Alcons unveils ribbon developments

Alcons Audio has highlighted some of the developments it has made with its ribbon driver technology. The manufacturer has unveiled new product groups and transducer technology.

The new product group is the R-Series, which Alcons describes as taking its pro-ribbon cylindrical projection and coupling behaviour ‘in new and different directions’ whilst bringing ‘the benefits of this unique technology to applications not previously served’.

Another debut from the manufacturer is the Q-series QR24 model. This features a completely new pro-ribbon transducer platform that has been developed specifically for this system. Alcons claims this will ‘bring the modular line-source column concept to acoustically challenging rooms in a new form’.

Also new is the production version of the BC332 self-contained cardioid subwoofer system. This features newly designed direct radiating 18-inch and 15-inch woofers, utilising the same acoustic principles as featured on its bigger brother, the BC543, with both V-venting and flank-venting.

Away from loudspeakers, Alcons has introduced the Sentinel12 amplified loudspeaker controller. The main focus with this proprietary-designed, four channel, DSP-based controller was bringing Alcons’ pro-ribbon sound into the digital amplification domain, while increasing the system’s performance. Features include a four input/four output router, high-end hi-fi Class-D amplifier stages with 192kHz capability AES/EBU inputs and it is AVB network-prepared. Control is achieved via a large, full-colour TFT touch-screen and illuminated multi-colour encoder.

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