Located in the Malaysian capital’s transportation hub in the Kuala Lumpur Sentral area, the Hilton Kuala Lumpur hotel’s needed to refresh the sound systems in both of its ballrooms and its meeting room in line with recent renovations. After winning the tender, Concept Audio chose Powersoft amplifiers ad Tannoy loudspeakers to play a central role in meeting the differing requirements of each space.
‘We chose Powersoft due to the amplifier flexibility and enhanced efficiency, as well as the seamless integration they provide,’ says Concept Audio MD, Castrit Lim Lit Seong.
Seong and his team revamped multiple areas of the Hilton hotel, including the 565m² Grand Ballroom, the Junior Ballroom and the meeting room, to deliver clear and crisp audio. ‘The integration within the rooms was done separately,’ he explains. ‘We relied on three Powersoft’s Duecanali 1604 DSP+D, one Quattrocanali 1204 DSP+D and Duecanali 804 DSP+D, to power the Grand Ballroom.’
Duecanali and Quattrocanali models combine low power consumption and heat dissipation in a compact unit for medium-scale installations.
In the Junior Ballroom, used for team building activities or small gatherings, Seong and his team installed three Mezzo 602 AD. The Hilton’s meeting room is served by one Mezzo 322 AD. Powersoft’s Mezzo series offer reliability and the same build quality in a half-rack form factor, and AD versions of Mezzo add audio networking capabilities with DanteTM/AES67 and an internal Gigabit Ethernet switch with a second port so that multiple products can share the same network.
Accompanying the Powersoft amplifiers in the Grand Ballroom are 18 Tannoy CMS 1201DCT, 16 Tannoy CMS 503IC, six Tannoy CMS 503ICT and four Tannoy CVS 4 ceiling speakers. In the Junior Ballroom, Concept Audio also installed 12 Tannoy CMS 803DC BM and ten Tannoy CMS 503ICT ceiling speakers. Mezzo powers ten Tannoy CMS 803DC BM ceiling speakers in the meeting room.
The amplifier platforms’ flexible output capabilities enabled a reduction in the number of units required, resulting in a substation cost savings for the client. ‘Mezzo amplifiers offer the versatility to seamlessly convert analogue inputs to network audio, eliminating the necessity for additional network audio input hardware,’Seong explains.
The installation process was smooth, with the amplifiers easily integrating with the ceiling speakers in various rooms. Seong adds that the team faced no significant challenges, underscoring the reliability of Powersoft amplifiers. ‘The newly installed system is easy to control, stable and has allowed for the hotel to save on equipment costs,’ he says.
He reports that the end-user is satisfied with the easy-to-control and stable amplifiers: ‘The customer is happy about the new installation. They aimed to achieve a superior sound quality and are delighted with the end result. Powersoft amplifiers have proved to be the ideal choice for the Hilton Kuala Lumpur hotel.’
