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If the saying, "Time flies when you're having fun" is true, we must be having the time of our lives!  I can't believe it's almost time for Hickoy Fest already! We've been blessed with an awesome Summer so far, full of awesome music, people, and festivals.  I've finally had a chance to slow down and post some of the pictures from this Summer's events.  Please check them out in our Live Sound Gallery.

FBT has just released the new HiMaxX40A sef-powered loudspeaker.  The new HiMaxX40a is basically more of everything that you already love about the FBT MaxX4a:  more maximum SPL, more bass, and better sound quality all while weighing in at less than 40 LBS!

Below are the HiMaxx40a specifications.  Attached to this post is the FBT catalog pages for the new model.  Please contact us for pricing!

Cobra Sound would like to announce they are now authorized dealers for the full line of Ashly Audio products.  Ashly manufactures a wide range of signal processing and amplification equipment.  With products suited for installed A/V, live sound and production, Ashly probably has the solution to your audio problem.  Please contact Cobra Sound for more information and a free quote!

Cobra Sound is proud to announce that they are now dealers for the complete line of RME Audio products. RME is the premier digital audio interface and microphone pre-amp manufacturer. Their products are highly regarded for their sound quality and reliability. Please contact Cobra Sound for any digital audio interface needs.

Cobra Sound will also be adding RME FireFace 800 firewire interfaces to their inventory. The RME units will be used for live multi-track recordings and also to expand the number of analog inputs on several of their digital mixing consoles.

From the beginning...

The original intention of the speaker shootout was to compare and evaluate several of the smaller format self-powered cabinets and systems that are commonly used in Disc Jockey and small FOH applications. I think we successfully accomplished that goal and were also able to fire up some bigger speakers while we were there too. This was not an exhaustive scientifically based shootout. We tried to keep things fair but informal and fun. We were mostly focused on listening rather than testing.

The playback system consisted of a laptop using an external USBpre interface for MP3 and WAV file playback. The USBpre was run into a Mackie 1202 basically used for level control and some very small EQ tweaks later on in the listening sessions. The 1202 fed a pair of Sabine Navigator 3600 DSPs (each DSP was handling the routing for one of the main channels from the 1202). Each output of the DSP was used to feed a different loudspeaker so that we could easily change the active speakers by muting and un-muting the DSP outputs. With the aid a Radio Shack digital SPL meter and pink noise we set the volume of each of the speakers to the same relative volume at approximately one meter.

Cobra Sound is proud to announce that they are now dealers for the full line of Danley Sound Labs products. Danley Sound Labs continues to create innovative products that have wide appeal in both the installed sound and portable sound system spaces.

Cobra Sound also would like to announce the availability of their new Front Of House speaker system featuring Danley Sound Labs SH-50's for mid/high cabinets and TH-115 cabinets for aux fed subwoofers. The system is processed by Sabine Navigator NAV-3600 DSP's and powered by QSC PLX2 amplifiers.

Please contact Cobra Sound today to learn more about the Danley Sound Lab products or to book their services featuring the new Danley sound rig for your next event!

Cobra Sound is proud to announce that they are now dealers for the complete line of products from RCF. RCF manufactures a broad range of self-powered and passive cabinets including the incredibly versatile ART series and the high performance TT+ series. Please contact us for more information, pricing, and availability.

Cobra Sound is proud to announce that they are now an authorized dealer for the full line of FBT products.  FBT manufactures a wide range of professional audio products and has the most highly regarded plastic molded enclosure cabinets available.  Cobra Sound will be adding the FBT PSR212 MA self-powered co-axial monitors and FBT Maxx4A cabinets to their inventory.  Please contact Cobra Sound for more information on these great products!

Yorkville Sound has finally announced the self-powered U15P cabinet!  Featuring an active 3-way design, integrated Digital Signal Processing, and 900 watts of power the U15P is sure to please.  The U15P is expected to ship mid-March with a list price of $1899 each and an estimated sale price of $1375 each.  We are anticipating that Yorkville will quickly sell out of their first production run so get your orders in early! 

Yorkville has also announced several other products at Winter NAMM:

• Traynor K4 300 watt Keyboard amplifier
• Traynor K2 200 watt Keyboard amplifier
• Traynor YCS100 / YCS412 "The Ultimate Half-stack" Guitar Head and 4*12 cabinet
• Traynor Dynagain Practice Amps (DG10, DG15, DG15R, and the DG30D)
• Yorkville YX Series Loudspeakers (YX10, YX12, YX15, YX215, YX18S, and the self-powered YX15P)
• Yorkville CX80P 100 watt self-powered two-way 8" speaker
• Traynor TVM10 Battery Powered 15 watt Amplifier
• Yorkville NX300 300 watt 15" Passive Loudspeaker
• Yorkville Coliseum C190 150 watt 8" Installation Loudspeaker
• Yorkville Coliseum CA12 12 Channel 50 watts/channel Installation Amplifier
• Yorkville AudioPro AP1020 400 watts/channel amplifier
• Apex DP-3 Drum Microphone package
• Apex 205 Ribbon Microphone
• Apex Act2 Cable Tester