Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has announced the debut of Redline™, a family of powered loudspeakers designed to deliver renowned EAW sound quality and touring reliability with a feature set specifically designed for rental & staging and installation customers.
　　The Redline family consists of a two powered, two-way loudspeakers - the RL12 12-inch and RL15 15-inch - along with the RL18S 18-inch powered subwoofer.
　　Redline loudspeakers contain highly-customized precision transducers engineered to meet the demands of live sound. RL12 and RL15 offer perfectly consistent directivity via Beamwidth-Matched crossovers on 90 x 60 degree user-rotatable horns. Four-aperture ports provide massive bass support with no turbulence while maximizing transducer-cooling air flow for utmost reliability.
　　The self-powered loudspeakers feature 1,250 watts of fanless Class-D, Power Factor Corrected amplification. EAW Focusing™ sonic processing delivers the impulse response of a studio monitor with the impact demanded by live sound applications. DynO™ processing optimizes the power transfer from amplifiers to transducers to audience, maximizing headroom and sound quality at a high SPL. Three simple user-defined voicing options allow a variety of uses without need of a computer or external processor.　　The RL18S subwoofer is cardioid-ready via simple rear-panel controls, allowing end-users to achieve high levels of low-frequency control without need for complex processing or calculations.
　　“EAW engineers focused on designing a product with a streamlined, robust feature set with no extraneous widgets that can break or get in the way of working professionals,” explains EAW President Jeff Rocha.  “They utilized years of touring product experience - the KF, JF, SB and ADAPTive Systems™ product families - to create a product our customers will find incredibly useful and that will be a solid performer, day in and day out.”
　　Each Redline enclosure is built from 15 mm hardwood with EAW RoadCoat™ treatment to ensure rugged durability. The enclosures also incorporate symmetrical monitor angles to form left-right wedge pairs and integral road glove-ready wood handles for portability. Strong, sculpted grills made of 18-gauge steel can take a beating show after show after show. A magnetic, Redline stripe (removable for aesthetically sensitive events) identify the Redline family.