"This is a flagship system for us," explains owner Chris Anderson. "The new Anna PA won't replace our KF740 arrays, instead it will give us the opportunity to build a new client base and get work that we haven't won before."
Anderson checked out EAW's Anya system - the first Adaptive System - when it first debuted. "I was so impressed with the technology," he adds. "I was hoping they were going to come out with something more compact, a PA that would fit in with the services we provide. When I saw Anna at AES, it all fell into place."
Anna provides Adaptive Performance for a wide range of applications that require exceptional sound quality, high output and precise coverage. In addition, Anna can adapt coverage to any venue geometry in seconds. It's compact footprint - columns hang straight and array horizontally - and light weight make it ideal for mobile as well as permanent use in amphitheaters, theaters, clubs, staging and corporate AV. Anderson didn't hesitate to add 16 Anna modules to his inventory.
"This PA will allow us to provide solutions that other systems can't," Anderson continues. "I believe that we will get festivals and events that we didn't get before. When investing in something new, you want to make sure it will help grow your business - I am confident this will do exactly that."
Each Anna module includes 14 highly customized transducers: eight HF compression drivers, four 5-inch MF cone transducers combine, and dual high-power 10-inch LF cone transducers to extend horizontal pattern control well into the lower octaves. Enclosures also have 14 built-in amplifier and processing channels providing independent power and control of each loudspeaker component.
Anderson Audio has been a long-time EAW customer. The Anna PA joins a full complement of KF730, KF740 and NTL720 line arrays; SB1000, SB2001 and NTL250 subwoofers as well as JF and Redline point source loudspeaker solutions.
"Once we received the PA, EAW sent out Bernie Broderick and Gino Pellicano out to Harrisburg to train our team on the new system," Anderson adds. "It was exceptional. There are so many audio basics that make the system sound so good, it was fun to revisit them. Plus, the way the boxes combine, it takes advantage of acoustic principles that make it sound so much better than a J-shaped line array. I can't express how happy we are with this addition to our inventory. We are having conversations with customers that we couldn't have before. It is sure to help grow business."
(Jim Evans)
