Outline presents Eidos 265 LA

Trade success beyond all expectations for the most compact array ever manufactured by the Italian company

Flero (Brescia), 2nd April 2012 – Judging by the continually increasing orders, the latest version of the compact VLA launched by Outline at Germany’s ProLight+Sound trade expo has aroused considerable interest, to the point of resulting in a trade success that exceeded all expectations in just a few days.

The Flero manufacturer states that the credit is certainly due in part to the interesting performance/price ratio, but also to the “plug & play” package offered – 8 Eidos 265 LA + 2 Flysub 15 + two T5-DSP amplifiers – tailor-made for medium and small rental firms.

Outline describes it as a “little big” array, as it is able to take a place at the top end of the category, and has the figures to prove it. Eidos 265 LA uses two 6.5” loudspeakers and a compression driver with a 2.5” diaphragm (1.41” throat) loaded with a (100° horizontal dispersion) waveguide. The aforementioned package obviously has a dedicated subwoofer (Flysub 15 - with a long-excursion 15” woofer), which is also brand-new and equipped with the same rigging hardware, perfect for both flying and stacked applications.

“We designed it with the sturdiness, reliability and reproduction quality for which we are recognized by the world’s major rental firms. This system’s field of application ranges from live work to permanent installations. It’s extremely easily handled for transport from one venue to another and equally simple to install in a theatre or conference room, but above all, thanks to its factory presets, can be up and running loud and clear in a few minutes, without any additional work”, comments Outline Loudspeaker systems Designer Francesco Simeoni.

“The only aspect that distinguishes it from its big brothers, such as the Mantas and Butterfly for example, is the size of audience it’s able to cover, in relation to its maximum SPL, which is among the highest – we’re proud to say – even when compared with key competitors equipped with larger diameter transducers”, concludes Simeoni.

The rigging hardware for flying the Eidos 265 LA, as well as that for the Flysub 15, is manufactured without any compromises. The combination of the material used – a special aluminium alloy – and a series of treatments of a mechanical and chemical nature ensure the structure superlative hardness (500 HV). Outline explains that this latter factor is decisive for contributing to maintaining efficient operation as well as excellent resistance to stress, corrosion and abrasion through time.

In fact, the system foresees the installation of up to 16 cabinets in a vertical line array, or set-ups including Flysub 15 subwoofers (for example: two Flysub 15 and eight Eidos 265 LA). However, the dispersion characteristics of the Eidos 265 LA also enable just a few elements to be used with wide splay angles (up to 10° between elements).

For filtering the signals fed to the LF and HF sections, Eidos 265 LA has an on-board passive crossover manufactured with top grade components (coils with very low resistance and metallized polypropylene capacitors). Further processing is done by the DSP in the Outline T5 power amplifier: the aim is to optimize electro-acoustic performance and ensure ample safety margins for the utmost reliability of the entire system.

A video on the Eidos 265 LA can be downloaded from Outline’s Web site (link – 71 MB), and is also available for excellent iPad viewing (link – 129 MB).