Clair Brothers Expands One Series with New Self-Powered Stage Monitor

Clair Brothers expanded its highly successful line of One Series 12- and 15-inch coaxial stage monitors with a self-powered version of the 1.5AM monitor called the 1.5AM+, using an amplifier module made exclusively for Clair by Powersoft. Additionally, the 1.5AM+’s internal, factory-programmed DSP loudspeaker processing gives users Xover, EQ, Limiter, and a total of four preset options.

Fulcrum Acoustic has announced their latest innovative product, the CCX1295 single 12-Inch Subcardioid Coaxial Loudspeaker, expanding its range of high-performance installation solutions. Unlike conventional loudspeakers that trade off low frequency (LF) directional control for compact enclosures, Fulcrum's Passive Cardioid Technology enables the CCX1295 to achieve unprecedented LF/HF control for a product of its size.

Introduced during the 137th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention in Los Angeles, CA, the new Genelec 8351A Acoustically Coaxial Smart Active Monitor (SAM) System is a tri-amplified studio near-field monitor with an ingenious design that introduces enhanced directivity control at lower frequencies in a relatively small speaker. This brilliant design reflects the Finish brand’s “outside-the-box” thinking improving the reference in recording studios. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2015.

Fluid Audio’s much anticipated FPX7 coaxial ribbon monitors are now shipping. Building on the brand’s popular Fader Series monitors, Kevin Zuccaro has upped the ante by creating an affordable coaxial ribbon tweeter monitor, which, as he says, “is poised to blow the socks off other monitors in its class in sound reproduction, imaging, and affordability.”

Beyma will be present at the 2015 NAMM Show from January 22-25, exhibiting at the Arena Hall, Booth 7310. The Spanish loudspeaker specialist will display some of its latest products and introduce a new speaker family, the WR Series, aiming for a wide range of target applications. For the moment Beyma only confirms that the series will feature 10”, 12” and 15” woofers.

For anyone storing music on a laptop or mobile device, the CH-DA260U Digital to Analog Converter and CH-PH244 Headphones from Chinon make a great bundle package, available for just $179.99. The CH-DA260U DAC features USB audio input with amplified headphone output, along with coaxial and optical digital outputs which can be used to link any smartphone, tablet or laptop with a home sound system.

LaVoce Italiana is an Italian speaker manufacturer with R&D facilities in Rome and production mainly concentrated in China, offering a full range of speaker components for professional audio and MI (bass and guitar) applications, with a full range of neodymium and ferrite transducers for medium-low frequencies, together with compression drivers and soft dome tweeters for high frequencies.

During the recent CineEurope cinema convention (June 16 to 19) in Barcelona, Spain, QSC Audio previewed the newest member of its SR Series surround loudspeaker family, the SR-1290, in direct response to new audio requirements created by immersive sound formats, in a cost-effective and compact loudspeaker enclosure.

Acustica Beyma, the recognized manufacturer of professional loudspeakers from Valencia (Spain), celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. This was also the 40th anniversary the company attended the Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2014 show in Frankfurt, and Beyma had lots of new products on display.