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user manual TA-500 rigging system and integrated Class D amplifier module. TA-500H Horizontal Three-way Loudspeaker The TA-500H is a horizontally-orientated version of the TA-500 with the mid/high section rotated through 90° in order to maintain a 50° horizontal by 25° vertical dispersion pattern housed in a rectangular enclosure. TA-500HDP Self-powered Horizontal Three-way Loudspeaker A self-powered version of the TA-500H horizontal enclure with integrated Class D amplifier module
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user manual TA-500 B18 Subwoofer The B18 is a compact bandpass subwoofer designed to be used in a variety of installed sound system applications as well as portable sub-bass support for Aspect TA-500 enclosures. It consists of a high-excursion, 4” voice-coil, 18” LF driver in a bandpass birch plywood enclosure of modest dimensions. Speakon NL4 connectors are provided on the rear panel with special cable access bays that allow cabinets to be positioned against a wall when intercon
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user manual TA-500 Transportation An optional WB-500 wheelboard is available which clips on to the front of the cabinet, allowing single units to be conveniently transported. These are designed to be stackable, so that when not in use they can be neatly stored without taking up unecessary floor space. TA-500 user manual Page 16
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user manual TA-500 FLYING AND STACKING Overview The Aspect system flying hardware is specifically designed to take advantage of its precise horizontal directivity characteristics, as well as to allow a wide range of adjustment of the vertical angles between adjacent enclosures, and the overall vertical inclination of each column of enclosures. This means that arrays can easily be optimised to suit the coverage requirements of any situation. Sound radiating from adjacent cabinets will
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user manual TA-500 Safety Notes on Rigging The Turbosound Aspect rigging system has been designed and constructed to a high standard of safety, and tested to the most demanding of specifications. In order to ensure the highest safety standards, the information following on the assembly and safe use of rigging accessories must be carefully understood and followed. Only use Turbosound recommended rigging accessories, which are specifically designed for their intended purpose. Do not use T
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user manual TA-500 Secondary Safeties All loudspeakers flown in theatres, studios or other places of work and entertainment must, in addition to the principle load bearing means of suspension, be provided with an independent, properly rated and securely attached secondary safety. Only steel wire ropes or steel chains of an approved construction and load rating may be used as secondary safeties. Plastic covered steel wire ropes are not permitted for use as secondary safeties. Safety I
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user manual TA-500 When initially ratcheting a column of speakers it is good to bear in mind the expected angle of inclination so as to avoid ending up with too much of the strap left on the ratchet. This is important because the ratchet can only take three complete turns before it releases itself. WARNING: If a tilt strap is released suddenly, the column of enclosures may tend to swing violently forwards and care must be taken to avoid danger to persons in the vicinity. It is essential t
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ASPECT TA-500 SYSTEMS
TA-500
TA-500DP
TA-500t
TA-500tDP
TA-500H
TA-500HDP
TA-500HM
USER MANUAL
Turbosound Ltd.
Star Road, Partridge Green
West Sussex RH13 8RY United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1403 711447 Fax: +44 (0)1403 710155
web: www.turbosound.com
Issue 1.1 © Turbosound Ltd.
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user manual TA-500 Contents EC Declaration of Conformity...........................................................................................................................6 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................7 Turbosound Aspect System Concepts .......................................................................................................7 The A
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user manual TA-500 Flybar Settings ............................................................................................................................................23 Touring two-wide flybar.............................................................................................................................23 Table 1: Flying Matrix .................................................................................................................................25 FC-500T F
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user manual TA-500 Features .......................................................................................................................................................43 Front Panel Functions.................................................................................................................................44 Rear Panel Functions..................................................................................................................................46 Operati
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user manual TA-500 General Features & Facilities .....................................................................................................................61 Front Panel Functions T-25 ........................................................................................................................62 Front Panel Functions T-45 ........................................................................................................................63 Mechanical Installation.
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user manual TA-500 EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturer Turbosound Ltd Star Road, Partridge Green, West Sussex, RH13 8RY Products TA-500DP TA-500tDP TA-500HDP T-25 Power Amplifier T-45 Power Amplifier LMS-D26 Controller LMS-D24 Controller Standards Safety EN60065:2003 Relevant Specifications used as basis for tests EN66103-1:1996 EN55103-2:1996 Category Professional apparatus for use in Commercial Light Industrial and controlled EMC environments. CE Marking
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user manual TA-500 INTRODUCTION Turbosound Aspect System Concepts The TA-500 system is a modular point source loudspeaker system designed to deliver extremely high fidelity audio. The system is easily scaleable medium scale ground-stacked and flown concert touring down to small clubs and events. The Aspect system concept centres around the exceptional directivity of the patented Polyhorn™ devices employed in the high frequency and high-mid frequency sections of the mid/high enclosure.
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user manual TA-500 The Aspect Polyhorn™ Concept The patented Polyhorn™ design effectively solves the problem of the tendency for exponential horns to beam with increasing frequency. Dividing the multi-cellular horn into multiple tapered waveguides guarantees that the path length of each micro-horn is equal from the surface of the driver diaphragm to the horn mouth, and ensures that all frequencies from all parts of the diaphragm arrive at the horn mouth together. This provides the wavefr
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user manual TA-500 • The TA-500 features approximately twice the horizontal and vertical dispersion as the narrower TA-880 and TA-890 products, making it more suitable for medium- and near-field applications in smaller rooms. • The Polyhorn™ displays a similarly sharp cut-off at the dispersion edges to the narrower TA-880 and TA-890 products, as illustrated below, and this makes it practical to cover a lot of small to medium venues with only two cabinets per side, giving approximately
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user manual TA-500 The Loudspeaker Management System (LMS) Concept Turbosound Loudspeaker Management Systems are more than just electronic crossovers. As well as steep slope active filters and high performance limiters, they provide full digital alignment of all components in the Aspect enclosures, to ensure a coherent acoustic output. They also incorporates a number of features which contribute to overall system reliability and ease of setting-up and use. All system parameters such as
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user manual TA-500 Power Amplifiers In addition to the Turbosound T-25 and T-45 model amplifiers recommended for use with Aspect systems, the following other power amplifier brands provide sufficient performance and mechanical compatibility to perform well with Aspect loudspeaker systems: • MC2 E series • Lab Gruppen FP series • Crest Pro series • QSC Powerlight II series Digital Controllers In addition to the Turbosound LMS-D24 and LMS-D26 loudspeaker management systems, the fol
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user manual TA-500 Neodymium magnets are used throughout all drive units. This results in higher efficiency, less power compression and reduced overall weight. Low-mid frequency drivers are designed to be rear-facing in the enclosure, enabling the heatsink / phase plug to be placed in the air flow to aid cooling. TA-500 user manual Page 12
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user manual TA-500 TA-500 Three-way Loudspeaker The TA-500 trapezoidal enclosure contains a Turbo- loaded neodymium 15" LF driver, a custom 10” MF driver on a Polyhorn™ device, and a custom HF driver on a Polyhorn™ device, covering a frequency range from 60Hz up to 18kHz (with DSP). The two Polyhorn™ devices are designed to generate an exceptionally smooth and accurately defined wavefront across a 50º horizontal by 25º vertical dispersion pattern, and over the entire mid and high fre
