LDS800

I haven't seen this system out in the wild, but I have looked though the LDS L-800 specifications several times and it seems like a very interesting product to me. Especially with the ribbon tweeters and must have cost a lot of money when it was new.

So I thought about what sort of alternative practical application it could be used for, after it's original use of being flown in a long column in multiples in a huge opera house.

Maybe have one box per side used with some subs for an open-air jazz or orchestral gig, for a few hundred people?

The quoted sensitivity of 102db/1w/1m for both the mids and the tops seems decent, giving reasonable max spl. The horizontal beamwidth of 120 degrees would be useful.

Though in the spec sheet the vertical beamwidth is "defined by configuration". I wonder what that means? Would be nice to have some numbers.

As the box is 1.7m high and of slim profile it clearly could not be just ground stacked. But perhaps one box per side could be flown with some sort of arrangement using the subs as ballast. Or off a flying point on the side of the stage if it's available.

These are just some thoughts of mine, but I can see why the sense of anticipation is building!

I once had a few par36's lurking at the back of the shed... How big is your shed if you stumble across these...