SR/Live Fri, May 09, 2008

Hannover, Germany (February 2008): Kling & Freitag, plans to present three new products in Frankfurt launch at the ProLight + Sound in March12-15. Kling & Freitag has developed a line array where every element is equipped with two exclusive 10” chassis and a tweeter unit with three 1” neodymium. Two versions of the vertical 7° coverage system – with 77° and 100° horizontal coverage - will be offered; they are combinable with one another, depending on use. While using three patents Kling & Freitag was able to significantly improve the rigging and especially the acoustic performance.

Aside from that, Kling & Freitag will introduce a further innovation: the smallest speaker in their product range. The passive 2-way speaker is equipped with a novel 5” bass chassis and a 1” dome driver with a coupled ‘Waveguide’. With its uniform and wide coverage, the system is ideally suited for near field applications.

The sound quality, bass playback, and performance of the compact speaker enable usages as a main, delay, or surround system without supplemental use of a subwoofer, for example at conferences or trade fairs or for theatre, AV, and gastronomy uses.

The elegant and extremely flexible tilt bracket mounting has earned extra attention, as it allows for extreme adjustment angles of up to 180° vertically and horizontally.
While designing the speaker, the developers consistently considered the implementation of typical Kling & Freitag character traits: excellent sound quality, level stability, and ‘sound compatibility’ to existing Kling & Freitag systems. In addition to the excellent price-performance ratio, the 16-ohm impedance and the possibility to operate the speakers without an additional system controller give these speakers a clear price advantage.

For high-power uses and highest-possible operating safety, the speaker is intended for use with the digital system controllers K&F CD 24 and K&F CD 44.

Kling & Freitag’s newly developed amplifier introduces the concept of an installation amp tailored to meet the demands of modern fixed installations. The two-channel system amplifier with a 19” format and 2 RU is based on linear servo power amplifier circuits with a conventional power supply unit and delivers 1 kW of output power at 4 ohms. Aside from the integrated DSP technology, there is a multitude of interfaces available for controlling and monitoring. It is possible to configure the system using a newly developed Ethernet based Kling & Freitag remote system. EN-conform protocols and substantial monitoring functions (i.e. load monitoring) complete the concept.

Kling & Freitag’s booth is in Hall 8.0, G28.