BASSBOSS Krakatoa
Powered point-source full-range top
PA Loudspeaker$17,995Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- PA Loudspeaker
- Description
- Powered point-source full-range top
- Topology
- 4-way active co-axial point source (quintuple 18in LF/mid-bass + co-axial compression HF)
- Signal path
- Analog (recallable / digitally controlled)
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- self-powered large-format floor cabinet
- Sample rate (kHz)
- 96
- DSP
- true
- Powered
- active
- Power (W)
- 7500W Class D total (5000W LF + 1600W MLF; remainder to HF), continuous
- Drivers
- 4x 18in neodymium LF woofers + 1x 18in neodymium mid-bass driver + co-axial compression driver (4in + 2.5in ring diaphragms, 2in throat horn)
- Frequency response
- 25-19,000 Hz (±3 dB)
- Max SPL
- 145 dB peak; 142 dB sustained @ 1m half-space
- Polar pattern
- 60° x 40° (25° down, 15° up)
- Back design
- CNC-machined 18mm Baltic birch plywood, 6th-order vented bass horn + sealed mid-bass section, dado joinery, polyurea finish; 16x M10 fly points; passive heat sink + 4 radial fans on demand
Details
Controls: 8 onboard pushbutton DSP presets; 100 presets via ControlBASS software (macOS/Windows)
I/O: 1x XLR-F balanced input, 1x XLR-M balanced pass-through output, dual Ethernet (ControlBASS + LAN)
Notable use: Festivals, touring production, venues, nightclubs, mobile DJ applications requiring deep bass extension and point-source imaging in a single cabinet; top module of the Stackatoa system
Notes: Peak (145 dB) vs sustained (142 dB) SPL both given, basis 1m half-space. Single-cabinet 'quintuple 18in' full-range design (5x 18in drivers total: 4 LF + 1 mid-bass) combined with co-axial HF horn -- classified here as PA Loudspeaker since it is a full-range top, though it contains 4 dedicated LF (subwoofer-range) drivers. Also sold as the top tier of the Stackatoa 3-cabinet stack (see Stackatoa entry).