The Xone:V6 from Allen & Heath.
A little over a year since Allen & Heath gained its independence from the Harman group in a management buyout, the UK mixer manufacturer has announced plans to launch three major new products at PLASA 2002 (8-11 September, Earls Court, London). The new products include the iDR series of audio mixers and processors for installed and live sound systems, the PA series of 1kW powered consoles and the Xone:V6 audiophile rotary club mixer.

At the heart of the iDR series is the iDR-8 audio mix processor, an 8 input, 8 output digital mixer and processor in a 2U rack or desk mount chassis. Allen & Heath will also be showing the iDR-in and iDR-out expander options plus a range of remote control devices for building tailored iDR systems.

The new PA series will be introduced with the launch of the PA12-CP and PA20-CP 12 and 20-channel powered mixers. Both consoles include a unique Constant Power amplifier, providing 500W per side into either 4 or 8 ohms without loss of power.

Xone:V6 is a high quality 6-channel mixer for club installation. Fully discreet circuitry and top quality components have been used throughout, including Penny & Giles rotary faders with conductive plastic tracks.

Allen & Heath's managing director, Glenn Rogers commented: "I'm tremendously proud of these new products and I think our customers will see we've been listening to their requests. We're giving our installation users an affordable, easy to use alternative to the more complex DSP systems in the shape of iDR. MixWizard and GL series live sound customers that have been asking us for a professional quality powered mixer for their smaller shows will find what they're looking for in the PA series. As for Xone:V6, we wanted to show what you can achieve when you bend all the rules in search of sonic excellence and design elegance. I think the true audiophiles out there will appreciate the results."

The Xone:V6 has been nominated for a PLASA Product Excellence Award. See www.plasa.org/show for details.

Allen & Heath can be found on stand H30.


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