The Q-Series
Contents The d&b System reality.......................................................... 3 The Q-Series................................................................................ 4 The Q-Series product photographs .................................. 5 The Q1 and Qi1 loudspeakers............................................. 6 The Q7 and Qi7 loudspeakers............................................. 7 The Q10 and Qi10 loudspeakers........................................ 8 The Q, Qi and QiCSA subwoofers..
The d&b System reality As the name implies a d&b system is not just a loudspeaker. Nor is it merely a sum of the components: loudspeakers, control electronics, mechanical accessories and remote control. Right from the outset the d&b audiotechnik approach was to build integrated sound reinforcement systems that were more than the sum of their parts.
The Q-Series The Q-Series embodies the d&b holistic approach to sound reinforcement solutions: integrating loudspeakers, electronics, mechanical deployment assemblies, remote control functions and setup design tools for precise calculation of array performance. Control of dispersion behaviour is a particular fixation at d&b, while at the same time keeping the size and weight of systems to an absolute minimum.
The Q-Series Q1 loudspeaker Qi1 loudspeaker D6 amplifier Q7, Q10 loudspeaker Q subwoofer Qi7, Qi10 loudspeaker Qi, QiCSA subwoofer D12 amplifier d&b Q-Series 5
The Q1 and Qi1 loudspeakers 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 –10 –20 –30 –40 –50 –60 –70 –80 –90 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k 250 500 1k 204.5 [8.05"] 308 [12.13"] 125 2k 4k 8k 16k Q1 and Qi1 vertical dispersion characteristics2 410 [16.14"] 580 [22.83"] 15° 308 [12.13"] 204.5 [8.05"] Q1 cabinet dimensions in mm (inch) 154 [6.06"] 60 [2.36"] 410 [16.14"] 310 [12.20"] Loudspeaker data Nominal impedance...............................................................
The Q7 and Qi7 loudspeakers 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k Q7 and Qi7 horizontal dispersion characteristics2 Q7 and Qi7 vertical dispersion characteristics2 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 –10 –20 –30 –40 –50 –60 –70 –80 –90 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 –10 –20 –30 –40 –50 –60 –70 –80 –90 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k Q7 and Qi7 vertical dispersion characteristics/rotated horn2 580 [22.
The Q10 and Qi10 loudspeakers Q10 and Qi10 loudspeakers The Q10 and Qi10 are full range loudspeakers. The Qi10 is the installation version of the Q10 loudspeaker, it differs only in cabinet construction and mounting hardware. The Q10 and Qi10 are 110° x 40° passive 2-way cabinets housing 2 x 10” LF drivers and a 1.3” HF compression driver with a rotatable constant directivity horn and a passive crossover network.
668 [26.30"] 773 [30.42"] Q-SUB cabinet dimensions in mm (inch) 377 [14.84"] 580 [22.83"] 124 [4.88"] 310 [12.20"] 60 [2.36"] System data Frequency response (–5 dB standard)...................40 Hz - 130 Hz Frequency response (–5 dB 100 Hz mode)..........40 Hz - 100 Hz Max. sound pressure (1 m, free field)1............................................. with D6................................................................................... 129 dB with D12..............................................
The Q1 rigging system Safety approval d&b loudspeakers and accessories are designed for set up and use within situations requiring compliance with the provisions and directives of BGV C1 Rule for the Prevention of Accidents.
The Q1 rigging examples With a 15° vertical HF dispersion per cabinet, the Q1 can be used to construct vertical columns that produce a curved coherent wave front. The mechanical and acoustical design of the cabinet enables vertical splay angles to be set between 0° and 14°. Q1 cabinets can therefore be used in vertical configurations starting from two cabinets with a 15° to 30° dispersion, up to twenty cabinets with a fully user and venue defined vertical profile.
The Q7/Q10 mounting accessories Safety approval d&b loudspeakers and accessories are designed for set up and use within situations requiring compliance with the provisions and directives of BGV C1 Rule for the Prevention of Accidents.
The Q7/Q10 mounting examples Q7/Q10 with Z5161 Q Flying bracket Z5010 TV spigot with fixing plate Z5012 Pipe clamp for TV spigot Q7/Q10 with Z5161 Q Flying bracket Z5024 Loudspeaker stand adapter Q7/Q10 with Z5150 Q Swivel bracket Z5010 TV spigot with fixing plate Z5012 Pipe clamp for TV spigot Q7/Q10 with Z5020 Flying adapter 02 Z5015 TV spigot 02 Q7/Q10 with Z5156 Q Flying adapter Z5147 Rota clamp Q7/Q10 with Z5048 Flying pins 10 mm Q7/Q10 with Z5175 Qi Horizontal bracket Z5010 TV spigot with fixin
The Qi rigging system Safety approval d&b loudspeakers and accessories are designed for set up and use within situations requiring compliance with the provisions and directives of BGV C1 Rule for the Prevention of Accidents. Z5145 Ci/Qi Mounting frame WLL: 240 kg/530 lb e.g.
