 20000Q is the new flagship of the PLM Series of Powered Loudspeaker Managements systems. The new PLM 20000Q seamlessly integrates two full-featured modules of Lake Processing with four channels of power amplification, each rated at 5000 watts output. Along with powerful output capacity, the four-channel amplifier is housed in a 2U chassis weighing 37 lbs.