Turbosound's new Aspect Series is billed as its "most efficient loudspeaker design to date". Easily scaleable to suit a range of requirements from small clubs to auditoriums and even stadiums, the Series consists of four modules: aimed primarily at the install market, and also for ground-stacked touring applications, are the TA-880H trapezoidal mid/high system and its corresponding TA-880L LF enclosure. These models use removable rigging swords that form a lightweight and easy-to-use flying system. For both large- and small-scale touring applications, the TA-890H mid/high unit and the identically-sized TA-890L LF enclosure are designed to be flown in point source arrays.

The Aspect design features a set of proprietary transducers, operating over four individual frequency bands and divided between the system's modular mid/high and LF enclosures. Key technical innovations include the Polyhorn designs; these are applied at both high and high-mid frequencies, and comprise equal-path-length multi-section waveguides which create a phase-coherent wavefront, say Turbo. This design permits individual wavefronts to coincide with the physical curvature of an array and to minimize comb filtering effects between adjacent cabinets. Turbosound says the Aspect's combination of high efficiency and improved power handling can generate sound pressure levels in excess of 146dB peak.

Also new is a range of digitally powered systems in the QLight series. The three featured models - the TQ-445DP three-way design, the TQ-310DP two-way system, and the TQ-308DP two-way design, all in trapezoidal enclosures - employ a new design of Class-D power amplifiers, incorporating DSP technology and offering a 96kHz sample rate. The new models boast a 110dB dynamic range, say Turbosound, and are capable of operating at more than 90% overall efficiency. The new amplifier module can be retro-fitted to earlier QLight systems and delivers 2 x 800W into 8 ohms.


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