RCF to Reveal New Pro and Commercial Audio Ranges at PLASA Focus: Leeds

RCF will be showing some of their flagship systems at this year's PLASA Focus: Leeds, to be held at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds April 30-May 1.

The Italian manufacturer will be exhibiting products from both the RCF commercial audio and installed sound range, plus professional speaker systems -- in two dedicated display areas.

New in the commercial and installed catalog will be the AX8042 DSP Matrix Automixer, DXT9000 Voice Alarm System, and Media Series M1001 and M1201.

The AX8042 is a versatile digital matrix mixer designed on a powerful DSP platform, with eight universal mic/line inputs (one of which can be set as noise detection input) and six outputs on four lines. Thanks to the available processing power, a large number of audio parameters can be set and expansion possibilities exploited, the company says.

The DXT 9000 is a fully scalable, EN-54 compliant digital voice alarm system, built on a double-ring topology, with all digital amplifiers and active components connected using RCF's Flexicomm bus technology. There is a choice of two master controllers, three monitored class D amplifiers, three paging mics, and a remote level control and program selector.

Media M1001 and M1201 are multipurpose two-way full-range speaker systems, suitable for a wide range of installations. The company notes the compactness, together with the elegant and neutral design with accurate finishing, make them suitable for almost any environment and architectural constraint.

The M1001 houses 1" HF driver (1.4" voice coil) and 10" woofer (2.5" voice coil) while the M1201 contains a 1" HF driver (1.4" voice coil) and 12" woofer (2.5" voice coil).

Pride of place in RCF's professional systems will go to the latest additions to the TT+ (touring and theatre) series -- the TT1-A , TT2-A, and TT5-A -- which will be launched this spring. Described by the company as "next generation," these new network controlled loudspeakers offer powerful manipulation of pattern control as they are steered through an onboard DSP network, communicating via RDNet, their dedicated networking protocol. A working demo will show how RDNet is used to monitor all system parameters.

RCF will also give an airing to the HDL 20-A active line array in composite enclosure -- the popular flagship of their D-Line series.