McGrey E-208LA Active Line Array Column System

Powerful Sound in a Slim Design!

For solo artists and small acoustic combos, easy transport, quick setup, convincing sound, and discreet looks matter when it comes to PA. McGrey’s slim column system combines all these advantages in a compact and powerful package.

Set Up in Seconds

The E-208LA consists of four components: subwoofer, 2 distance pieces, and a full-range line array speaker. These four parts simply plug into each other, with the signal for the tweeter routed through the distance pieces. The entire setup takes less than a minute!

For One or More

The column system offers an XLR and a jack input socket, where input sensitivity can be adjusted via a mic/line button. This allows you to operate a dynamic microphone and an instrument directly or bundle multiple signals via a mixer and route them to the E-208LA.

Flexible Plug-in System

The E-208LA can be operated without, with one, or with both distance pieces. Whether you’re on an elevated stage, at the same level in front of seated or standing audiences, the E-208LA perfectly adapts to the local conditions.

Rich Sound

With an effective power of 100 watts (200 watts peak), the subwoofer with its 8" speaker and the total of 4 full-range speakers deliver an absolutely clear and powerful sound experience, resulting in strong bass, high speech intelligibility, and a balanced sound image. Thanks to the extremely wide dispersion angle, audience members located to the side of the speaker also get full benefit. Due to the vertical arrangement of the speakers, volume decreases much less with distance than with conventional systems, resulting in a very homogeneous sound distribution throughout the room.

The small full-range speakers can react very quickly to the input signals due to their low mass, which leads to significantly less distortion and harmonic distortion of the original sound compared to typical multi-way speakers. Also, in the critical frequency range for many instruments and especially for vocals and speech, no frequency separation occurs, which inevitably leads to further sound distortions and often irregularities in dispersion behavior. Thus, the overall sound is much more natural and pleasant than with common multi-way speakers, which is especially noticeable with voices and all natural instruments.

Integrated Media Player with Bluetooth®

On the back of the subwoofer is the system’s control panel, which includes a full media player. It doesn’t matter whether music files are on USB or SD. Of course, any conventional playback device (e.g., smartphone or laptop) can also be connected via the aux input. For wireless streaming, the E-208LA also offers a Bluetooth® receiver. If you connect the system via Bluetooth® to a second, optional E-208LA system, you even get wireless true wireless stereo sound.

Expandable Anytime

Whether you connect a microphone directly to the PA or the signal comes from a mixer – with the line out you can route your signal to additional column systems. Depending on the size of the event, this ensures even more even sound distribution.

Skip the Monitoring

Because the E-208LA is extremely feedback-resistant, it can easily be positioned behind the performers. This saves additional monitor speakers and thus space, time, money, and weight. And it looks much better too.

The Powerful Line in the Landscape!