Tools of the Trade: d&b audiotechnik T-Series

The T-Series includes the T10 passive two-way cabinet that houses two 6.5" drivers and a 1.4" exit HF compression driver and can be used either as a compact component in a multiple cabinet line array or, by rotating the horn, as a high directivity point source loudspeaker. The HF driver is fitted to a waveguide horn producing vertical line source directivity with a 90° horizontal pattern maintained down to approximately 600Hz. An acoustic lens placed in front of the horn widens horizontal dispersion to 105°; rotation of the horn by 90° relative to this produces an accurate point source dispersion transforming a vertically oriented T10 into a standalone full range loudspeaker with 90° horizontal and 35° vertical directivity pattern. This is achieved through apertures in the cabinet sides allowing rotation to both the line and point source positions. The two 6.5" neodymium LF drivers are positioned in a dipolar arrangement providing an exceptional dispersion control even at lower frequencies. The T-SUB shares the same width and integrated rigging fittings as the T10 for deployment either flown at the top of a T10 array, in a separate column, or ground-stacked. It increases low frequency headroom and extends the bandwidth of a T10 column down to 47Hz. The bass-reflex design utilizes a high excursion 15" driver with a neodymium magnet assembly and employs d&b SenseDrive technology when driven by the D12 amplifier.

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