Was hoping to get this posted at the same time as preceding images but day to day stuff like flying to Dubai for PALME show go in the way.
Anyway on Thursday we were able to test some FlexArray outside against a leading competitve product - the names have been deleted to protect the innocent (look closely at the images and I'm sure that the trainspotter amongst you will figure it out - if not contact me by mail and I'll name names). Anyway these products were brought down by a friendly rental company, but not a company known for any relationship with Turbosound, who came down mob-handed to listen and play.
As the systems were being set up this being spring in the UK, it went from bright sunshine to dark skies and lashing rain. Eventually the rain stopped, the skies cleared a little and the forklifts came out to provide each cluster of three speakers with some height. For those of you not accquainted with Turbo Towers we are on an industrial estate in the rolling West Sussex countryside, luckily for us there is a large expansive of heath/wasteland in front of the factory that leads to the downs. Normally the playground for birds, rabbits, cats, dogs, deer and kids on BMX bikes, every now and again we use it to test products. If you are interested have a look at http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=turbosound+ltd&near=rh13+8ry&ie=UTF8&ll=50.959589,-0.305557&spn=0.011353,0.029011&t=h&z=15
Anyway it gives us several hundred metres of open space to test speakers occasionally before we upest the whole village and/or break the Criminal Justice Act 1994 and Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (aimed at illegal raves and free parties, and another nail in the coffin of personal freedoms in the UK).
Enough about raving back to the "pepsi challenge". For the record both systems comprised of 3 cabs running fully active tri-amp, with appropriate subs groundstacked. The system we were up against has more components and, according to the specs for this latest version at least, should have outperformed Flex easily. Not quite the case. Despite being smaller, lighter, cheaper Flex certainly held its own in performance terms, and certainly sounded better - ie smoother, more detailed mids, less harsh HF and no gap between the Mid/High and the sub. And that's not my opinion but that of the rental company. Who are now seriously considering how to invest their money in the near future, especially when the flexibilty of Flex Array was explained to them.
We're hoping to do some more such A/Bs and have some gigs lined up in the nexty few weeks which I'll try to post up here as and when. In the meantime
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