Kvant 1W Spectrum RGB projector

[edison]

Thats why i listened to you Mccarot and bought the scanfail. I,m anxious to build my new 1,2 watt rgb that has all the safetyfeatures like scanfail, emergencystop and a reset when power is lost and back from the grid. Hopefully within two months i can show the first beamshots from my second projector including FB3!!!
Oja and i spend only half of a kvant.

[LightMaster01]

That laser looks amazing. However, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to purchase a Kvant Laser in the US.

The Kvant website I've found doesn't have a shopping option, and I can't seem to find any stateside distributors.

So, how does one in the USA purchase a Kvant Laser System?

[allthatwhichis]

That laser looks amazing. However, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to purchase a Kvant Laser in the US.

The Kvant website I've found doesn't have a shopping option, and I can't seem to find any stateside distributors.

So, how does one in the USA purchase a Kvant Laser System?

I contacted Dusan, a sales manager via email.

"Sales manager
contact person: Dušan Navara
mail: navara "at" kvant "dot" sk
+421 918 632 028"

http://www.lasershow.sk/contact

[PPBSS]

congratulations,

[gottaluvlasers]

There is a USA dealer for KVANT now also!

and, its already in the works for the certification of the systems here with the CDRH.

Contact me if you have any questions.

-Marc

[dzodzo]

Still a bit paralyzed in a silent astonishment, i must hereby proudly proclaim myself a happy owner of Kvant Spectrum 1.6W RGB. I can't find words just now to describe the box and don't have proper camera to take some beamshots but i must agree with original poster in everything (even the safety key in initial ON position lol ) You get the projector which is very small... maybe even tiny... compared to its capabilities and it's quite heavy. I must say even heavier than the RGY which is twice or triple the size. All is packed in a flightcase (i got even smaller than OP) where you have the manual, packing list, spare fuses for galvos, 25m ILDA cable which is really thin and light compared to the one i have, a power cable and the attached security keys.
One thing that is rather obvious is the blueish color overkill because of the composition of the diodes (1000mW 445 vs 300mW 532 and 300mW 640) but it's not even desirable to run all the diodes at full capacity so i'll tune them down a bit and mix up for a nice white with the help of Chroma. I ran a few beamshows at about 50% intensity and still it was bright as sun. At least compared to my previous RGY 290mW i feel a strong respect in front of this machine and its beams. 2W version has better mixing but is a bit more expensive, so with CT scanners which i wanted really bad it has gone out of my budget roof.
The scanners are nicely tuned at first glance, on weekend i'll try with some test frames but the shapes are really nice cut and sharp. And the mirrors are so tiny it's cute! They have some function that the galvos slow down if they're pushing the limits so sometimes it looks a bit odd as if the frames per second went down or so. It's hard to describe, maybe i'll have a chance to post some videos.
First overall rating: even though it's not a cheap piece of hardware, you get the value you pay for in every aspect. Big UP for Kvant and Pelosh.

[dzodzo]

Some pictures, running at about 50% of R/G and about 30% B intensity to mix for a relatively white...

[White-Light]

Lovely pics.

Just wondering on your mix though, if you're running 50% R/G and 30% B, couldn't you get the same mix from 100% R/G and 60% B?

Seems a shame to waste so much power.

[dzodzo]

I can try that in some larger event but on full intensity it's just too bright in the small space kitchen offers and the reflections from white walls just make the room too bright then. You can see even with half power the rest of kitchen

[sbk]

I agree these are really cute case, I ordered one for a client and was astonished on the small size and nice construction

Just to explain, the ILDA cable is so light because it has only 14 wires instead of 25... The connectors are massive and solid though

[dzodzo]

shot of 1,6W projecting at a hill above our town, you can see the blue in this one is quite dominating



and here is the spot, you can see at 2,5 km distance it starts to be a bit misaligned

[sbk]

Wow, beam seems to have a very small divergence! Are you sure it's really 2.5km far away? According to its 0.8 mrad divergence (what I have measured if I remember), beam diameter should be around 2 meters at 2.5km... Maybe the picture is misleading me and the beam is bigger than it appear I don't know.

[dzodzo]

according google earth it was 2,51 km exactly from the balcony with projector to pile of wood on the hill, the inner beam that is white was quite small but separate beams seem to be bigger with blue making a line shape

[masterpj]

Divergence is really really small.
Beamspecs are stunning.

I'm using a kvant for my graphics, despite not having chosen for the CT scanners and having LM scanners (which are still good). I'm using this thing for graphics and the colors are beautifull.