Death From Below

• We didn’t just take an AC-powered sub and strap a battery on it — DFB is built and optimized from the ground up to be a battery speaker.   In the world of battery speakers, bags of Watts is actually a bad thing.  Imagine how long a 115 Wh battery would power a 3600 W speaker … 115/3600 = 0.03 hours.  Even once you consider the crest factor, you still end up at 0.38 hours (23 minutes).  Would you buy that speaker?   Yeah no — the same rules don’t apply.  The challenge is how to take an amp rating like 144W and translate it into paint peeling SPL output — killer real world volume that rivals the 3600 W monster.   It sounds like magic but it’s a carefully choreographed dance of cutting edge electrical, acoustical and battery engineering which makes DFB awesome.  Make no mistake, DFB’s first impression on people is, almost invariably, “That thing is f*cking loud!”.  Maybe it IS like magic.
• A built-in bank of 3 ultra-fast film capacitors and 5 beefy electrolytic caps jacks up DFB’s performance by giving its amps instant access to energy when needed; that is, by ensuring the amps are never starved for power — the resulting enhanced impulse response is what’s behind DFB’s extra-ballsy bass punch.  Double the punch with no battery life hit — nice.
• Choose from 6 epic EQ presets including one specifically tuned for use with popular Soundboks speakers
• Set DFB’s Audio Routing to LEFT, RIGHT or MONO MIX — yes, this means you can set up 2 DFBs as stereo subs if that’s what you want
• Dual tuned ports extend DFB’s bass down to 35 Hz and maximize SPL output
• Steel grills suck.  They’re real heavy and BLOCK 30-40% of their surface area with metal material.  They’re a ball & chain on driver cone dynamics and what’s worse, they waste battery energy.  Rather than subscribing to this industry-accepted insanity, DFB’s light-weight aluminum vanes enable 99% unencumbered airflow to and from the drivers and ports.  DFB actually ships with 4 vanes for extra protection.
• Charge the internal battery and play DFB at full volume at the same time
• Internal battery charges from empty to full in 2.5 hours using the included 125W brick power supply
• DFB's battery fuel gauge LED stack displays battery life remaining — the bottom LED starts to slow flash when you’ve got 45 minutes left
• A system with two DFBs and two Soundboks 4s pole mounted atop the DFBs is an ideal setup for the gigging mobile DJ
• The above setup can be fed directly from the DJ deck by using a Dani SKAA transmitter, or alternatively, the DJ Deck can be XLR wired to one of the Soundboks 4s which in turn, can feed the remaining 3 speakers wirelessly via SKAA.
• Ultra-simple 1-knob operation; yeah there’s an Owner’s Manual, but you won’t need to read it.  Just set your Soundboks to Host mode and start peeling the paint.
• Mega flexible — when you do finally crack open the Owner’s Manual, you’ll find over 60 “sweet hookups”; more than 60 cool ways to use your DFB laid out in easy-to-understand hookup diagrams
• 5 of 6 of DFB’s birch plywood walls are featureless — so 5/6 walls are pretty much impervious to impact damage
• Gorgeous and robust speckle-paint matte black finish — yes, the classy one — it’s beautiful, tough and LIGHTWEIGHT
• DFB’s massive, thick honey-comb rubber feet compress to prevent DFB from wobbling regardless of how uneven a surface DFB is placed on
• Big rubber feet on its back wall protect the cabinet during transport and storage
• Pop an industry-standard 1 3/8” (35mm) pole (not included) into DFB's bushing and loft a Soundboks 3, 4, Go or virtually any other powered speaker up top — no tripod stand needed
• With its massive welded-steel 4” deep pole bushing, ultra wide stance and anti-wobble rubber feet, DFB is a mega-stable pole base for your Soundboks or other pro-grade full-range top speaker
• Two monkey grip handles enable serious manhandling while literally reducing DFB’s weight at the same time
• Weather resistant — DFB is good to go, regardless of where and when your gig is happening
• Gorgeous 3mm powder-coated aluminum User Interface panel — it’s hefty to make DFB tough, and it doubles as a massive heat sink for DFB’s audio amplifiers.  With a heat sink this big, DFB can actually deliver the full rated amplifier wattage to your cottage.
• Feed DFB from Dani transmitters, Soundboks 3, 4 & Go speakers, other SKAA Nadja Hub speakers, as well as any of the many types of SKAA /SKAA Pro transmitters found on SKAAstore.com
• DFB is not just for Soundboks. Use DFB to complement virtually any full-range PA speaker.  Also, any powered speaker (QSC, JBL, EV, Mackie, etc.) can be converted to SKAA wireless just by adding a pro receiver such as Streetheart by Dillinger Labs

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