Blaze Audio has announced the debut of the Constant Curvature Array CCA10i loudspeaker, a new three-way point source model designed for medium-sized venues and large distributed systems that’s available in both bi-amped and self-powered versions.
The CCA10i incorporates two 10-inch drivers designed to provide reduced power compression, stated to provide bass reproduction down to 52 Hz. The system’s constant curvature waveguide is engineered to offer array coherence along with 160-degree symmetrical horizontal dispersion.
Mounted horizontally with tight acoustic centers to help minimize comb filtering, the CCA10i provides a fixed 20-degree vertical coverage pattern and can be flown with additional enclosures in vertical arrays. It’s loaded with a coaxial compression driver that uses separate midrange and high-frequency polymer ring-shaped diaphragm coupled to a stabilized waveguide (wave shaping device) and constant directivity horn delivers frequency response stated as 420 Hz to 18 kHz.
Blaze Audio director of loudspeakers Hugh Sarvis states, “The CCA10 is a high-power system with extremely good pattern control both in the horizonal and vertical plane. Having the crossover at 420 Hz between the bass and high frequency allows for great control over speech intelligibility. The goal with this system was to have a speaker with a really accurate on axis response and a very controlled smooth off axis response.
“Having a Klippel NFS (Near Field Scanner) enables us to really pay attention to the CEA2034 data to interface with early reflections and make a good ‘un room response’. Working at Blaze has allowed me to have the best combination of amplifiers and DSP. The marriage of a well-behaved speaker along with great amplification/DSP creates an extremely capable loudspeaker system.”
Go here for more information on the new CCA Series CCA10i loudspeaker.
