For those seeking the pinnacle in custom horizontal configurations, Clair TrueFit waveguides are singularly configured, continuously variable waveguides designed-to-order. Modern or classic venues looking for the utmost customization in audio design are adopting the concept, allowing to optimize frequency dispersion to enhance directivity throughout an entire unique space.
A Clair TrueFit system design reduces energy wasted on walls and effectively extends the stereo image over a greater audience area. Fewer lateral reflections create greater focus and better intelligibility. System tuning is faster and easier since the acoustical problem of geometric divergence shading is already solved with the TrueFit 3D acoustical solution.
For direct application, a TrueFit array is designed collaboratively with the customer, architectural consultants, and venue staff through a few simple steps. First, the array type and location are determined in a conventional sense and signed off by the customer. Venue-specific details and other criteria are input into Clair Brothers proprietary design software culminating in the creation of a fluid form waveguide with continuously variable geometry.
“Rather than quantizing speaker coverage in a stepped sequence of approximate angles, the TrueFit geometric forms are mathematically derived using our proprietary progressive azimuth technology. We use the latest in 3D CAD and produce the custom parts with state-of-the-art 3D CAM software,” explains Josh Sadd, vice president and chief engineer at Clair Brothers. Finished waveguides are CNC-milled in-house from Baltic Birch, the material used on all Clair waveguides and horns.
The C10, a double 10-inch format line array, offers the benefit that it can be ordered with a variety of horizontal waveguide patterns (as can the C8 and C12-TrueFit versions). Standard C10 factory waveguide is 100° H x 15° V, but a range of horizontal waveguides between 70° and 120° (in 10° increments) are also available.
The C10, like the C12 and C8 (the 8-inch speaker in the C-Series), also features a new transducer technology that offers two solid benefits. One is a significant weight reduction, the other a reduction in amplifier channel requirements. These features come with zero technical trade-offs. In fact, these features enhance the ability for the line array to be digitally beam-steered in the vertical plane with F.I.R. processing.
"The result is a perfectly unique, venue-specific loudspeaker array that provides naturally even coverage for audience areas and minimizes architectural reflection and anomalies. What was once a dream is now possible,” adds Josh Sadd.
TrueFit Technology is currently on offer in the following Clair Brothers products:
• C8-TrueFit (double 8” line array)
• C10-TrueFit (double 10” line array)
• C12-TrueFit (double 12” line array)
• kiTCurve12-TrueFit (12” curved array, fully custom)
• kiTCurve12-TrueFit Standard LCR (12” curved array, standardized L-C-R systems designed for ~200-500 seat venues)
Founded by Roy & Gene Clair, Clair Brothers specializes in the design, manufacturing, and sales of professional loudspeaker systems. The company, with a tradition of fifty-plus years in the industry, is headquartered in Manheim, Pennsylvania, from where it serves its international distribution network.
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