American DJ Ultra Hex Bar 12
$549.99
2 Videos
2 Photos
The ADJ Ultra HEX Bar 12 is a versatile LED Linear fixture with 12 x 10-Watt , 6-IN-1 HEX LEDs. With a 40-degree beam angle, users may produce wide washes with smooth color mixing from 63 built-in color macros utilizing red, green, blue, amber, white and UV LEDs. Not only is this LED Bar great for lighting stages and dance floors, but with its patent pending, intelligently designed, power and DMX connectors, it’s great for uplighting a venue.
Ultra HEX Bar 12 professional features include: 5 DMX modes (6, 7, 8, 12, & 36 channel), 6 operational modes, 5 dimming curves, flicker free operation a 4-Button DMX menu with digital display, plus ADJ’s patent pending magnetic “Quick Align” end locking allows for a seamless output of light with no breaks of color. Daisy chain up to 7 units together via the fixtures built-in IEC In/Out power connectors.
The Ultra HEX Bar 12 is compatible with the ADJ RFC, easy-to-use, wireless remote. Alternatively the fixture may be operated via a DMX controller or the units built-in programs.
• Ultra bright, 40-inch indoor Linear Bar with 12 x 10W Ultra bright HEX (RGBWA + UV: 6-IN-1) LEDs
• Smooth RGBAW + UV color mixing
• Great as an architectural wall wash or for performance stages where traditional stage lighting emit a lot of heat onto performers
• 5 DMX Channel Modes: 6/7/8/12/36 channels
• 6 operational modes: Auto Run, Program Mode, Sound Active, RGBWA + UV Dimmer, Static Color and DMX-512 Mode
• Patent Pending Quick Align (Magnetic)
• Beam Angle: 40 degrees
• Flicker Free operation (No flickering on camera)
• Refresh Rate: 2.88KHz
• 63 built-in Color Macros
• 5 selectable Dim Curves (Standard, Stage, TV, Architectural & Theatre)
• LED pulse and strobe effect
• 2x8 Character LCD Display
• Electronic Dimming: 0-100%
• Includes mounting brackets to mount on a wall or set on the ground
• Compatible with the ADJ RFC remote with RF control up to 30 ft./ 10M (sold separately)
• Long Life LEDs (Rated at approximately 50,000 hrs.)
• Light output: 1680 LUX @ 2M; 478 LUX @4 Meters (40-degree beam)
• Power Draw: 90W
• Linkable: DMX via 3-pin XLR cable; Power via IEC daisy-chain power link (Up to 7 Ultra Hex Bar 12 fixtures)
• Multi-voltage operation: AC 100V-240V 50/60Hz
• Power cable length: 1.8 meter (IEC)
• Dimensions (LxWxH): 40.25” x 2.75” x 4.75”/ 1020 x 70 x 122mm
• Weight: 11 lbs./ 4.74kg.
I've owned several similar fixtures including some Hex fixtures and this is a nice bright unit, however I do have a couple of significant issues with this fixture.<br /> <br /> 1) The pixels are NOT individually addressable. They are addressable by groups of two only. This may or may not be a big deal given the use scenario. For me, it's not really a big issue, but this is a relatively expensive fixture and I kind of feel like this is a bit of a cop out on a high-ish end LED fixture.<br /> <br /> 2) American DJ has a bad habit of not including a strobe channel in certain DMX modes and this fixture is no different. You can have a strobe channel OR you can address each pixel (but only in groups of two as mentioned before) but you can't have both. That might not seem like a big issue, but with relatively full DMX universes the refresh rate with strobing that's not built in to the actual fixture can get to be a bit of an issue. The worst part is that it seems like this would be a pretty easy scenario to fix. But ADJ keeps screwing it up over and over again.<br /> <br /> 3) Another minor annoyance with this fixture is the inability for the bracket to allow the fixture to tilt a full 90 degrees. I'd intended to rig this unit up in this manner but found that I couldn't do that since the bracket only allows the unit to tilt maybe 75 degrees. Again, not something that affects every use case, but it sure seems like something that could have been addressed pretty easily.<br /> <br /> 4) The colors are pretty solid with a few caveats. The white is a very nice, cool but not too cool white color temp. The amber however is VERY amber--almost to the point of being orange rather than what I'd probably call amber. Though the actual RGB colors are nice and rich (as you'd expect) the mixing does leave quite a bit to be desired. Since there's a dedicated white LED, it's not as much of an issue, but the R+G+B white looks really terrible.<br /> <br /> All in all, for something that's on the upper end of entry-level fixtures, I feel like some of the design oversights make me really wish I'd have gone a different way. It's a fine light in a lot of respects, but it definitely has it's shortcomings.
