DML500A

High output Distributed Mode Loudspeaker (DML) for architectural applications

Designed for architects, the thin design of the DML500A affords flush mounting in walls and ceilings.

System integrators are specifying this radically different technology to solve room problems old-school loudspeakers worsen.

How different? The DML500A eschews pumping focused air pressure waves traditional loudspeakers employ to create ear-fatiguing sound. Instead, non-destructive waves emerge wide and diffuse to more gently bathe the ear in pleasing, super-intelligible sound over almost eight octaves.

Especially noticeable in highly reverberant spaces, DML sound waves provide non-destructive room interactions, so free of room echo and comb filtering that one customer referred to the intelligibility improvement over their old church system as “mind boggling.”

Floor-to-balcony, stereo-stable imaging in every seat is another performance “wow,” making DML500A the top choice for immersive audio.

Superb power handling plus 165° conical coverage allowed an American airport to replace 104 traditional speakers with six DML500A flat panels.

Unmatched placement flexibility also optimizes aesthetic choices and quicker installations.

Rugged construction includes a powder coated die cast aluminum enclosure with multiple VESA mounting points.

FlatPanel Audio DML500A loudspeaker

A is for Architect

Airports and transit
Restaurants

Luxury home theaters
High end retail

Immersive venues
Museums

Recommended filtering/crossover

The following are the initial recommended acoustic filters as implemented in all DML accoustic measurements. They also represent an EQ starting point for all field applications.

High Pass – Butterworth 4th order (24 dB) @ 100Hz
Peaking Filter – 95Hz / Q of 3 /Gain of 3 dB
Peaking Filter – 265Hz / Q of 0.7 / Gain of -4 dB
Peaking Filter – 500Hz / Q of 0.7 / Gain of 2 dB
HF Shelving Filter – 4000Hz / Q of 1.0 / Gain of 2 dB

Details

DML500A Specifications

Frequency range (–10dB)

75Hz-20kHz

Frequency response (±6dB)

85Hz-20kHz

Horizontal/vertical coverage

165˚

System sensitivity

SPL 92 dB

Rated maximum SPL

123 dB

System nominal impedance

8 ohms

Power handling

Continuous / program / peak

200W/300W/600W

Suggested high pass filter

90Hz Butterworth 2nd order

Drivers

FlatPanel transducer

4 x DML exciter

Voice coil diameter

32 mm

Voice coil winding wire

Copper-clad aluminum

Suspension design

Standard spider

Diaphragm design

Design principle

Bending wave modal

Radiator surface area

400 x 575 mm

Material

Carbon fiber honeycomb

Input connection

Pigtail 14 AWG

Physical

Outer dimensions (H x W x D)

17.2 in x 23.4 in x 2,2 in
437 mm x 596 mm x 56 mm

Weight

17 lbs / 7.72 kg

Shipping dimensions

37 in x 27 in x 8 in
800 mm x 650 mm x 250 mm

Shipping weight

23 lbs / 10.45 kg