So it appears they won't have a pole cup to mount on a tripod. It this correct?
Will there be an active version?
One of the intended applications is outdoors in fill applications.
A pole cup will provide a place to collect water-which can freeze and possibly cause damage.
A plate that mounts to the universal points will provide a pole cup option.
There are no plans for this first version of the cabinet to be powered-again because of the weatherized applications.
However-depending on the success of the cabinet, a new line is being considered that would be more of a "pole cup-portable-amplified" version.
When designing anything-there is a "target market/usage/goal" that must be considered.
The main "design idea" behind the cabinet came from the large venues that Danley has been putting systems in.
One area that we were "missing" was the many hundreds of fill speakers for underhangs etc.
While Danley has products that would work well-the cost for a weatherized version is to high for most applications.
At one large stadium, there were another manufacturers products used for these areas. But when I brought up to the sound guy that those speakers needed to be turned up to match the main bowl speakers, he replied "Yeah I know-but when I do that they distort real bad-so we run them lower in level".
Also the size needed to be smaller. That was the inspiration for the idea.
So while some users might buy 2 at a time-the stadium guys will buy many hundreds at a time. Hence the design in that direction first.