Jungla, a new restaurant and bar in the Forum shopping center in Gdańsk, Poland that hosts live entertainment, is equipped with a sound reinforcement system utilizing Powersoft power amplifiers in a design and installation by integrator Offstage.
“For energy efficiency, we turned to Powersoft’s Duecanali and Ottocanali amplifiers,” explains Offstage owner Offstage owner Przemysław Waszkiewicz. “Powersoft offer very energy-efficient amplifiers, in which losses are minimised with power stages working in the efficient class D. While primarily the choice of Powersoft was determined by the energy efficiency of the products, it was also the flexibility of the product that really drew us to it.”
The Ottocanali amplifier, named after the eight channels it supplies, allows the system to be divided into zones within the venue. Further, the ceiling speakers serving one of the zones required a 100-volt line, which wasn’t an issue due to the optional plug-in BatFormer Powersoft created for the Ottocanali. BatFormers are inserted into the amplifier chassis through a dedicated lid, allowing the conversion of single channels, or all, into a 70- or 100-volt output.
“Thanks to the BatFormer transformer option, it wasn’t necessary to add another amplifier to this line, which saved on cost. The potential contained in a single rack space is quite phenomenal, honestly,” Waszkiewicz adds.
Offstage has used Powersoft amplifiers from the very beginning. After establishing the company in 2008, the first major purchase from the company was a Powersoft LQ2804 amplifier. It then turned to two-channel LD amplifiers, and today, the main products Offstage relies on are X8 amplifiers, which were gradually supplemented with T Series models with compatible DSP.
“I consider Powersoft amplifiers, especially the new X and T Series, to be the most universal tool on the market. They have been designed with a rich library of pre-sets that facilitate with a wide range of popular speaker sets,” he concludes. “The ArmoníaPlus software provides a system engineer the comfort of almost total control over his work, allowing a very efficient tuning process, even with quite extensive configurations. Overall, we felt the product was a huge success, and we know we can always rely on Powersoft’s incredible products and support throughout the installations we’re part of.”
Waszkiewicz worked with Patryk Kozak of Sound Service, who also assisted with tuning the system on the project. Significant additional components include models from Klark Teknik and Turbosound, all supplied by Poland-based distributor SoundTrade.
