When you’re doing events or installs in arenas, stadiums and other large venues, you typically need long-throw, high power systems. This calls for some big guns. This month, we’ll examine large-format line arrays with dual-12” woofers. Checking around, we found a good selection of powered and unpowered systems, with a lot of design topologies. With that in mind, we’ve provided URLs for each company; contact the manufacturers for more information.
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DAS Audio LARA
Designed for touring/rental services, outdoor festivals, concerts and theater, house of worship and performing arts center installations where high-quality audio is critical, DAS Audio’s flagship line array, LARA is a powered, 4-way cardioid system. Its all-neodymium drive train features dual 12″ woofers (plus another two 8” in cardioid configuration); twin 8” cone mids; and HF handled by two M-78N compression drivers; on a 100° horizontal dispersion waveguide.
Frequency response is 63 Hz to 17 kHz and 6,000 watts (RMS continuous) of onboard Class-D power provide for linear max SPLs of 146 dB. The 14x46x25.4” birch ply enclosure weighs 189.6 pounds and an innovative 3-point rigging system hangs arrays of up to 24 LARA units and 16 matching LARA SUB units.
LARA’s intuitive ALMA control / monitoring interface offers IP control of 96k Hz DSP, 10 EQ points, 823 ms of delay, FIR filters and digital management via DASaim™.
Adamson VGt
- LF: (2) 13” woofers + (2) 10” side cardioid woofers — all neodymium
- MF: (2) M140 comp. drivers
- HF: 3” comp. driver
- Response: 50 Hz to 20k Hz (±3 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 13.3 x 51.4 x 22”
- Weight: 188 pounds
- Power: 5-channels of onboard Class-D
- Notes: Onboard custom DSP
Alcons Audio LR 24/90
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (2) 6.5” neodymium cone
- HF: 12” pro-ribbon driver
- Response: 58 Hz to 20k Hz (±3 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 13.9 x 37.4 x 17.6”
- Weight: 99.2 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: Sentinel amp recommended
- Companion Sub: LB28
BASSBOSS MFLA MK3
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- HF: (2) 1.4” exit comp. drivers
- Response: 60 Hz to 18kHz (±3 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 120°
- Size (HxWxD): 16.1 x 40.5 x 20.4”
- Weight: 104 pounds
- Power: 3,200W Class D
- Notes: Integrated onboard DSP
- Companion Sub: VS21, ZV28, Kraken, SSP218
Coda Audio AiRAY
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF/HF: (2) coaxial 6” planar-wave drivers
- Response: 50 Hz to 22k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: Variable 90/100/110°
- Size (HxWxD): 26.5 x 14.7 x 22.5”
- Weight: 83.6 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: Extremely compact design
- Companion Sub: SC2-F or SCV-F
Cohesion CO12
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: 3.5” neodymium compression drivers
- HF: 1.75” neodymium compression drivers
- Response: 35 Hz to 20k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 80° (120° version avail.)
- Size (HxWxD): 14 x 45 x 22”
- Weight: 132 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: Proprietary Lake processing
- Companion Sub: Cohesion CP118+ or CP218 II+
dB Technologies VIO L212
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (4) 6.5” neodymium cone drivers
- HF: (2) 1.4” exit neodymium drivers
- Response: 55 Hz to 18.6k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 15 x 43.3 x 17.7”
- Weight: 120 pounds
- Power: (2) 1,600W RMS Class-D
- Notes: Network/digital input expansion slots
- Companion Sub: VIO S118R, VIO S218, VIO S318
EAW Radius RSX212L
- LF: (2) 12” woofers
- HF: (2) 1” exit comp. drivers
- Response: 50 Hz to 19k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 14 x 32 x 20.4”
- Weight: 82 pounds
- Power: 1,500W Class-D
- Notes: Analog and Dante inputs
- Companion Sub: RSX18F, RSX218
EM Acoustics Halo-A
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- HF: (4) 1.4” exit drivers
- Response: 48 Hz to 19k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 80° (100° optional)
- Size (HxWxD): 14.3 x 40.2 x 24.4”
- Weight: 145 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: HF drivers on plane-wave emulation manifold
- Companion Sub: ST-215; ST-218
Idea Pro Audio EVO24-M
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (4) 6.5” cone drivers
- HF: (2) 3” neodymium comp. drivers
- Response: 47 Hz to 23k Hz (-10 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 13.3 x 48.2 x 21.7”
- Weight: 192.5 pounds
- Power: (2) 3.2kW Powersoft modules
- Notes: Passive EVO24-P also avail.
