MARTIN AUDIO ANNOUNCES BOLD NEW PRODUCT LINE UP
In April, Martin Audio unveiled an ambitious line up of ten new products across multiple categories
including Line Arrays, Stage Monitors and Amplifiers.
WAVEFRONT PRECISION
A new generation of multipurpose line arrays designed to bring Martin Audio’s signature sound, coverage
consistency and control to a broader range of touring applications, installations and budgets. Comprising
the WPC (2 x 10” LF) and WPM (2 x 6.5” LF), Wavefront Precision line arrays are designed as complete systems
with the newly announced external iKON multi-channel amplifiers optimised by Martin Audio’s automated
DISPLAY software.
Adopting the principle of scalable resolution, with external, dedicated multi-channel amplifiers, Wavefront
Precision line arrays are designed to be uniquely flexible, upgradeable and financially accessible.
Dom Harter, Managing Director, explained: “Martin Audio’s MLA Series remains the definitive optimised array
technology in the market place today, offering customers both the hard avoid feature, the ability to limit
coverage in a zone by as much as 30dB and the patented ability to optimise against multiple target
functions — such as frequency response, SPL gradient and leakage.”
“But the MLA family consists of fixed resolution systems and what we wanted to do with Wavefront Precision
was to introduce a solution whereby customers could have a flexible and scalable approach to resolution and
control of coverage,” he added.
To accompany the new Wavefront Precision, two new subwoofers were unveiled the SX118 and SX218, a single 18”
and double 18” respectively.
XE SERIES
Developed in consultation with leading monitor engineers and combining sleek, low-profile enclosures with
unique Coaxial Differential Dispersion technology and a patent pending third static waveguide, the
XE300 (1 x 12” LF) and XE500 (1 x 15” LF) are designed to deliver perfect monitor sound with a defined coverage
pattern that allows the artist freedom of movement, while reducing overlap with adjacent monitors.
The XE series is designed as a complete system and is partnered with the new iKON 4 channel amplifier. Jason Baird,
R&D Director, commented, “The world of stage monitoring has been stagnating for far too long with much of today’s
monitor technology based on decade old solutions. XE changes the game with the introduction of high performance
Coaxial Differential Dispersion drivers with an additional contour-moulded static third wave- guide that increases
the size of the HF horn mouth to maintain pattern control over a wide frequency band and avoid spill outside the
coverage area. Its rolled contour reduces diffraction and further improves pattern consistency at the lower end of
the HF passband.
LE SERIES
Complementing Martin Audio’s high-performance XE Series monitors, are the latest LE Series.
Both the LE100 (1 x 12” LF”) and the LE200 (1 x 15” LF) are designed for a wide range of users and
applications — from up-and-coming bands and regional rental houses, to corporate AV events, HoW and fixed
installations.
With extremely compact enclosures and the same Coaxial Differential Dispersion drivers as the CDD-LIVE range,
the LE Series monitors deliver cut-through sound with a coverage pattern that allows performers greater freedom
of movement compared to conventional monitors. Instead of the typical ‘hot-spot’, they produce a near-rectangular
coverage pattern over a listening plane at head height— with a wide horizontal coverage close to the monitor that
reduces gradually as distance increases to maintain consistent SPL and tonal balance.
Summing up on all the launches Dom Harter said, “This is a bold new line up of product offering customers innovation
and value throughout. While some manufacturers are maybe asleep at the wheel, or are obsessed with revenue
generation only, we are happy to be ones that over-perform in bringing market leading solutions.”