LONDON — Britannia Row at Frankfurt’s Prolight & Sound 2007 has purchased 84 of Outline’s new T9 computer controlled amplifiers for its Butterfly inventory. The T9 reportedly produces 2 x 4800/3000/1300 at 2/4/8 Ohms in a 1 unit rack space with a weight of only 12 Kilograms.
It includes Ethernet, RS485, smart card settings, parameters and a power upgrade function. DSP cards are designed fitted for the ability to control each element of a Butterfly hi-pack. The software for system control monitors all functions and gives the operator total control via a laptop. The GUI shows thermal, impedance, mute, on-off status, grouping etc.
Outline and Britannia Row have designed and built custom designed racks and patching and wiring infrastructure for the new system enabling for a myriad of configurations.
First outing for the new amplifier system was at London’s Hammersmith Apollo for Decaydance. A sold out multiband line-up featuring Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship and Gym Class Heroes. Left and right hangs of 12 Butterfly hi-packs were used together with 6 x Subtech 218s per side.
“We did a brief ‘A’ and ‘B’ test between our existing Outline TP6.5’s and the new T9 in the warehouse,” Systems Engineer Adam Smith for Britannia Row. “These new amps and wiring have taken the Butterfly to new heights. To prove the amount of headroom available, I am backing off the hi’s – 12dB and the low mids at 9dB, subs now run at 3dB.
“Control was via Dolby Lake units with the new amps and software,” Smith says. “I now have total control of all the system anywhere in the listening environment. The great news is also that with the addition of a DSP card inserted into the amplifiers we can control individual elements within the arrays, and with a further addition of a smart card can actually tailor the amplifiers for even more power. Because the amps can operate from 95 volts to 240 volts this means we can work anywhere in the World with no power supply problems.”
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