dB Design Debuts A New Four-Channel Speaker Switcher
November 13 2014, 05:00
dB Design’s Four Channel Speaker Switcher (FCSS) is ideal for switching between up to four pairs of loudspeakers, when performing A-B type listening comparisons. This new switcher has the ability to switch up to four pairs of speakers with front panel or remote control channel select and auto switching between reference and up to three other speakers with three selectable switching times.
dB Design, Dean Rivera’s company, has released a new four-channel speaker switcher (FCSS). If you and your company do a lot of loudspeaker development it means you are doing a lot of subjective comparative analysis between the new models, last year’s models, and your competitors’ models in the same category, which makes a high-quality speaker switcher an indispensable tool.
This new offering from db Design has several attractive features including the ability to switch up to four pairs of speakers with front panel or remote control channel select and auto switching between reference and up to three other speakers with three selectable switching times.
dB Design’s new Four-Channel Speaker Switcher back view.
The front panel shows illuminated channel indicator switches and the quick terminals accept up to 10 AWG (0.10”) speaker wire with independent left and right ground paths . The unit uses a UL listed universal power supply, 100 to 240 V, 50 to ~60 Hz with up to 10-A switching current (800 W or 8 Ω).
While I personally do all subjective comparisons in mono, this switcher can be used for both mono and stereo comparisons. With the IR remote, a user can manually switch between any two speakers or set up automatic switching between two speakers, three speakers, or four speakers. Each automatic switch sequence has a selectable time delay between switching of 2, 5, or 10 s.
The new FCSS costs $495 plus shipping and is available from dB Design. www.dbdesign4u.com The IR remote enables users to manually
switch between any two speakers or set up an automatic
switching between multiple speakers.
About Vance Dickason
Vance Dickason has been working as a professional in the loudspeaker industry since 1974. A contributing editor to Speaker Builder magazine (now audioXpress) since 1986, in November 1987 he became editor of Voice Coil, the monthly Periodical for the Loudspeake... Read more