The Qi1 rigging examples With a 15° vertical HF dispersion per cabinet, the Qi1 can be used to construct vertical columns that produce a curved coherent wave front. The mechanical and acoustical design of the cabinet enables vertical splay angles to be set between 0° and 14°. Qi1 cabinets can therefore be used in vertical configurations starting from two cabinets with a 15° to 30° dispersion, up to nine cabinets with a fully user and venue defined vertical profile.
The Qi rigging system The Qi7/Qi10 rigging examples Safety approval d&b loudspeakers and accessories are designed for set up and use within situations requiring compliance with the provisions and directives of BGV C1 Rule for the Prevention of Accidents.
The Qi7/Qi10 mounting and rigging accessories and examples Safety approval d&b loudspeakers and accessories are designed for set up and use within situations requiring compliance with the provisions and directives of BGV C1 Rule for the Prevention of Accidents.
The d&b ArrayCalc calculator For both acoustic and safety reasons d&b line arrays must be designed using the d&b ArrayCalc simulation tool. It is available as a native stand-alone application for both Microsoft Windows1 (XP or higher) and Mac OS X2 (10.4.10 or higher) operating systems. ArrayCalc is the system engineer's comprehensive toolbox for all tasks regarding acoustic design, performance prediction, alignment, rigging and safety parameters of the d&b line array systems and subwoofer arrays.
The d&b ArrayCalc calculator at a freely definable reference point on one of the audience areas. For alignment of the flown system with the ground stacked bass array, the phase response of both the bass array and a selectable flown array is calculated at a definable reference point. Both simulations reflect changes in delay time to the single arrays in real time, greatly obviating the need for time consuming acoustic measurements to that end.
The D6 and D12 amplifiers The D6 and D12 are dual channel amplifiers developed and manufactured by d&b utilizing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to incorporate loudspeaker specific configuration information and functions. These are designed for use with d&b loudspeakers, have both digital and analog signal inputs as well as link outputs, remote control and monitoring capabilities and switch mode power supplies.
The D6 and D12 amplifier data D6 Display ISP, GR, OVL A /B........................................................LED indicators Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).........Graphic display/120 x 32 Pixel D12 Display ISP, GR, OVL A /B.......................................................LED indicators Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).........Graphic display /120 x 32 Pixel D6 Controls POWER, MUTE /LEVEL..................................Switch, rotary encoder Function switches..................................
The operation with D6 and D12 amplifiers Operation with D6 and D12 Q10 Qi10 frequency response when a unit is placed close to listeners in near field or delay use. High Frequency Attenuation begins gradually at 1 kHz, dropping by approximately 3 dB at 10 kHz. This roll off mimics the decline in frequency response experienced when listening to a system from a distance in a typically reverberant room or auditorium. Q-SUB QiCSA Qi-SUB -SUB Q1 Qi1 Q7 Qi7 Max. LS per channel 2 2 2 2 2 Max.
The Q-Series frequency responses 10 10 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 -20 -20 -25 -25 -30 20 100 1k Q1 and Qi1 standard and CUT (single cabinet) 10k 20k -30 10 10 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 -20 -20 -25 -25 -30 20 100 1k 10k 20k Q10 and Qi10 standard and CUT -30 10 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 -20 -20 -25 -25 -30 20 100 Correction of HFC 100 1k 10k 20k 20 100 1k 10k 20k 20 100 1k 10k 20k Q, Qi and QiCSA-SUB standard and 100 H
The Q-Series configuration examples A small Q-Series line array configuration as shown on the opposite page could consist of two D12 amplifiers, three Q1/Qi1 loudspeakers, one Q7/Qi7 loudspeaker and four Q-SUBs/Qi-SUBs. Three Q1s/Qi1s are driven by one D12 channel and one Q7/Qi7 from the other, this total load is acceptable for one D12. The Q7/Qi7 is suspended horizontally with a rotated horn as a downfill and enlarges the vertical coverage in the near field.
