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NAMM Update: Designed by the same team that produced Mackie’s best-selling compact active loudspeakers, TAPCO’s THUMP TH-15A Active Loudspeaker’s two-way bass reflex (ported) design provides accurate response from 20kHz all the way down to 40Hz.
If these are anything like Mackie’s SRM 450’s, they’re going to sound very good.
Class D circuitry drives a custom, high-precision 15-inch [...]

 

NAMM: TAPCO introduced its Series 69 professional-quality passive speakers.
Series 69 Loudspeakers offer premium drivers, PVC vinyl-covered wood enclosures, custom-molded thermoplastic edge bumpers.
Series Features:

Premium Mackie-designed woofers and compression drivers
PVC vinyl covered, multi-ply birch wood enclosures with protective edge bumpers
Most compact portable cabinet designs in their class
Speakon and 1/4″ TS inputs
Pole mountable

 

2007 NAMM Update: Mackie announced the debut of the newest member of the SRM family, the SRM150.
I’ve got a pair of SRM450’s, and have been very happy with them, so it’s great to see a compact member of the family.
The Mackie SRM150 Compact Active PA System is a versatile and expandable solution for a variety [...]

 

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: M-Audio announced the M-Audio EX Series EX66 digital high-definition studio reference monitors. Sold separately, the monitors integrate easily into both 2-channel and multichannel environments.
“The M-Audio EX66 monitor represents the culmination of years of research,” according to Adam Castillo, marketing director at M-Audio. “We wanted to start from scratch, developing new technology [...]

 

Yorkville has added the all-new ultra-compact 200-watt K2 to their tube-driven keyboard amplifier line. The K2 is the smallest keyboard amplifier to offer Traynor’s innovative tube / solid-state input and proprietary Voicing circuitry, first introduced on its big brother, the K4. This unique input design makes the Traynor K2 more than a monitor, but part [...]