The Optima 12 is a medium format vertically arraying loudspeaker enclosure. It is designed to be used in flown vertical columns, of up to 18 cabinets. The cabinet combines two off 12” bass cone drivers, with a horn loaded 8” midrange cone ” driver. An integral HF horn structure and composite Vector Guide wave shaping device is mounted with three 1” exit compression drivers. The horn structure has a nominal dispersion character of 90° horizontally by up to 8° vertically. All components use neodymium magnet structures.

The enclosure is manufactured from 15 & 18 mm birch plywood and coated in a heavy duty polyurea finish. The cabinet front has a protective steel grill coated in a water-resistant powder coat finish, which has an acoustically transparent polyester cloth bonded to its rear surface. Optima 12 incorporates a fully integrated fly system which permits box to box angle selection in 1° increments. Box to box connection is via four Kwik lock pins. To assist transit each cabinet has a handle on each end panel and a further pair of handles on the rear panel, which also help when selecting inter box angles. Rear angle selection bars are damped for controlled movement and allow pin selection for either a dead hang or a dual motor compression hang.