I like to keep up with what different lighting manufactures are creating. If you don’t know whats changing in your industry then everything becomes a bit static. I have always though that Martin needed a brighter wash fixture in their line up. The 2K series have the exact same set-up when it come to their light source. You have a 1200 W HTI bulb with all of them. In the Profile and the Performance they sure pack a good punch but the wash is satisfactory.
Martin has now created the Mac 2000 Wash XB. I’m just going to go out on a limb here and guess that “XB” stands for eXtra Bright. They have beefed up the light source and made improvements on the overall performance of the previous Mac 2000 Wash. The biggest change is it’s 40% brighter. There is now a Osram HTI 1500 W/D7/60 SharXS lamp putting out 60 000 lumens. Not sure if there are some different bulbs to choose from. Whats really neat is if you already own a lot of Mac 2000 Wash’s and want your fixtures to be 40% brighter, Martin now offers a upgrade kit to convert your existing fixtures. Martin is also offering a buy-back program for your 1200 W ballast that you will no longer need once you upgrade.
Please check out the link for all the information on this new fixture. I predict a lot of production companies will purchase the conversion kits in the near future to take advantage of this optional upgrade.
http://www.martin.com/productnews/productnews.asp?id=357&page=3&product=ALL&searchsegment=
