The PA system, which is self-powered and driven by Outline's iMode technology, comprises 12 Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. iMode elements and four DBS 18-2 iMode SP subwoofers, and covers an area of 700sq.m that has rather problematic acoustics.
The key feature of the Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. system - enabling users to direct the sound exactly where it's required - was decisive in this case.
Almost a decade after winning a PLASA Award for Product Innovation (among the best-known pro audio manufacturers), the Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. is in fact still the world's only compact line-source system offering up to 16 user-definable choices of symmetrical and asymmetrical horizontal dispersion. Furthermore, real-time control is available via iPad/iPhone App (link).
"The Ballroom 89 management chose this system after taking products by two famous brands into consideration", comments Rudy Winarto, owner and MD of Melodia Sound and Light.
He explains: "The first reason that led my client to choose Outline rather than the valid competitors was the 'adjustable directivity factor'. I think that in the sound reinforcement sector there is no field of application in which this special 'ability' doesn't ensure dramatic benefits to the sound's quality. Secondly, the system's response at Ballroom 89 makes vocals more crystal clear, warm and 'in the face' - even in the last row of seats - than I've ever heard before."
(Jim Evans)
