XSL8 loudspeaker

Black audio equipment with a flat top, featuring input/output ports and a ventilation grille, designed for professional sound systems.Black audio speaker system with a perforated front grille and side ports, designed for professional sound applications.
Black audio speaker system with a perforated front grille and side ports, designed for professional sound applications.
Black audio equipment with a flat top, featuring input/output ports and a ventilation grille, designed for professional sound systems.

XSL8 loudspeaker

Line arrays

Mobile specific medium format 3-way line array loudspeaker

  • Components LF: 2 x 8" + 2 x 6.5"; MF: 1 x 6.5"; HF: 2 x 1" exit compression driver with 2" coil
  • Dispersion 80°
  • SPLmax 141 dB
  • Weight 39 kg / 86 lb

Article number Z0770

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Product description

The XSL8 is a mobile specific line array module purposefully designed for medium scale sound reinforcement. It can also supplement GSL and KSL Systems as fill and delay. Up to twenty-four / twenty-two cabinets in compression or tension mode from XSL Flying frames and up top twelve cabinets from the smaller XSL Mounting frames can be flown in vertical columns to produce an 80° constant directivity dispersion pattern in the horizontal plane. The XSL8 houses two 8” neodymium forward facing LF drivers, two side firing 6.5” neodymium LF drivers, one horn-loaded 6.5” MF driver, and two 1” exit HF compression drivers with 2” voice coils mounted to a dedicated wave shaping device.  Due to the patented arrangement of the front and side firing LF drivers, in combination with their specific processing functions, seamless directivity is maintained from 60 Hz to above 18 kHz. Further expanding flexibility and catering for applications where smaller arrays are used and ArrayProcessing is not required, the XSL8 includes the option to link two cabinets in Line or Arc mode. SL-Series’ flying hardware comes with a patented workflow with integrated tension and compression rigging modes, allowing for splay angles between cabinets to be set from 0° to 14° in 1° increments. The loudspeakers are driven actively by two channels of an appropriate d&b amplifier, which provides dedicated processing functions for the front LF and passively crossed-over side LF and MF/HF sections. This component geometry allows the cabinet to produce a perfectly symmetrical dispersion pattern.

The cabinet enclosure is made from injection molded PC-ABS plastic, and has an impact and weather protected 2K finish. The front and side panels incorporate rigid metal grills backed by an acoustically transparent and water repellent fabric. Each side panel incorporates a recessed handle, with two additional handles provided at the rear.

Amplifiers

The following current d&b amplifiers can be used to drive the loudspeaker:

Mobile

Installation


For further information on which heritage d&b amplifiers can be used to drive the loudspeaker, please refer to the current release notes on the amplifier firmware.
System data
Frequency response (-5 dB standard)
60 Hz - 18 kHz
Frequency response (-5 dB CUT mode)
90 Hz - 18 kHz
Max. sound pressure1 with D40/D80/D90/40D
141 dB
Max. sound pressure2 4x Cabinets with
D40/D80/D90/40D
153 dB
Cabinets per D40/D80/D90/40D (ArrayProcessing)
2
Cabinets per D40/D80/D90/40D (Line or Arc mode)
4
Loudspeaker data
Nominal impedance front LF
8 ohms
Nominal impedance side LF/MF/HF
8 ohms
Power handling capacity front LF (RMS/peak 10 ms)
400/1200 W
Power handling capacity side LF/MF/HF (RMS/peak 10 ms)
300/850 W
Nominal dispersion angle (horizontal)
80 °
Splay angle settings
0 … 14° (1° increment)
Components
2 x 8" front LF driver
2 x 6.5" side LF driver
(2x 10.3" total equivalent3 LF driver size)
1 x 6.5" MF driver
2 x 1" exit compression driver with 2" voice coil
Passive crossover network
Connections
2 x NLT4 F/M
Dimensions / weight
Dimensions (h x w x d)
283 x 700 x 507 mm
11.1 x 27.5 x 20"
Weight
39 kg
86 lb

1 1 m, free field, SPL max peak, Broadband signal IEC 60268, one speaker driven
2 far field, scaled to 1 m, SPL max peak, Broadband signal IEC 60268, 4 cabinets driven
3 Calculated equivalent diameter of coherent addition of front and side radiating LF drivers

Title
Category
File type
Size
Language
Release
 
2D DWG CAD package 1.4
2D CAD drawings
ZIP
388 MB
25.02.2025
2D DWG CAD package Release notes 1.4
2D CAD drawings
PDF
626 KB
English
25.02.2025
3D DWG CAD package release notes 1.5
3D CAD drawings
PDF
346 KB
English
07.05.2026
3D DWG CAD package 1.5
3D CAD drawings
ZIP
252 MB
07.05.2026
XSL System brochure
Brochures
PDF
19.10 MB
English
02.05.2023
XSL-System Introductory brochure
Brochures
PDF
1.54 MB
English
28.11.2021
XSL8 Datasheet 1.3
Datasheets
PDF
1.04 MB
English
09.06.2026
Architectural specification XSL8 1.2
Loudspeakers
TXT
2.31 KB
English
09.06.2026
XSL8/XSL12 Manuale d'uso 1.4 it
Manuals
PDF
2.20 MB
Italiano
01.10.2026
XSL8/XSL12 Manual 1.4 en
Manuals
PDF
2.20 MB
English
28.09.2026
ArraySight Manual 1.14
Manuals
PDF
1.67 MB
English
05.02.2026
XSL Rigging manual 1.5
Manuals
PDF
15.15 MB
English
21.11.2024
Z5786 Rigging manual 1.2
Manuals
PDF
3.03 MB
English
29.11.2023
Z5777/Z5790 Rigging manual 1.1
Manuals
PDF
3.60 MB
English
11.06.2023
Z5778/Z5779 Rigging manual 1.2
Manuals
PDF
5.97 MB
English
11.06.2023
d&b Revit Families - SL-Series 1.4
Revit files/BIM
ZIP
89 MB
29.08.2025
d&b Revit Families - SL-Series - Release notes 1.4
Revit files/BIM
PDF
1.33 MB
English
29.08.2025
AN162 Operating loudspeaker systems behind LED screens 1.1
Technical information (TI)
PDF
2.45 MB
English
20.04.2026

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