Italian manufacturer Outline exhibited a number of new products. The H.A.R.D. 45 SP expands the company's series of stage monitors, and is the most compact in the range, but with the same original design seen in the 115 and 212 models. Also new, the Global Sub exploits Outline's internationally patented 'space-saving' philosophy, used for the first time with the Kanguro system which received an Award for Product Excellence at the 2001 PLASA Show. The Global Sub is a 15" sub, but is also a container (complete with a cover) able to hold three different Outline loudspeaker systems.Outline's new-generation 2U rack-mounting amplifier, the D4-2K is the first in the company's new DHD digital range, offering four channels with 530W each in 4 Ohms (4 x 310W in 8 Ohms) which can, on request, have a 24dB/octave output filter.
Finally the COM.P.A.S.S. (COMpact Polar Adjustable Sound System) claims to be the world's first example of robotics applied to loudspeaker enclosures: the system was previewed at Frankfurt prior to its official introduction, scheduled for the PLASA Show.
