The MAC Encore™ Wash CLD is designed to provide rich color and premium white light for applications where light quality is critical. It serves as an LED-based alternative to the MAC Viper Wash DX and is ideal for situations requiring both high-performance color mixing and movement. This soft-edge moving head is packed with features, offering a crisp, neutral daylight of 6000 K, making it a modern replacement for traditional HMI-based Fresnel fixtures. Its performance is enhanced with color mixing and movement, making it a versatile tool for stage lighting.
This fixture's 6000 K cold white light quality is unparalleled, delivering superior color accuracy and consistency. It also boasts super silent cooling and effects operation, ensuring a quiet and efficient performance. Its best-in-class size, weight, and performance ratio make it stand out in the industry. The MAC Encore Wash CLD's design is a perfect blend of compactness and high output, providing both quality and portability. Weighing only 28.5 kg (62.9 lbs.), this fixture maintains a premium build quality that adheres to Martin's tour-proven standards.
The MAC Encore Wash CLD incorporates internal barndoors, a standout feature in LED wash lights. The internal system includes two overlapable shutter blades that allow for full blackout and a 100° rotation, providing precise beam control. This feature, combined with the ultra-precise iris, enables the fixture to crop the beam’s wide axis and frame the lit area with accuracy. The fixture's optical system ensures even light and color temperature distribution, even during zooming or dimming, providing perfect control over the beam’s intensity. It features a Fresnel lens with Gaussian diffusion, and its 1:4 zoom allows for both high and low ceiling usage, spanning from tight beams to wide coverage. An optional PC lens with a 1:5 zoom ratio offers tighter beams and longer throws for more specific lighting needs.
For color, the MAC Encore Wash CLD delivers vibrant CMY color mixing, allowing for smooth transitions between light pastels and rich, saturated primaries. The fixture also offers variable CTO for daylight to tungsten color temperature control, staying true to the black body curve without introducing green or magenta shifts. This ensures that skin tones, costumes, and set pieces are rendered in their true colors naturally, enhancing the visual quality of the production. With its whisper-silent operation, the MAC Encore Wash CLD is engineered for applications where noise is a concern, such as theater and broadcast settings.
The fixture includes a full range of dynamic effects, including pre-programmed effects, continuous dimming, strobe effects, and the Animotion™ FX system for stunning 3D mid-air and projection effects. Its super precise and silent pan/tilt movements are made possible by 3-phase stepper motor technology, ensuring smooth, accurate positioning. The MAC Encore Wash CLD also features internal dimmer and shutter controls, along with adjustable dynamic effects and precise iris control.
With a compact design measuring 452 x 480 x 745 mm (17.8 x 18.9 x 29.3 in.), this lightweight fixture is ideal for a variety of stage and set designs. The MAC Encore Wash CLD also offers low heat dissipation and efficient power consumption, making it a sustainable option for long-duration events. Its robust construction, featuring high-impact thermoplastic housing and IP20 protection, ensures durability in demanding environments. Additionally, the fixture is designed for easy installation with multiple mounting points and user-friendly connections for AC power and DMX/RDM data in/out.
In terms of electrical performance, the MAC Encore Wash CLD operates on 120-240 V AC, with a typical power consumption of 596 W. The fixture also includes a highly efficient cooling system that balances convection and forced air to maintain low noise levels and optimal operating temperatures. With a minimum LED lifetime of 50,000 hours, the MAC Encore Wash CLD is built to provide reliable performance over the long term, making it a top choice for lighting professionals seeking a combination of quality, versatility, and quiet operation.
