Visual Sound, Inc. Multi- Channel, Array Speaker QFlex 8

Tannoy/TGI North America, Inc. Array loudspeakers have been with us for many years in the form of passive column speakers for speech reproduction in churches, conference rooms etc. Array speakers are able to focus the acoustical output in the target directions where it is needed, and hence obtain better speech intelligibility in reverberant spaces, i.e. increase the "Hall Radius" beyond which reverberant sound becomes dominant. Tannoy is proud to introduce Qflex, a range of digitally steerable, multi- channel, array speaker systems for the professional install market. Qflex is designed as a complete solution for applications with difficult acoustics, such as houses of worship, transportation hubs, convention centres, conference facilities, shopping malls, performing arts centres and museums. Qflex is quite revolutionary in that it is able to achieve even coverage and SPL which is maintained across the listening plane. Qflex is able to create an asymmetrical pattern which allows similar SPL's both in the near and far field. It is able to steer the beam away from surfaces that cause reflections to frequencies beyond 12kHz. This makes Qflex the first digitally steerable array to maintain music quality over the desired area of coverage, all in a very architecturally pleasing package. The intuitive BeamEngine GUI allows the designer to specify target areas. Based on those target areas a steering algorithm is generated and tailored for that specific area, rather than having to choose from a limited palette of opening and steering angles.