- Companion Sub: BASSO R218A, R118A, 2121A
ISP Technologies HDL 4212
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (2) 6.5” cone mids
- HMF: (2) 2” exit comp. drivers
- HF: (4) 1.75” comp. drivers
- Response: 68 Hz to 18k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 15 x 43.5 x 27.5”
- Weight: 185 pounds (with amps)
- Power: Dynamic Adaptive Amplifiers: 2,000W total
- Notes: Outboard digital crossover required
- Companion Sub: XMAX 218
JBL VTX A12
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (4) 5.5” cone neodymium mids
- HF: (3) 2” exit neodymium drivers
Response: 46 Hz to 19k Hz - Horizontal Dispersion: 90°(120° version optional)
- Size (HxWxD): 13 x 44 x 19.5”
- Weight: 134 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- otes: Crown i-Tech HD amps recommended
- Companion Sub: VTX G28, VTXS28
K-array Mugello KH3P I
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- HF: (2) 1.4” exit comp. drivers
- Response: 120 Hz to 19k Hz (-6 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 110°
- Size (HxWxD): 14.5 x 43.5 x 7.9”
- Weight: 85 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: Shallow-depth design; beam steerable
- Companion Sub: Thunder KS Series
L-Acoustics K2
- LF: (2) 12” woofers
- MF: (4) 6.5” cone mids
- HF: (3) drivers on DOSC waveguide
- Response: 35 Hz to 20k Hz (-10 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 110/70° symmetric; 90° asymmetric
- Size (HxWxD): 14 x 52.7 x 15.8”
- Weight: 123 pounds
- Power: Unpowered; amp rack/DSP optional
- Notes: Wavefront Sculpture Technology enclosure
- Sub: K1-SB (arrayable); SB28 (stackable)
Lynx Pro Audio CLS-212
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF/HF: (2) 6.5” coaxial planar wave drivers
- Response: 60 Hz to 22k Hz (-6 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 100°
- Size (HxWxD): 15.1 x 31.5 x 18.9”
- Weight: 104 pounds
- Power: Class-D, 6,000W
- Notes: Passive version also offered
- Companion Sub: CLS-188S, CLS-121S, CLS-218S
Martin Audio MLA
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium horn-loaded
- MF: (2) 6.5” cone neodymium mids
- HF: (3) 1” exit neodymium drivers
- Response: 52 Hz to 18k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 14.6 x 44.7 x 26.5”
- Weight: 193 pounds
Power: (6) Class-D, 6,000W peak total - Notes: DSP/networking control of each array cell
- Companion Sub: MLX Sub-Bass
Meyer Sound Panther
- LF: (2) 12” long-excursion woofers
- HF: (2) 3” diaphragm comp. drivers
- Response: 55 Hz to 16.5k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: Panther-M, 95°; Panther–L, 80°; Panther-W, 110°
- Size (HxWxD): 14.85 x 38.15 x 22.25”
- Weight: 150 pounds
- Power: 2,200W total, Class-D
- Notes: AVB, Milan Certified
- Companion Sub: 900-LFC, 1100-LFC
Moose Sound LA212A
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (2) 6” cone neodymium drivers
- HF: (2) 1.4” exit comp. drivers
- Response: 55 Hz to 18k Hz (-6 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 11 x 29.1 x 21”
- Weight: 130 pounds
- Power: 3,200W RMS, Class-D
- Notes: Passive version also available
- Companion Sub: G1812A
Next Pro Audio LA212X
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: 10” cone midrange
- HF: (2) 1.4” neodymium HF
- Response: 60 Hz to 19k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 15 x 40.2 x 19.7”
- Weight: 134.2 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: All custom B&C drivers
- Companion Sub: LAs118A, LAs218, LAs418
Outline GTO C-12
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (4) 6.5” cone neodymium mids
- HF: (2) 3” neodymium comp. drivers
- Response: 45 Hz to 18k Hz (-10 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 14.3 x 44.3 x 25.8”
- Weight: 160 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: GTO-DF (downfiring) cabinet also avail.
