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Friday, June 22, 2012
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06/22/12 10:25 AM,
Crest Audio has announced it is now shipping the new Pro-LITE 2.0 power amplifier, which offers a high-speed class D design with a switch-mode power supply that reduces weight while increasing reliability, thermal efficiency and output power in parallel, stereo and bridged modes. The Pro-LITE 2.0 has two channels with independent, fourth-order 100 Hz crossovers and power ratings of 540 watts per channel at 4 ohms stereo (up to 2,000 watts bridged @ 4 ohms) at just 11.6 pounds. A…
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
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05/24/12 01:00 PM,
Powersoft K2 and K3 amplifiers powered 52 EAW KF740 modules at the annual EdgeFest one-day rock festival held at the 30,000-capacity FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, TX in late April. For the fifth straight year, Dallas-based Gemini Light Sound & Video supplied production for the event, which this year featured The Black Keys, Garbage, Cake, Cage the Elephant, Arctic Monkeys, Neon Trees, Civil Twilight, Switchfoot and Aranda. The main stage loudspeaker rig included 18 flown per side in the main…
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Tommy O’Brien
05/24/12 09:11 AM,
Now that Class-D power amplifiers are common in professional audio, much attention has been directed toward their performance compared to conventional analog amplifiers. Let’s briefly address the question of what Class-D means in order to clear up any confusion, because marketing people have conjured up several fictitious designations. An amplifier that uses its output devices as switches is Class-D. It’s as simple as that. Everything else is analog, so “analog amp” means “not a switching amp.” The phrase “conventional amp”…
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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02/29/12 10:45 AM,
MC2 Audio has introduced the S Series, a new range of power amplifiers designed for studio monitoring and other applications. The S Series is the culmination of years of work undertaken by MC2 Audio technical director and co-owner Terry Clarke in developing linear power amplifier technology. “Our first amplifier range came very close to being the best and we won many plaudits from different market sectors, however the new S Series has taken the audio quality to another level,” Clarke…
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
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02/02/12 01:57 PM,
Powersoft is now a member of Crestron Integrated Partner Program with the full permanent installations catalog, which is a plug-in, developed by Crestron for Powersoft, that includes the entire range of products. The catalog allows seamless integration of Powersoft amplifiers in Crestron-controlled environments, including video, security, evacuation and other remotely accessible devices. The feature set includes full alarm monitoring, mute and volume control, preset selection, power on/off, and real time metering for Duecanali, M Series and K Series. In addition,…
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02/02/12 10:46 AM,
PSAV Presentation Services, the world’s largest A/V rental supplier with more than 800 offices worldwide, many located on-site at major hotels, specializes in providing in-house audio-visual services to the hospitality industry for meetings and events, and maintains one of the largest, most up to date equipment inventories in the industry. Since its introduction, PSAV has been using Crown Audio VRack, a turnkey amplifier rack system that includes three I-Tech HD I-T12000 power amplifiers, a versatile input panel with analog and…
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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01/25/12 02:06 PM,
Extron Electronics has introduced the new XTRA Series XPA 4002 two-channel power amplifier, a compact 1U, convection cooled amplifier that delivers 400 watts RMS per channel, also available in low impedance and 70-volt versions. The XPA 4002 is an ENERGY STAR qualified amplifier with an Extron exclusive, highly efficient, advanced Class D amplifier design. It also features patented CDRS - Class D Ripple Suppression technology that provides a smooth, clean audio waveform and an improvement in signal fidelity over conventional…
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Friday, November 04, 2011
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11/04/11 09:46 AM,
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For the last six years Keith Kettrey and Parker Walters, owners of Showtech Productions based in Dallas, have provided the audio and video system utilized by the Opulent Temple camp at the Burning Man Festival, and this year they supplemented the low end of the left-right JBL Vertec line array system with 12 EAW SB2001 subwoofers (six per side), powered by six Powersoft K10 amplifiers equipped with DSP+KAESOP plug-in boards and Armonía Pro Audio Suite software. The Opulent Temple, one…
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Monday, October 24, 2011
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10/24/11 03:15 PM,
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The common “wisdom” just a few years ago was that the emergence of self-powered loudspeaker lines with enclosure-mounted amplifiers and protection circuitry tuned specifically for the loudspeaker meant the days of rack-mounted power amplifiers were numbered. But it’s funny the difference that innovation can make. Today’s amplifier is a powerhouse, light years removed from the huge, heavy and inefficient designs of the recent past. Current designs are also far lighter, and in some cases, come in a compact package that…
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Monday, October 17, 2011
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10/17/11 01:13 PM,
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Chateau Nightclub and Gardens, the newest nightclub on the Las Vegas strip, opened the doors of its expansive high-tech complex, showcasing an impressive amount of audio and visual entertainment space throughout. Designer and installer Bob Athey designed and built the A/V and control systems for the massive club, and chose the QSC Audio Q-Sys Integrated System Platform and QSC PowerLight amplifiers as the system backbone for the entire complex. The 45,000-square-foot club spans two levels, with a variety of indoor…
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