Powersoft Drives EAW Line Arrays at the Fairy Mountains Music Festival

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25/09/2014

Powersoft K series power amplifiers were employed to drive EAW KF line arrays at the recent Fairy Mountains Music Festival

Held in the Chinese south-western city of Wulong Chongqing, this grand event included a line-up of famous musicians such as Wu Bai, Chang Chen-yue, Landy Wen and Qin Yong, a leading singer from the seminal Chinese rock band, Black Panther (Hei Bao Yuedui). Six other bands from Chengdu and Chongqing also performed at this festival. In order to provide a better experience for the audience, the organiser set a limit of 5000 capacity on each day.

EAW KF series line arrays were chosen to fulfill the PA requirements, powered by Powersoft K series Class D amplifiers. Sixteen EAW KF760 and eight EAW KF740 3-way full range line array modules were hung at the both sides of the stage, eight KF760s and four KF740s per side, for far- and near-field coverage. Two EAW UX8800 DSPs were integrated to optimise the acoustic performances of the loudspeaker systems.

Rental staging company Chongqing Stagecraft Sound & Light Co., Ltd. was responsible for the technical side of the festival. They used a total of 18 Powersoft power amplifiers bought from Sanecore, Powersoft’s official distributor in China.

The Powersoft armoury consisted of 12 x K3 amps and six K10 amps, which were not only able to provide sufficient power to the loudspeaker systems, but were also able to make an intelligent management of the power supply.

FOH engineer, Hu Dayi commented: “These compact rack-unit amplifiers from Powersoft offer an amazing amount of power. More than 85% high efficiency results in more amplifier output power. These amps feature unequalled Class D design with fixed switching mode, so they can work at very low load impedance, and bring great, natural and crystal clear sound. ”

Mr. Huang Daosheng, General Manager of Wulong KARST Group, which co-hosted the grand event, also spoke highly of the production values:”The sound system for this festival was so amazing! We have served up an incredible music feast to all the audience here.”

About Powersoft:
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