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What is 'Line Array'?
Technically, Line Array is any sound system where the coverage is controlled by the relative positioning of the speakers along a fixed line.

Recently, Line Array has become the generic name for large format sound systems where the speaker elements are arranged in one, tall, vertical column (as opposed to the conventional rectangular block)

What are the advantages?
The first, and major, advantage is that Line Array systems occupy a very small footprint in the concert production, freeing much space for video screens and maximising audience sight-lines.
The second advantage is extremely simple rigging, where the system is flown.
A third benefit is provision of cleaner sound to the audience in high-tiered seating, if the line array column is tall enough to reach them.
The fourth benefit is tighter audio-imaging, as the wavefront(s) do not suffer the usual 'big rig' interference, as the rig comprises just two columns.

At this point it must be pointed out that some systems currently in use fail to deliver on several of the above potential benefits.

What are the disadvantages?
The first, and massive, problem area for current line array systems is horizontal coverage.
Any audience outside a narrow 80deg arc suffers dramatic loss of clarity, unless the system is augmented by a conventional system to take over where the Line Array leaves off. This attempted remedy at best removes the physical advantages of Line Array, and at worst causes dramatic loss of sound quality where the two technologies are not compatible.
The other disadvantage is the difficulty to deliver bass frequency performance over the height of the column. Some systems resort to adding bass boxes alongside the mid/high Line Array, once again compromising the potential physical advantages.

What is the M8?
M8 is the model name given to the Line Array box from Malcolm Hill, based on the proven Powercube full range powered speaker.
M8 fully delivers on all the potential benfits of Line Array.
Moreover, M8 delivers a full, effective 120deg horizontal coverage to bring those benefits to virtually all the audience. And even if some audience are outside the 120deg arc, Powercube 'fills' can be intoduced with no loss of quality, as the technologies are identical.
M8 arrays are genuinely full-range, in 6 box format response is down to 55Hz, and in 12 box format, down to 45Hz.
In addition, M8 boxes are self-powered with studio quality, multichannel amplifiers allowing mix-position processing to fine tune dispersion, wavefront edge equalisation etc. etc.

M8 Specification: