The system features a rigid design, which offers numerous advantages - no pullback cable, often required by other systems, is necessary. Without pullback cables, cabinet angle adjustments can be accomplished without having to release the array, while the rotating cam at the rear of the frame means that only the front of the cabinet need be adjusted to change the splay angle; no parts need to be exchanged. Rigid mounting also enables arrays to be transported intact, maintaining cabinet splaying, saving truck space, and simplifying setup.
There is no need to lay array components horizontally on stage and assemble them, arrays (typically in modules of two or three cabinets) are simply rolled out of the truck, attached to the hoist cables, and flown. Additional modules can be easily attached, as needed, an invaluable feature for a production playing venues that require arrays of different sizes. A transition bar allows downfill speakers to be hung from the bottom of an array, and all rigging linking components are stowed within the end frame itself or remain captive in use.
Meyer Sound was granted its first patent, for a method of lowering distortion in horns, only three months after the company was founded in 1979. Since then, Meyer Sound has built a tradition of technological innovation that has resulted in awards of subsequent patents for everything from the trapezoidal cabinet shape for loudspeakers to the MSL-4 horn-loaded long-throw loudspeaker, the first of Meyer Sound's self-powered products. Meyer Sound has also been issued 16 international patents.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
