HK Audio L5-115FA, L5-112XA, L5-112FA User Manual
LINEAR 5
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Professional wood cabinets, premium
components and innovative technologies
make LINEAR 5 the loudest speaker line
in its class. A wide selection of short and
long throw solutions, passive and powered
models and bespoke controller-driven
amps furnishes ever ything professional
bands and PA providers need to get the
job done, day in and day out. What’s more,
every option is a premium-quality, flexible
and remarkably aordable solution –
all made in Germany.
LINEAR 5 ACTIVE & PASSIVE MID/HIGH UNITS
LINEAR 5 112 X / XA
Fine-tuned for rendering speech in the key
frequency range starting at 100 hertz, the
L5 112X / XA is predestined for use as a mid/
high unit to cover great throw distances. Such
applications donot require a tremendous amount
of low-end reinforcement, so HK Audio opted for
an ingenious space-saving housing that is angled,
surprisingly compact, and equipped with a
60° x 40° CD horn for optimum directivity.
Able to handle plenty of gain before feedback,
this multifunctional enclosure can even serve
as a powerful stage monitor.
LINEAR 5 112 F / FA LINEAR 5 115 F / FA
These are two extraordinarily versatile fullrange models.
Just two L5 112 F / FA units mounted on speaker stands
can provide genuine fullrange coverage. The L5 115 F / FA
delivers rich, low-ranging bass response to satisfy that
will satisf y even the challenging monitoring demands of
discerning DJs. Both models feature an asymmetrical,
rotatable constant directivity horn (60° - 90° x 55°) that
provides wide-ranging coverage in the near field, paired
with plenty of long-distance reach. Variable EQ presets let
you adapt the frequency response: A flip of a switch is all
it takes to transform these fullrange speakers for small
to midsized rooms into powerful top units for LINEAR
subwoofers.
Panel: LINEAR 115 FA Panel: LINEAR 115 F
FE ATURES
All models are equipped with two class D amplifiers,
one each for the tweeter and woofer. The integrated
controller provides three active protective circuits
(short circuit, thermal, over/under voltage), a peak
limiter and a subsonic filter to maximize both load
handling and component life.
LINEAR 5 ACTIVE & PASSIVE MID/HIGH UNITS
LINEAR 5 LTS / LTS A
LONG THROW. ULTRA COMPACT. ECONOMICAL.
What does it take to throw the entire frequency spectrum over 30 meters and beyond? Only large line arrays
pack a punch powerful enough to deliver that kind of performance. Until now, that is.
LINEAR 5 LTS / LTS A has arrived, and it’s the first speaker to deliver real long throw performance in an ultracompact format. Now you can hit the road with fewer speaker components in tow, saving valuable space on
your truck. What’s more, you can set up, stack and fly rigs that much faster and easier.
The new LINEAR 5 LTS / LTS A is not only the easiest way of treating audiences of up to 3,000 to the
best sound; it’s also the most economical option out there.
SETUPS
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LONG THROW.
Whether it’s 30, 40 or 50 meters – the new LTS / LTS A mid/high unit throws
the sonic image as far as it needs to go, sending even silky top-end frequencies
all the way to the back row. This is made possible thanks to HK Audio’s groundbreaking Multicell Transformer technology. This ingenious invention drastically
reduces high frequency distortion, thereby solving a major problem of legacy horn
and waveguide designs: they generate distortion that limits the amount of useful
sound pressure.
Equipped with this proprietary technology, the LTS / LTS A is able to deliver
138dB SPL, an exceptionally high maximum by any standard.
This awesome power, paired with a curved array created by the multiple cells,
extends the range to cover the entire sound field with a crystal-clear audio image.
ULTRA COMPACT.
The pioneering Multicell Transformer makes setting up compact speaker systems
an exercise in convenience. The latest generation LINEAR 5 series model is
housed in an ultra-compact 68 x 44 x 46 cm enclosure. Tipping the scales at just
24.9 kg, LTS / LTS A can easily replace speakers twice its size and weight to save
truck space and make installation in a rig so much easier. LTS / LTS A’s classic
streamlined format is certainly a refreshing change. Talk about intuitive handling:
finally, here’s a straightforward design that can be stacked on the ground or on
its head, and clustered with remarkable ease and flexibility. All this contributes to
making LTS / LTS A easily the most flexible tool in its class.
ECONOMICAL.
