Most commercial columns do one thing well — clarity in difficult rooms, flexibility between speech and music, or discretion in the architecture. The Optimal Audio Column Series is designed to do all three, at a price that makes sense for the mid-market installation.
Wide horizontal coverage gets sound to every seat. Controlled vertical directivity keeps it off the ceiling and out of the reverb. Together, that’s the kind of intelligibility that matters in rooms that fight you for every syllable — houses of worship, conference halls, transport concourses, the busier end of hospitality. IP54 weatherisation comes as standard on both Column 8 and Column 16, so semi-exposed outdoor-under-cover installs don’t need a separate conversation.
Everything is in the box. Pan-and-tilt wall bracket, metal safety strap, IP54 weatherisation kit, spare grille cloth for when the cabinet gets painted to match the architecture — all included as standard. No separate accessory order. No email chain on install day about a missing part.
As part of the Optimal Audio ecosystem, when paired with SmartAmp and Zone, Column 8 and Column 16 can be installed with factory-tuned Speech and Music DSP presets accessible and controlled through WebApp, providing integrators with a ready to go system ideal for the demands of worship, conference and transport applications. For integrators new to Optimal Audio, it’s a clean starting point for seeing how the ecosystem works in practice. And for an integrator who just needs a well-made column loudspeaker at a sensible price — the box has everything they need.
Column 8 suits smaller to mid-sized commercial spaces: cafés, bars, classrooms, smaller houses of worship, retail units. Column 16 steps up for larger and more acoustically demanding spaces: larger worship, conference halls, atriums, transport concourses. Both available in black or white. Both paintable to match the room.
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