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MARTIN AUDIO’S UK DEMO DAYS To coincide with PLASA Show in London, a stone’s throw down the M40, Martin Audio welcomed industry customers and collaborators to its High Wycombe headquarters for three days of pro audio demonstration.
Capitalising on its successful in-house formula, Martin Audio opened its doors for a series of demonstrations and presentations. Split into five two-hour presentation sessions, the open days showcased a myriad of products and pro audio offerings. Martin Audio Managing Director Dom Harter reflected: “The timing was perfect. Not only were many of our partners and customers already in town but it gave us the perfect opportunity to showcase, and in some cases give world premieres to nine new products.” Harter began proceedings by introducing Martin Audio’s VIA amplifier range - designed to partner all Martin Audio systems beneath the Wavefront Precision line arrays, and in particular the new ADORN series as well as CDD and O-Line. “The market for commercial speakers is growing and is often served by poor sound,” Harter explained. “We thought it was time to enter this growing market and offer a no compromise solution of affordability and audio quality.” Martin Audio ADORN 40 and ADORN 55, equipped with 4-inch and 5.5-inch drivers, were also demonstrated, along with Martin Audio’s latest SX110 slim line single 10-inch subwoofer. Product Support Engineer, Robin Dibble, then took over, presenting CDD and CDD-LIVE. “With quarter of a million CDD enclosures now out in the field this is our
most successful install range ever,” Dibble exclaimed. Martin Audio showcased its CDD-LIVE 8, CDD-LIVE 12 and CDD-LIVE 15 were demoed, both with and without the new hybrid SXH218 sub, which contains presets for cardioid configurations. Next, visitors experienced the loudest manifestation yet as the TH Series model was run in combo with the SXH218 subwoofer. The biamped TH Series is a 3-way, full range, horn-loaded point source series ideal as a powerful live venue or club system. “Coverage, control and consistency to this level is something only Martin Audio can do, removing the trial and error approach,” Harter explained. “Summation of sound at the audience plane is what we focus on.” Harter showcased the latest development in optimisation — scalable resolution - and how the Martin Audio Wavefront Precision and O-line series behaves with different box resolution and the commercial advantages. Visitors took time to hear scalable resolution in action, via O-Line, WPM and WPC demonstrations, with LF extension then boosted with the presence of SXH218 subwoofers. However, Martin Audio still had one surprise left to reveal. While the previous demonstrations had satisfied every market segment from large scale touring to small AV, bars and corporate offices, Martin Audio showcased its partnership with Astro Spatial Audio in a series alluringly 28
