New Network-compatible System Subwoofer Makes for an All-new ELEMENTS Experience

With the new ELEMENTS E 115 Sub D system subwoofer, HK Audio is now not only meeting customer demand for increased bass performance and smart, contemporary features such as networkability, software-based remote control and Plug'n'Play Cardioid functionality -- the powerful audio controlling is also billed as improving the mid- and high-range reproduction of existing ELEMENTS systems.

Compared to the previous subwoofer models in the ELEMENTS series, the new 15" high-performance woofer, together with the 1,500W power amplifier, delivers noticeably greater sound pressure and an extended low frequency response. The new ELEMENTS E 115 Sub D now delivers a 900W power amplifier output to effortlessly drive up to three E 835 mid/high units.

The centerpiece of the new ELEMENTS E 115 Sub D system subwoofer is the integrated latest-generation digital controller. Compared to the previous analog filters, this allows extremely effective and detailed processing of the sound characteristics in both the bass and the mid-high frequency range. This can be heard particularly impressively with the well-established E 435 and E 835 mid/high units, which play at a whole new level in terms of frequency response, resolution and radiation when operated with the ELEMENTS E 115 Sub D.

The new high-performance controller also provides the basis for a range of modern, practical features. This includes full networking capability for several ELEMENTS stacks or even for LINEAR 7 speaker models. Using the HK Audio DSP CONTROL Software available for MacOS and Windows, even complex networks can be controlled conveniently and clearly from the FoH position. It allows users to adjust the volume of the system and the lines, as well as a fully parametric 10-band EQ, tunable high and low pass filters, delay times, limiters and other parameters.

A further highlight is the efficient, simple-to-use Cardioid bass function. To use it, simply connect an HK Audio LINEAR SUB 1500 A to the Cardioid Out of the ELEMENTS E 115 Sub D. The result is a powerful focusing of the forward bass radiation with rear bass attenuation by app. 30dB.

Lars Reime, senior product manager at HK Audio, says: "The new HK Audio ELEMENTS E 115 Sub D not only stands out with its impressive bass experience, efficient Plug'n'Play Cardioid function, advanced networkability and professional controlling options -- it also takes the mid- and high-range reproduction of existing ELEMENTS systems to a whole new level, thus considerably boosting sustainability and value retention."