Featuring advanced waveguide technology and new transducer design, JBL Professional has added two models to its Eon600 Series portable PA loudspeaker line-up – the Eon610 10-inch, two-way and Eon612 12-inch, two-way loudspeakers.

The Eon610 and Eon612 feature built-in, 1kW power amplification, providing headroom for a variety of applications, from fixed PA to gigging bands. Custom JBL high- and low-frequency transducers deliver high sound pressure levels with lower distortion throughout the frequency range.

Key to the Eon600’s performance is its waveguide design, solving the inherent ‘beaminess’ of conventional speaker systems that causes them to have a different frequency response off-axis than on-axis. JBL engineers examined the radiation characteristics of the Eon’s high- and low-frequency drivers at 36 different points with ‘exclusive measurement techniques’, then designed individual waveguides for both components that control the sound radiation at the high frequencies, the crossover point, and at the low frequencies.

Fluting is designed into the structure that guides the frequencies through the full range of the system, resulting in consistent response throughout its entire coverage pattern. The quality and consistency between on-axis and off-axis response delivers uniform coverage and high intelligibility.

JBL has also developed an iOS and Android supported interface to be paired with the Bluetooth Smart Ready 4.0 for controlling master volume, adjusting the five-way, user-definable parametric EQ, and saving and recalling presets. The interface controls Eon’s onboard 32-bit, 130mHz, ultra-low power, audio DSP subsystem.

Four strategically placed handles allow easy handling, indexed feet allow secure stacking, transportation and storage, and extra-strong enclosures promise reliability.

‘Since its introduction in January, the Eon615 has been extremely well-received and the addition of the Eon610 and Eon612 give today’s working musicians and sound providers modern, compact options for a portable sound system that offers truly unmatched sound quality,’ says Senior Manager for Portable PA Marketing, Andy Flint. ‘The Eon600 Series represents a complete rethinking of how truly good an affordable, self-contained, portable PA system can be.’