How do the Milanese stay so skinny eating all that pasta? Is it the Mediterranean climate? Their industrious cigarette smoking? A secret papal blessing? No, silly, it's their integration of lightweight class-D amplifiers in their power sections! Just look at the Turbosound Milan M15 active loudspeaker for proof (pricing and availability TBA).

The M15 is a 1x15 two-way enclosure powered by a 450 class-D amplifier -- a ton of power, especially when you consider that fact that this box that only weighs 49 lbs. Internal DSP protects the drivers from peak damage. The Milan M15 covers a frequency spectrum of 36Hz - 17kHz ±3dB, and the finely-tuned housing provides 90°h x 60°v dispersion coverage. The cleverly designed housing makes the M15 suitable for FOH applications ro as a stage wedge monitor.

As is de rigeur for active loudspeakers the M15 features an integrated two-channel mixer for a complete, standalone PA. The input section sports XLR and instrument jacks, and a mix-out jack allows for daisy-chaining of multiple M15s.