By Nate Clark
My initial reaction while unboxing the new Electro-Voice EVERSE 8 was, frankly, confusion. It’s so light, I thought to myself. They must have sent me an empty loudspeaker enclosure by mistake. But the 1-inch tweeter was clearly visible behind the grille, along with the 8-inch woofer. Okay, maybe there’s no amplifier or power supply in there.
Wrong on both counts. Not only did I receive a fully functioning pair of loudspeakers, but they’re also battery powered. Not that you could tell by holding one – the weight is listed as just over 15 pounds. For reference, I borrowed a friend’s ZLX-12BT (a 12-inch active loudspeaker by the same manufacturer) and it weighed almost 35 pounds with no battery at all!
Before going further, I’d like to note that the previously mentioned 8-inch woofer is mounted to the company’s patented SST (Signal Synchronized Transducers) port design, while the 1-inch titanium tweeter is mounted onto a custom constant-directivity waveguide delivering 100 x 100-degree coverage. The maximum SPL rating is stated as 121 dB.
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Australian Distributor: Jands www.jands.com.au
