EAW MK2396 - Manual

Eastern Acoustic Works One Main Street Whitinsville, MA 01588 tel 800 992 5013 / 508 234 6158 fax 508 234 8251 www.eaw.com
EAW products are continually improved. All specifications are therefore subject to change without notice. Part Number: RD0243 (1) MK2396 June 2005
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DESCRIPTION
• Permanent installation system, selectable single-amp or bi-amp
• Rotatable HF horn provides mounting options
The MK2300 Series of 2-way, high output, trapezoidal loudspeakers are
designed as main PA for smaller venues, including houses of worship,
auditoriums/theaters, A/V systems, hotel ballrooms, and meeting rooms.
The Series is also ideal for distributed or fill purposes in larger venues,
including houses of worship, auditorium/theaters, arenas, stadiums,
nightclubs, and themed-entertainment complexes.
To meet the design goals for the intended applications, EAW engineers
developed a new, high performance, 3-inch voice coil, compression
driver mating it to a selection of six different HF horns with patterns from
60° x 45° to 120° x 60°. The horns are as large as the enclosure size
allows to maintain consistent directivity throughout the HF passband. A3-
inch voice coil, 12 inch LF driver, was designed to complement the sonic
character and output of the HF driver. All MK2300 models are carefully
voiced to sound similar, permitting diverse horn patterns to be mixed
throughout an installation while maintaining the same sonic quality. The
results are cleaner, usable, high-fidelity output to significantly higher
levels than is normally expected from loudspeakers of this size and price.
Single-amp and bi-amp operating modes are user-selectable. In single-
amp mode, the beamwidth-matching passive crossover is designed for
even power response through crossover, low power losses, and high
power handling. In bi-amp mode a digital signal processor (DSP) is
required, providing sophisticated processing to maximize performance.
Foam-backed grilles hide the drivers from view for pleasing aesthetics.
Thirteen mounting points allow enclosures to be mounted in virtually any
configuration. Additional mounting points mate with OmniMount® 120.0
Series or similar brackets. Standard colors are black and white. Other
colors can be specified as a special order items.
The MK2300 are the smaller companions to the MK5300 Series
loudspeakers. Enclosures for both series are the same height facilitating
installation where more than one horn pattern and/or type of loudspeaker
capability is needed. Six Year Warranty.
2-WAY FULL-RANGE 90° x 60°
See NOTES TABULAR DATA for details
CONFIGURATION
Subsystem
Transducer Loading
LF 1x 12 in cone Vented
HF 1x 1.4 in exit, 3 in voice Horn-loaded
coil compression driver
Operating Mode
Amplifier Channels External Signal Processing
Single-amp LF/ HF High pass filter
Bi-amp LF, HF DSP w/2-way filters
PERFORMANCE 1
Operating Range 70 Hz to 20 kHz
Nominal Beamwidth (rotatable)
Horz 90°
Vert 60°
Axial Sensitivity (whole space SPL)
LF/HF 97 dB 70 Hz to 20 kHz
LF 97 dB 70 Hz to 1820 Hz
HF 108 dB 1290 Hz to 17 kHz
Input Impedance (ohms)
Nominal Minimum
LF/HF 8 7.2 @ 178 Hz
LF 8 7.1 @ 290 Hz
HF 8 8.5 @ 6050 Hz
High Pass Filter
High Pass =>60 Hz, 12 dB/octave Butterworth
Accelerated Life Test 2
LF/HF 69 V 600 W @ 8 ohm
LF 69 V 600 W @ 8 ohm
HF 35 V 150 W @ 8 ohm
Calculated Axial Output Limit (whole space SPL)
Average Peak
LF/HF 125 dB 131 dB
LF 125 dB 131 dB
HF 130 dB 136 dB
ORDERING DATA
Description Part Number
MK2396 2-Way Full-Range Loudspeaker Black 0013326
MK2396 2-Way Full-Range Loudspeaker White 0013757
MK2396 2-Way Full-Range Loudspeaker Black-WP 0013786
Optional Accessories
Eyebolt/Forged Shoulder (3/8-16 x 1.25 in)
104001
MK2/5000 U-Bracket Black 0007869
MK2/5000 U-Bracket White 0015076
1 To achieve specified performance, the listed external signal processing with EAW-provided settings is required.
2 For recommendations to select power amplifier size refer to : “HOW MUCH AMPLIFIER POWER DO I NEED?” on the EAW web site.