Yorkshire-based speaker specialist BishopSound has launched its first line array loudspeaker system, the Delta Dual 8-inch Passive Line Array. Concurrently, the company opened a dedicated demo facility in the Midlands, where the Line Array and other BishopSound products can be evaluated by prospective buyers. 

Designed and tuned in the UK, the Delta Passive Line Array BLA208 comprises dual 8-inch enclosures, each loaded with two 8-inch BishopSound Neo Drivers with 2.5-inch voice coils and two 1.34-inch HF units with titanium diaphragms. British made Kevlar speaker cones are used throughout. Each box delivers 600W RMS and operates at 65-20kHZ.

Designed to perform at maximum efficiency and minimum weight each plywood box weighs 18kg.

‘The live music scene is getting increasingly competitive, and the needs of our industry have changed,’ says BishopSound's Andrew Bishop. ‘Promoters are driving rental companies into the ground by offering less money for the sound at events and the middle market for high-quality affordable PA products has been vacant… that is, until now.

'Prices of some of the larger big name line array systems have reached a point that they simply cannot earn their keep, so our challenge was to come up with a system that sounded good, was reliable and will be affordable and profitable for hire companies and end-users to own and run. We have opened a new facility in the Midlands so that prospective buyers can pick a time to suit them and have access to a BishopSound consultant/engineer on a one-to-one basis to demonstrate just how much they can now get for their money.’

BishopSound's Delta Passive Line Array has an RRP of £2,499 but is available at £1,999 inc VAT as an introductory offer. A plywood flightcase is included.

More: www.bishopsound.com