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    dB TECHNOLOGIES ViO Line Array

    Nov 02, 2017 4 minutes
    Review: Preshan John

    Mention dBTechnologies to me 10 years ago, and my mind would have instantly conjured up plastic 12-and-horn boxes you find in a mate’s garage. Gear that gets pulled out for 21st parties and when the budding family DJ makes a living room debut. It wasn’t bad stuff by any means, Opera was actually a very good box, and dBTech and its corporate cousin RCF did very well off the humble powered speaker. When dBTech decided to launch into more serious audio markets — those requiring more boxes and more coverage — it cracked new ground (line arrays) while keeping a bit of its DNA (powered plastic boxes). The product was DVA, which has since become

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