The Q-Series configuration examples Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q7 Qi7 Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB D12 Laptop or PC running R1 D12 R60 CAN-Bus Small line array configuration example CAN-Bus interface d&b Q-Series 25
The Q-Series configuration examples Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q1 Qi1 Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q1 Qi1 D12 Q1 Qi1 Laptop or PC running R1 Q-SUB Qi-SUB CAN-Bus CAN-Bus interface R60 Small ground stacked configuration example Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Q-SUB QiCSA-SUB QiCSA-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Laptop or PC running R1 D12 D12 R60 D12 CAN-Bus CAN-Bus interface Medium flown and ground stacked example 26 d&b Q-Series
The Q-Series configuration examples Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Laptop or PC running R1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 R60 Q1 Qi1 CAN-Bus interface Q1 Qi1 CAN-Bus Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB QiCSA-SUB Q-SUB Q1 Qi1 D12 D12 D12 D12 Q-SUB QiCSA-SUB Q-SUB QiCSA-SUB QiCSA-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB D12 D12 D12 D6 Q7 Qi7 Q7 Qi7 J-INFRA D12 Large flown and ground stacked configuration example d&b
The Q-Series configuration examples Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q1 Qi1 Q7 Qi7 Q1 Qi1 Q10 Qi10 Laptop or PC running R1 Q10 Qi10 Q10 Qi10 R60 CAN-Bus interface CAN-Bus Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q-SUB Qi-SUB D6 Q-SUB QiCSA-SUB D6 D12 Q-SUB QiCSA-SUB D12 Q-SUB Qi-SUB D12 Q-SUB Qi-SUB Q1/Qi1 flown line arrays in left/right configuration with Q7/Qi7 and Q10/Qi10 centre cluster, Q10s/Qi10s as fills and ground stacked Q/Qi-SUBs and QiCSA-SUBs 28 d&b Q-Series
The Qi loudspeakers Weather Resistant and Special Colour options The Weather Resistant and Special Colour options are only available to order with the Qi version cabinets. Weather Resistant (WR) option The WR option enables operation of loudspeakers in changing ambient conditions, however it is not intended to enable permanent, unprotected operation of loudspeakers outdoors. Cabinets being used outdoors even with the WR option should always be aimed either horizontally or with a downward tilt.
900 D12 800 700 600 500 D6 400 300 200 100 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 D6 483 [19.00"] 338 [13.31"] 348 [13.70"] 3 [0.12"] 443 [17.44"] 132 [5.2"] D6 enclosure dimensions in mm [inch] D12 483 [19.00"] 338 [13.31"] Airflow 30 d&b Q-Series D12 enclosure dimensions in mm [inch] 5 [0.2"] 348 [13.70"] 324 [12.56"] 443 [17.44"] 45 Ambient Temp. in C 88 [3.46"] Total average output power vs. ambient temperature 324 [12.
The D6 and D12 amplifiers power consumption and power loss D6 and D12 power consumption and power loss The power required from the mains supply and the waste heat produced by the amplifier power loss vary depending on the load impedance and the signal levels and characteristics (e.g. speech, music). In practice, the theoretical peak power consumption of a system will only be sustained for a short period of time.
The d&b Remote network d&b Remote network The d&b Remote network enables central control and monitoring of a complete d&b loudspeaker system from anywhere in the network, be it from a PC in the control room, at the mix position, or on a wireless tablet PC in the auditorium. This central access to all functions, controls and detailed system information unlocks the full potential of the d&b system approach. Extensive monitoring and diagnostics enable detailed examination of the system performance.
The d&b Remote software R1 Remote control software R1 Remote control software is a graphical drag and drop user interface enabling the construction of a screen based virtual control surface for d&b systems, using the d&b Remote network. All major features, functions and controls available on the front panel of the D6 and D12 amplifiers may be remotely controlled and/or monitored using R1.
The Q-Series product overview Code Description Q loudspeakers Z0501.xxx Z0507.xxx Z0508.xxx Z0510.xxx Q1 Loudspeaker *1 Q7 Loudspeaker * Q10 Loudspeaker * Q Subwoofer * *Connector options Zxxxx.000 Zxxxx.001 Zxxxx.002 EP5 connector NL4 connector NLT4 F/M connector Qi loudspeakers Z0521.000 Z0527.000 Z0528.000 Z0530.000 Z0531.
The Q-Series product overview 2 5 Code Description Lids E7921.000 Q-SUB Wooden lid Q accessories Z5154.000 Z5151.000 Z5152.000 Z5153.000 Z5159.000 Z5160.000 Z5150.000 Z5156.000 Z5048.000 Q Rigging set (supplied with Q1 includes 2 x Z5151, Z5152 and 4 x Z5153) Q Splay link Q Front link Locking pins 8 mm (linked in pairs with steel wire) Q Flying frame Q Load adapter Q Swivel bracket Q Flying adapter Flying pin 10 mm Qi accessories Z5145.000 Z5170.000 Z5171.000 Z5172.000 Z5054.000 Z5053.
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