Ayrton Presents New Products at ISE 2026 During an extremely busy ISE in Barcelona, where both Ayrton's VIP and light show stands were packed with visitors for all four days, the company surprised the industry with the premiere of Rawbeam 350, its brand-new laser-sourced ultra-compact fixture that emulates a discharge-style beam, yet with all the efficiency and power of a laser source. A compact, flat-beam fixture with the same footprint and dimensions as Stradale, Rawbeam 350 delivers1,200,000 lux at 10m. It also features a 160mm front lens, and a proprietary 13-lens optical system offering a 35x zoom ratio with a working range from 1.2 degrees to 42 degrees. Rawbeam 350's optical system is engineered around an entirely linear zoom which travels the full length of its 1.2-degree-to-42-degree range without changing between beam and spot modes. Sharing all the features common to Ayrton's Ultimate Series in terms of miniaturization, color capabilities, effects, and movement (including continuous pan and tilt), the product is equipped with multiple graphic tools. Like every Ayrton luminaire since 2023, it is IP65-rated. It weighs 54lb. The company says the unit's size and versatility make it suitable for markets ranging from EDM to television studios. "Visitors were amazed at the compact size of Rawbeam 350 which remains packed with all the features and capabilities of its fellows in the Ultimate Series," says Marc Lorenz, Ayrton's designer relationship manager, "yet demonstrates all the abilities of a traditional discharge fixture from a powerful laser source." The product's features include infinite pan and tilt; CMY, CTO, fixed color wheel with 15 colors, two multicolors, and two minus green filters; two gobo wheels with 12 and 31 metal gobos; light and heavy frosts; animation wheel; and two combinable and indexable three-way prisms. Also seen for the first time at ISE were previews of Ayrton's new Nando 1202 Wash, MagicBlade Neo, and Naja fixtures: Nando 1202 is equipped with twenty-eight 42W RGB-L LEDs delivering a luminous flux of 25,000lm, and additive color mixing, and a CRI exceeding 86. It shifts effortlessly from beam to wash, the company says, featuring a 15:1 zoom ratio and an exceptionally wide operating range -- from a 3.5-degree beam to a 53-degree spread. Part of the Dot Neo family, MagicBlade Neo is billed as an entirely new concept -- an organic and innovative luminaire designed to create infinitely reconfigurable curtains of multiform light. Built on the foundation of the MagicDot Neo, it features five independently moving heads, spaced 3mm apart, with continuous pan and tilt rotation. Equipped with five individual 120W RGB-L multi-chip LED sources, each paired with a 100mm optic, every beam seamlessly transitions from beam to wash, offering a 10:1 zoom ratio and an extensive range from three degrees to 30 degrees. Each lens of the MagicBlade Neo features a high-definition LiquidEffect on its periphery, allowing the creation of intricate graphic effects. Ayrton continues to shape the story of laser-sourced fixtures with the advent of Naja: a weatherproof fixture that embraces excess in a remarkably compact frame, the company says. It features a 35x zoom ratio (0.6 degrees to 21 degrees) with uniformity, an outsized 200mm lens, and a1,840,000 lux at 10m. It features a CMY color-mixing system using rotating discs; a dual-wheel configuration carries 92 metal gobos, fixed and rotating. These can be combined with two layers of three rotating prism effects, unlocking a world of image-multiplying, show-stopping visual possibilities. IP65-rated and with continuous pan and tilt, Naja weighs just 69.5lb and takes the same form factor as Rivale. Nando 1202 Wash, MagicBlade Neo and Naja will all be released later this year. These products were joined on the stand by Ayrton's Mamba, Nando 502, Stradale, Rivale, Veloce, and the EagleStrike, all of which took part in the new Ayrton light show with an entirely new design by Stephane Migee, programmed by Willy Heilmann. 
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