Powersoft brings power and sound reliability to the Hard Rock Café in Bucharest

To renew the audio infrastructure, Quattrocanali and Ottocanali amplifiers have been installed. Powersoft and the speakers Martin Audio.

He Hard Rock Cafe of Bucharest needed an upgrade to its audio infrastructure and turned to Romanian integrator Paradigma Teknik to get a system with the power, clarity and, above all, reliability. amplifier platforms Quattrocanali y Ottocanali Powersoft fixed installation was the solution.

Paradigma Sales Manager, Laura Angelescu, recommended a Martin Audio speaker system and turned to the Romanian distributor of Powersoft, AudioVision Store, for installation amplification.

“We have a very solid relationship with Paradigma Technik. We have worked with them for many years and Powersoft aligns very well with Martin Audio for many reasons, but mainly because of the powerful DSP, a kind of formula 1 for stock cars, explains Marius Craiu by AudioVision.

By understanding the needs of the end user from the installation, AudioVision specified the versions DSP+D Powersoft's Ottocanali and Quattrocanali amplifier platforms to form the backbone of the restaurant's multi-zone audio system.

Powersoft's Green Energy Product Solution, with innovative signal processing and backed by redundancy, met all the requirements. The facility is managed by Harmony Pro Audio Suite de Powersoft, offering comprehensive, easy-to-use web-based system control.

Each Hard Rock Café focuses on its rock scene and here Angelescu specified eight Martin Audio W8WDQ, compatible with four subwoofers WS218X, which Marius gathered with the power of two Ottocanali 12K4 DSP+D of 8 channels and a Powersoft amplifier X4 DSP +D.

Powersoft's versatile and powerful X4 amplification platform provides high-quality sound precision and high-density power to subwoofer units.

Like the DSP+D versions of the Ottocanali series, The X4 channels two redundant Dante streams and features a fully shielded circuit design. The power amplifier Ottocanali 12K4 provides up to a total of 12.000 W a 4 with maximum reliability and efficiency with reduced energy consumption, thanks to power factor correction (PFC) of Powersoft and patented SRM technology (Smart Rails Management).

The restaurant's seated dining areas are served by 23 three amp channels Ottocanali 4K4 DSP+D, that drive 23 Martin Audio ultra-compact two-way speakers CDD8, while front filling is supplied by two high-performance CDD12 speakers driven by a single Quattrocanali amplification platform. 4804 DSP+D.

Eight speaker systems At w8wdq are used for main tops, side fill and delays and are bi-amplified with two Powersoft Ottocanali 12K4 DSP+D, while the LF uses four X4 DSP+D amplifiers powered by WS218X.

The Quattrocanali series is Powersoft's latest dedicated installation range featuring low thermal dissipation, reducing the need for external cooling devices. Also employs patented SRM technology (Smart Rails Management) to achieve maximum system efficiency. As with the Ottocanali series, Quattrocanali is designed to operate with Lo-Z and 70V/100V distributed lines or any combination of the two.

Simple operator control of the entire system was one of the main requirements of the installation. AudioVision specified Armonía Pro Audio Suite software from Powersoft, offering complete and intuitive graphical control of your amplifiers via the web application, making installed amplifier platforms remotely accessible and operable.

Harmony provides password-protected levels of system control. At the 'advanced user' level, The system can be configured and commissioned with full access to all amplifier settings. The audio engineer can customize the operator view to create a safe view to manage specific zones and volume control.