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Pro-Quality LED Pars (Late 2014 edition)


Bryson

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SO, I'm looking at a plan to convert my theatre across to LED sources over the next few years. I'm starting at the back and working forwards, so I'm currently looking at replacements for my backlight par wash. I need a real smooth dimming curve (especially down at the low end.) Good saturated colour brightness. Not too worried about the quality of the white light as I won't usually run them in white.

 

So far, the shortlist is:

ETC Desire D60

Elation Opti Quad Par

ETC Colorsource Par (Very new!)

 

 

What else should I be looking at? Seems like everyone and their dog churn out an LED Par these days, but which ones are good when budget isn't your only criterion?

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I'd take a look at COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tour, pretty good fixture for the price of them, RGBW with 11 to 40 (ish) degree zoom. Perhaps not exactly what you're after but for a budget fixture, I was very impressed. http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif
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Lanta LED Pars are very decent too.

 

Decent for a price - Prolight are about to bring out their new eLumen8 Hex (RGBWAUV) PARs and if they are anything like the quad LED movers I had from them, should be pretty good.

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Does it have to be par? we used some of the ETC selador to great effect.

 

The one thing I am aware of that ETC do and possibly not many other makers (unless the bigger names) is the colour matching between batches, IIR each unit gets evaluated and saved to the unit for what the output is. So one batch the green is just green LED, in the other the green is a touch different so it automatically tweeks in some blue to correct its self.

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Good morning

 

I would indeed recommend the new Chroma-Q Color ONE 100 fixture, it will certainly meet all your requirements....especially on the dimming. It has a fully homogenised beam too!

 

My link

 

I will happily arrange a couple of demo units for you if you wish to try on site? Just let me know...

 

Many thanks

 

James

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Thanks James, but I'm a few thousand miles away from High Wycombe... Delivery might be an issue. ;)

 

Chroma-Q are a Canadian company, though, so I'm sure I can find a local supplier.

 

It's not a problem....we have our US colleagues from A.C. Inc who I can put in touch with you. We have even more demo stock available on your side of the pond :-)

 

Drop me a message with your contact details on and we'll get something arranged.

 

Many thanks

 

James

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Thanks James, but I'm a few thousand miles away from High Wycombe... Delivery might be an issue. ;)

 

Chroma-Q are a Canadian company, though, so I'm sure I can find a local supplier.

 

Bryson feel free to send me an email, I'll get you a demo of the Chroma-Q Color One 100;

 

james.feenstra@aclighting.com

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That's a huge zoom range. By DMX? More than I'd normally spend but very attractive

 

Yes the zoom is motorised. Pretty impressive for an led fixture. I wonder how well the colours are mixed at the spot end because you quite often get colour fringing when the beam is narrow.

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