Lithuanian audio engineering and rental staging specialist No Noise has invested heavily in Powersoft’s new X8 amplification platform. ‘We knew Powersoft as a reliable company and X8’s specifications spoke for themselves,’ says Creative Director, Lina Stanisauskaite. ‘There was no better way to take the plunge.’
The company has quickly put its new gear into service supporting one of the country’s most popular artists, SEL, building to a massive concert in front of 12,000 people in Klaipeda.
No Noise takes its product acquisition seriously, and had been investigating the possibility of different solutions to drive different parts of their Amate Audio PA system – including Powersoft’s K20 for the subwoofers. The X Series amplifiers cropped up on the Powersoft website: ‘We quickly realised that this the product we had always been waiting for,’ Stanisauskaite says.
As a relatively young company, No Noise’s vision was to have universal amplifiers that would be suitable for any product: ‘We envisaged X8 would be suitable for all parts of the system – from 2x18-inch subwoofers, line array and small 8-inch front fill speakers,’ she says. ‘All our systems are working on Dante, and X Series not only had Dante support, but powerful DSP with FIR filters and the three-phase power supply.’
However, before making an initial commitment for seven amplifiers (now nine), No Noise needed assurance of technical support. ‘Powersoft kept its promise,’ Stanisauskaite reports, ‘and we are very happy with the training given by Luigi [Chelli].’
As audio engineers, No Noise also had a commitment to satisfying the highest possibly technical requirements of SEL, whose career extends back nearly 20 years. Based on drums, bass, guitar, saxophone and backing vocals, Stanisauskaite notes that while full range is important, the artist’s intros are dominated by low frequencies, and No Noise’s goal is to get eight Powersoft M-Force driven subwoofers developed by next summer for this purpose.
‘Now we wonder how was it even possible to work with other amps,’ Stanisauskaite says. ‘Before the X series, we did not like class-D products – no matter who the manufacturer was. But with X8, Powersoft has started a revolution.
‘We compared it with [leading brand] analogue amps but X8 delivered the best sound – the size, power and weight ratio is amazing.’
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