Being shown for the first time in the UK, the Micro 88 brings all of the performance, operational and cost advantages over conventional stereo systems unique to airSound, to wide range of commercial audio applications, the company adds. Measuring just 510mm x 240mm x 240mm, the Micro 88 air incorporates DARE's proprietary Inti Q X-over and phase linear porting system.
The distinctive curved pseudo-trapezoidal cabinet boasts a 500w continuous music programme power capability in its airSound guise.
With true stereo reproduction from a single cab, instead of left and right channel cabinets, resultant cost and performance advantages include: greater sound coverage from one airSound cabinet than two in a conventional stereo arrangement; greatly improved sound quality, with the removal of multi-path phase and frequency artifacts inherent in the conventional 'dual speaker' arrangement; no filter combing between adjacent cabinets in an installation, with the resultant loss of energy and sound quality through frequency cancellations; an identical stereo signal balance throughout a room, with no sweet spot or discrepancies at different listening positions.
Managing director and founder of DARE Pro Audio, Sammy DeHavilland, states: "PA companies are always pursuing design innovations and new technologies to overcome the many obstacles in reproducing high quality audio across the breadth of commercial applications. We believe that in airSOUND we have found a technology that provides us with an unprecedented design advantage and the ability to deliver hitherto unachievable system performance, including in the kind of environments that would have previously precluded any attempt to install high quality stereo audio."
(Claire Beeson)