Sophisticated features, a remarkably aordable price, a small footprint and fast
setup. With the LINEAR 5 LTS / LTS A, your savings are threefold: peoplepower,
truck space and time. This gives you far greater leeway for planning the given
production’s budget, as well as making the LTS / LTS A the most economical
solution in its application range.
THE INNOVATIVE MULTICELL TRANSFORMER
To date, there have been two ways to construct long range speaker
systems. The time-tested approach is to use long throw horns.
They have to have ver y large mouths and deep enclosures to
accommodate the horn’s throat, so the housings are huge. Plus,
there’s a lot of real estate inside the horn. These surfaces cause
resonances and reflections that manifest as distortion, particularly
at high frequencies. This distortion puts a very low cap on the
maximum achievable sound pressure.
The other option for long throw applications, the line array, has been
around for about 20 years. Waveguides shape the wave-front so
that the line array is able to render even high frequencies well. The
downside is that you have to haul, assemble and align a whole lot
of speakers even for small or medium-scale events, which costs you
truck space, time and money.
HK Audio engineers took up the challenge of reinventing the long throw
speaker and came up with a ground-breaking solution: the Multicell
Transformer (MCT). This ingenious invention makes the most of horns’
and waveguides’ physical advantages, with none of the drawbacks. The
mouths of the nine horn channels form a line array, with sound traveling
down channels of dierent lengths to achieve dierent delay times.
This yields a perfect vertical curve and a very precise +5°/-25° pattern
of throw.
With these unique properties, the MCT achieves the performance
of comparable horns and waveguides at a fraction of their size. This
revolutionary advance in technology is the key to building sensationally
small and streamlined speakers.
Here’s a simplified run-down of how it works: the MCT splits the
wave-front into nine small wave-fronts. Each of these partial waves
is directed through the flaring duct of a horn of dierent length and
mouth size. These horns don’t have acres of real estate that can
cause interference, so the only distortion they generate is beyond
the range of human hearing. This increases useful sound pressure by
up to 10 dB.
Thanks to the MC T horn’s as ymmetrical directivity, two
LINEAR 5 LTS / LTS A units can be set up together in an
‘acoustically correct’ head stack.
LINEAR ACTIVE & PASSIVE SUBWOOFERS
The LINEAR series subwoofers' visuals are coordinated to match the looks of the LINEAR 5 top units, and their audio performance is
no less a perfect fit. With a choice of three fundamentally dierent models, you can put together the optimum system for the given
application range.
LINEAR SUB 1200 / 1200 A
The L SUB 1200 / 1200 A is designed to match the
L5 112 F / FA. Thanks to the remarkably faithful
transient response of its two 10" woofers, this
bass-reflex enclosure delivers tight, punchy
low-end performance. The compact 10" speakers
pack a lot of sound pressure into the 112 L5 F / FA's
very small footprint. Sporting the same 1200-watt
digital power amp as the L SUB 2000 A, the active
LSUB 1200 A unit feeds this extra power to a
Speakon output. If you wish to extend your system
with a lean, light yet extremely powerful full stack,
all you have to do is connect a passive L SUB 1200
to this output.
LINEAR SUB 2000 / 2000 A
The L SUB 2000 / 2000 A is the perfect complement
to the L5 115 F / 115 FA. Two 12" high-excursion
woofers operate in a band-pass enclosure that is
sure to delight with its hair-trigger dynamic response
and an impressive range that extends down below
40 hertz. This unit delivers the goods not just at
impulse peaks, but also at a continuous load!
To this end, each woofer is equipped with a dual
spider suspension that keeps the voice coil aligned
and on track even at the most extreme loads.
Advanced cooling technology eectively prevents
the voice coil from overheating. Powered by an
ultra light 1200-watt digital power amp, the active
L SUB 2000 A outweighs its passive counterpart
by just two kilograms!
Panel: LINEAR SUB 1200 Panel: LINEAR SUB 2000Panel: LINEAR SUB 1200 A Panel: LINEAR SUB 2000 A
FE ATURES
The integrated amplifier provides three active protective circuits (short circuit, thermal, over/under voltage),
a peak limiter and a subsonic filter to maximize both load handling and component life.
All active subwoofers come with a frequency-compensated output for routing the signal to mid/high units,
so combining these bass bins with L5 tops is an exercise in convenience. What's more, all models sport an
integrated stereo preamp that lets you set up 2.1 systems or add a center subwoofer to a stereo system —
with remarkable ease and just two speaker cables!
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