Green design saves on space, electric, and cooling costs.

The recent re-construction of the Moonlight Amphitheatre, a city-owned, city-run outdoor facility presenting Broadway musical productions, featured a new sound system powered by 34 Powersoft amplifiers. The sound system, designed by Acoustic Dimensions, covers the 900 permanent seats and the 1,200-capacity lawn area with separate vocal and music systems. The choice of Powersoft was based on sound quality, on-board DSP, and space considerations with resulting electric service and cooling equipment savings.

“We needed to power an extensive system, in terms of number of speakers and speaker locations, with a very minimal number of amplifiers that had to fit in a space constrained area,” says Jeff Miller, LEED accredited senior design consultant for Acoustic Dimensions. “As Powersoft amplifiers take up only...read more