NEXO GEO M620 Line Array Makes InfoComm 2014 Debut

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. will preview the new NEXO GEO M6 compact loudspeaker series at InfoComm 2014.

In its design, the GEO M6 extends beyond NEXO's tradition of live music applications toward the corporate AV sector and a wide range of fixed installation opportunities where speech reinforcement is the primary requirement. Target markets include theatre, conference facilities, and auditoriums, exhibition halls, multi-purpose rooms, airports, shopping malls, entertainment parks, and houses of worship. The product is comprised of the GEO M620 arrayable cabinet and the GEO M6B bass extension.

The GEO M620 is a full-range unit for stand-alone, curved array or line array applications. It uses a NEXO-designed long-excursion high-efficiency 6.5" LF driver and 1x1" throat driver on a BEA/FEA optimized HR Wavesource, to deliver a frequency response of 80 Hz - 19 kHz ±3dB, with nominal peak SPL of 127dB. HF dispersion is 80° or 120° horizontal, with 20° vertical coverage, 0° to 20° splay when arrayed. Using NEXO's HRW patented waveguide for optimum HF coupling the M620 performs in a variety of configurations, facilitated by a fully-integrated 3-point rigging system.

"The GEO M6 Series will be beneficial for sound company rental inventory and extremely adaptable for various situations," says Marc Lopez, marketing manager, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. "The product design offers maximum potential for sound reinforcement installations for many applications."

The GEO M6B is a low and mid-frequency extension box for applications that demand more powerful reinforcement, such as live music. With one 6.5" 8-ohm long-excursion driver, the M6B weighs just under 17lb and shares the same physical footprint as the M620, allowing the cabinets to be arrayed together in the same column. Featuring a flare-shaped port tube to increase low-frequency efficiency and linearity at high power, the M6B offers a usable range @-6dB of 70Hz - 1kHz.

The loudspeakers can be used as single or in pairs, in curved arrays of three, in line arrays up to 12 cabinets long, depending on application and enabled by a range of accessories that allow flying, wall-mounting, pole-mounting, and ground-stacking, pairing with any of NEXO's range of sub-bass cabinets to create a highly portable SR solution, the company says. GEO M6B bass extensions can be deployed inside a M620 line array, allowing the user to increase line array length for improved directivity control and output in the low-mid-frequency range.