The Optima 5 is an ultra-compact vertically arraying loudspeaker enclosure that is designed to be both flexible in application and scalable in system size. Operational modes include pole mount, ground stack or flown array while systems can be configured from as compact as two pole mounted enclosures up to a flown drop of eighteen boxes. The cabinet combines two off 5” mid bass cone drivers with a 100 mm planar wave guide loaded on an integral horn structure. The horn structure has a nominal dispersion character of 110° horizontally by 15° vertically. All components use neodymium magnet structures.

The enclosure is manufactured from 15 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 filter medium bonded to its back surface. The enclosure incorporates a fully integrated fly system which permits box to box angle selection in 2.5° increments. Box to box connection is via three Kwik lock pins. To assist transit each cabinet has a handle on each end and the option of a flightcase which accepts six cabinets.