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Equipment file · Directivity-controlled loudspeaker and line array series

Q-Series

d&b audiotechnik · 2003

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

d&b's Q-Series of 2003 combined rotatable constant-directivity horns, dipolar drivers and toroidal wave-shaping across the Q1, Q7, Q10 and Q-SUB, so single boxes and arrays were compatible. The Q1 used two 10-inch drivers and a 1.3-inch compression driver on a toroidal waveguide.

Introduced
2003
Category
Directivity-controlled loudspeaker and line array series
Intended use
Theatre, orchestral and live sound
Production
d&b audiotechnik; heritage product

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It applied line-array principles to theatre and orchestral work where directivity mattered more than raw SPL.

  2. 02

    It followed the C4 in tying loudspeakers to d&b's own amplifiers.

Engineering record

Q1
2 × 10-inch dipolar plus 1.3-inch HF on toroidal waveguide; 75° × 15°[1]
Q1 arrays
Splay 0°–14°, columns of 2 to 20 cabinets[1]

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

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Public price evidence was not sufficient to publish a defensible original figure.

Use in the field

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Manuals & original documents

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Sources

  1. 1Q1 loudspeakerd&b audiotechnik · reference
  2. 2d&b audiotechnik's Q-Series expansionLSi Online · archive · 2004

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