Exclusive Distributor Newsletter #11
A Summer of APA and Olympic Success!
So the Olympics are finally over. Maybe because of the drugs scandals, and maybe because we just were great, Team GB came away from the event with the biggest medal haul of over 100 years. All that hard work and training paid off for so many of the athletes, got us thinking about the research and development and hard work that’s gone into making APA a success. So what links the Team GB and APA? Medals aside, here are a few ideas… 😉
1) Supplying the Power: Remember – a single APA is capable of 5000W/Ch. and happily into 2R loads. Serious weight.
2) Keeping the Precision: All the processing in APA is at 96kHz – not like a PLM+ which has to run processing at 48kHz (they keep this fact quietly hidden!). Highly accurate.
3) Maximising the Performance: Approaching class AB levels of distortion and noise performance, APA doesn’t have to be a “bass” amp: it sounds so good that it can be used for any part of the spectrum. Miserable sod. (Sorry, that’s just Andy Murray!).
4) Going the Distance: With a power supply that’s 40% bigger than the direct competitor, and vast energy storage, that peak power isn’t just for half a cycle at 1kHz – it’s for multiple cycles at LOW frequencies, giving new levels of impact to LF. Marathon performance.
5) Sharing the Glory: APA can share it’s local inputs on the network for all amps to use, and don’t forget that unused DSP can be put to use for other amps if required. Team spirited.
6) Listen to the Chief: With mac and PC software for easy Ethernet based remote control, and the ability to use 4 Series presets setting up and monitoring an APA system is quick, intuitive and secure. Stroke! Stroke! (Not wholly relevant to this analogy really!)
Hopefully that has raised a smile, and given you a little reminder of what an APA is capable of.
This is a good time to round up the latest for APA before it goes public…your exclusive preview on a couple of stories!
This is a snippet from a US press release about APA in the presidential elections:
XTA APA Series Amplifiers Do A Clean Sweep At Post-RNC/DNC Events
At high-profile closing parties that followed both the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention, as well as on the first major stop of the Clinton-Kaine bus tour, Rock The House made sure the sound was the peoples’ choice with smart, adaptive processing by XTA’s APA-4E8 APA Series amplifiers
CLEVELAND, Ohio – August 2016 — In July, Cleveland-based Rock The House Audio Visual (RTHAV) provided audio for three major events around the upcoming US Presidential election. Their PA system powered the sound for the Marshall Tucker Band, Big & Rich, “The Voice Versus American Idol” and Jim Brickman at an event hosted by the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County, Ohio after the Republican National Convention in Cleveland; an AT&T-sponsored event featuring MC Lyte and DJ Damage at the Hyatt hotel in downtown Philly to close out the Democratic National Convention; and the official launch of the Clinton-Kaine bus tour in Columbus, Ohio after the DNC. The politics at each event may have been strikingly different but they all had one thing in common: the sound at every one of these high-profile events was powered using four recently acquired XTA Electronics APA Series APA-4E8 Adaptive Processing Amplifiers.
“These were very busy amplifiers in the first two weeks we owned them,” notes Ryan Konikoff, Rock The House Audio Visual’s Chief Operating Officer. “They did three major projects in fifteen days!” The XTA APA Series amps were used to power RTHAV’s unique PA system: an Audiocenter KLA 210 line array. Konikoff says the company heard the system during a visit last year to the Prolight + Sound Show in Guangzhou, China and felt it delivered excellent sound extremely cost effectively. What now puts that system into the same league as more widely recognized brands in the US, he says, is pairing it with the XTA APA Series amplifiers, which were chosen to support Rock The House’s broad range of clientele.
“We began as a sound company for local events, such as school dances,” he explains. “While we’ve expanded quickly and now also do large events like the ones we did around the Democratic and Republican conventions, we continue to work with local clients. The APA amps help us in a number of ways: first, they sound and perform fantastically, but as important is the fact that they are very programmable. We can dial in the DSP and other performance parameters we might need to power a system for a small stage or other local event at the warehouse and then send the system out ready to play. We don’t need to send a highly experienced audio technician out with it, which really helps us manage our manpower. I can put my best guys where I need them.”
We can only show you one picture right now as the article hasn’t gone to print yet, but
RTHAV’s XTA APA-4E8 Adaptive Processing Amplifiers (lower left), located adjacent to the monitor mix position, delivered plenty of power and beneficial processing for the RNC’s closing party in Cleveland
This month Mondo* DR magazine will publish an article about a fantastic German APA install n Nuremberg at Z-Bau – a multi-venue arts hub. You can read about it here but you’ll need the password (apa of course!) to find out the whole story before it goes live!
Finally, if you’re in the UK in September it’s a busy month for us and trade show appearances, as we are attending BPM/PRO at the start of the month at the Genting Arena (NEC):
With Polar Audio in the PRO halls of the show…
and then at Plasa (this year at Kensington Olympia, London) as part of the FREE Dante networking event. In their words:
“Learn more about Dante™ networking at this free event, including presentations, training workshops and live table-top displays from the sponsors. This event is recommended to anyone involved with installation of networked audio systems, including design consultants, system integrators and live sound engineers. Certified Technology Specialists™ will earn four RU credits for attending.”
Our very own Dante implementation (not just a stock photo!)
Read more about it and sign up for that here…
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