Full-range point source loudspeakers, the workhorse format for venues, portable rigs and installs where a single well-placed cabinet covers the room. The category is anchored by Martin Audio’s Blackline X active and Blackline passive ranges, CDD-Live and THH cabinets and the FlexPoint series, alongside NEXO cabinets and accessories and RCF and Electro-Voice options, split into active, passive and accessories sub-categories.

Active against passive is the first fork: active cabinets like the Blackline XP15 carry their own amplification and DSP, which suits dry hire and fast-moving portable work, while passive boxes such as the Blackline Q15 keep weight in the amp rack and repair costs down for installs and touring inventories. After that, coverage pattern and placement drive the choice more than wattage; a trapezoidal cabinet, a coaxial CDD design and a compact FlexPoint box put energy in very different places, and the yokes and brackets in the accessories section decide whether a given cabinet can actually mount where you intend. Buy the accessory hardware with the cabinet, since portrait, landscape, touring and install yokes are specific to each model and finish.

Trade accounts and straightforward advice on active against passive for your use case are available, and matching subwoofers and amplifiers sit in the neighbouring PA categories.