- Companion Sub: GTO-SUB, DBS 18-2
PK Sound Trinity Black
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (4) 6.5” cone midrange
- HF: (2) 4” Dual-Diaphragm Planar Wave
- Response: 40 Hz to 20 kHz
- Horizontal Dispersion: Variable 60°-120°; symmetric/asymmetric
- Size (HxWxD): 14 x 54.9 x 23”
- Weight: 259 pounds
- Power: 6,000 watts, Class-D
- Notes: Robotically adjustable horizontal/vertical dispersion
- Companion Sub: T218
RCF HDL 50-A 4K
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (4) 6.0” cone neodymium mids
- HF: (2) 1.4” exit neodymium drivers
- Response: 40 Hz to 20k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 14.4 x 46 x 19.8”
- Weight: 137.6 pounds
- Power: Onboard 8,000W peak onboard
- Notes: 32-bit FIR Phase DSP with RDNet control
- Companion Sub: HDL-53 AS, SUB 9006-AS, SUB 9007-AS
Sound Barrier CORE212A
- LF: (2) neodymium woofers
- MF: (4) 6.5” neodymium mids
- HF: (2) 1.4” exit neodymium drivers
- Response: 35 Hz to 19k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 100°
- Size (HxWxD): 13.8 x 43.25 x 17”
- Weight: 144 pounds
- Power: 4,500W RMS Class-D
- Notes: Passive CORE212P also avail.
- Companion Sub: CORE10218SA
Sound Town ZETHUS-212LMH
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: 5.5” cone midrange
- HF: 2” exit coaxial comp. driver
- Response: 45 Hz to 20k Hz
- Horizontal Dispersion: 100°
- Size (HxWxD): 14 x 32 x 19.3”
- Weight: 82.9 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Companion Sub: ZETHUS 118SPW; ZETHUS 218SPW
TT+ Audio GTX
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (4) 6” cone neodymium drivers
- HF: (2) 3” neodymium comp. drivers
- Response: 35 Hz to 20k Hz (-10 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 14.4 x 46.4 x 21.3”
- Weight: 139 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: 16 kW TT XPS 16K amp rack recommended
- Companion Sub: Dual-19” GTS 29
Turbosound Manchester Series MV212
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF/HF: (2) 1.4” exit MHF comp drivers
- Response: 50 Hz to 20k Hz (±3 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 100°
- Size (HxWxD): 13.9 x 31.9 x 19.3”
- Height: 117 pounds
- Power: Unpowered
- Notes: Designed for use with Lake EQ and Lab Gruppen PLM+
- Companion Sub: MS215
VUE Audiotechnik al-12
- LF: (2) 12” neodymium woofers
- MF: (6) 4” Kevlar cone neodymium drivers
- HF: (2) 1.4” exit drivers
- Response: 47 Hz to 28k Hz (-10 dB)
- Horizontal Dispersion: 90°
- Size (HxWxD): 14 x 42.1 x 16.85”
- Weight: 124 pounds
- Power: Unpowered; VUEDrive V3 suggested
- Notes: Beryllium diaphragms
- Companion Sub: al-12SB
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