Anderson Audio has added an Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) Anna Adaptive System to its inventory. With 16 Anna modules, the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based company regards it as its new flagship loudspeaker system.

‘The new Anna PA won’t replace our KF740 arrays, instead it will give us the opportunity to build a new client base and get work that we haven’t won before,’ says owner Chris Anderson. ‘This PA will allow us to provide solutions that other systems can’t,’ Anderson continues. ‘I believe that we will get festivals and events that we didn’t get before. When investing in something new, you want to make sure it will help grow your business – I am confident this will do exactly that.’

Anna provides Adaptive Performance for a wide range of applications that require exceptional sound quality, high output and precise coverage. In addition, Anna can adapt coverage to any venue geometry in seconds. It’s compact footprint – columns hang straight and array horizontally – and low weight allow it to be used for mobile as well as permanent installations.

Each Anna module includes 14 custom transducers: eight HF compression drivers, four 5-inch MF cone transducers combine, and dual high-power 10-inch LF cone transducers to extend horizontal pattern control well into the lower octaves. Enclosures also have 14 built-in amplifier and processing channels providing independent power and control of each loudspeaker component. 

With Resolution 2 software, Anna can assess 3D coverage of a space, determine processing and configuration for coverage, and then implement this in processing. If coverage requirements change, Resolution 2 can quickly reconfigure and still blanket the area with extremely high fidelity, output and coverage control.

Anderson Audio is a long-time EAW customer. The Anna joins a complement of KF730, KF740 and NTL720 line arrays; SB1000, SB2001 and NTL250 subwoofers, as well as JF and Redline point source systems. 

‘EAW sent out Bernie Broderick and Gino Pellicano out to Harrisburg to train our team on the new system,’ Anderson says. ‘It was exceptional. There are so many audio basics that make the system sound so good, it was fun to revisit them. Plus, the way the boxes combine, it takes advantage of acoustic principles that make it sound so much better than a J-shaped line array. I can’t express how happy we are with this addition to our inventory – we are having conversations with customers that we couldn’t have before. It is sure to help grow business.’