NAMM 2024: Remember Eminent Technology’s ‘flat-panel’ Model Twenty guitar taxi from 2022? Well, the Florida-based audio company has actually now revealed its follower: the Model Twenty-Two, which has actually been marketed as a “advanced style” that “introduce an extraordinary period of sustainable audio engineering.”
In the summertime of ’22, Eminent Technology debuted its Model Twenty — an ultra-slim guitar taxi that minimized both weight and area while at the same time using a broadened frequency variety. As an item that challenged nearly 70-odd years of stagnant taxi tech, it searched for all intents and functions to be the future of guitar taxis.
Now, the brand name has actually returned with yet another ridiculously structured offering in the Model Twenty-Two, which maintains its predecessor’s fondness for mobility, size and sonic growth, however theorizes its style function for a larger variety of usages.
Particularly, the brand-new taxi– referred to as “the world’s very first flat panel active guitar speaker”– is created as both an active taxi that can serve 2 functions: either as a devoted FRFR speaker for your amp modeleror a amp and taxi simulator to couple with a routine pedalboard
Amazingly, it’s even lighter than the 21lb Model Twenty, with the brand-new design weighing in at simply 16.5 pounds. Approved, it’s smaller sized, however still kindly sized: it’s 16″ high and 22″ large. It’s likewise somewhat thicker– 5″ rather of the 2.5″ of the previous design– however with its broadened functions, that’s easy to understand.
It’s so light, you can even use it with a guitar strapThat’s not a joke, either: we’ve attempted it. Our really own Editor-in-Chief, Michael Astley-Brown, was on hand to hear its sonic capacity (thanks to a Tomo Fujita demonstration) and experience its outrageous lightness.
In practice, the Model Twenty-Two has an FRFR speaker mode– which, as is normal with FRFR taxis, will not impact the tone of your modeler– in addition to preamp, taxi just, and amp and taxi modes.
There’s more to the Model Twenty-Two than just its game-changing light-weight profile and multi-purpose performance. It’s likewise been declared as “the really first eco-friendly speaker.”
“The electrical guitarfor over seventy years, has actually been connected to out-of-date innovation, continuously utilizing the traditional direct radiator speaker,” the brand name stated in a declaration. “Now, it’s time to break brand-new ground with an ingenious idea: presenting the world’s very first active flat panel guitar speaker cabinet.
“This innovative style is not simply a leap forward in sound quality, however it likewise marks a turning point as the really first eco-friendly speaker. This introduce an extraordinary age of sustainable audio engineering.”
Product intake is dramatically minimized, for example, due to its smaller sized footprint. Its smaller sized footprint, on the other hand, assists with transport expenses: who requires to pack a taxi into a gas-guzzling van when you can sling it over your shoulder and bring it yourself?
“Eminent Technology’s flat panel speaker style permits the very best possible vibrant action in the speaker market,” the brand name goes on. “Imagine having access to all 350 watts within your reaches at a minute’s notification and getting the clearness you’ve just dreamed about thanks to this innovative style.
“Coming in at simply under 20 pounds and 5 inches thick, any gig, anywhere, and at anytime is now a possibility.”
Preorders will be readily available next month for $1,600.
Head over to Eminent Technology to learn more.
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