AED Rent specialises in providing dry-rental support to production and rental companies (rather than end users); although sharing its early history with QSC's territorial distributors, AED bvba, the two companies today operate independently, though co-operatively, under separate ownership.
Managing director of AED Rent, Eddy van Nuffel, says that the new amplifier was earmarked for purchase as soon as it was announced, and they began beta-testing back in March. "We conducted listening tests and the amplifier sounded extremely musical, with impressive Class D efficiency right across the frequency spectrum," Eddy van Nuffield reports.
The first batch of PL380s forms part of a strategic inventory upgrade for AED Rent as some of the pre-existing frontline amplifiers - stalwart performers such as the popular PL2 and PL4.0 - are deployed to other duties to be replaced by the PL3.
"Many of the old MX3000 amplifiers are still operating in install, and we plan to pull these out and replace them with our PL4.0 racks," says van Nuffel. The new PL380's will then fill the void created by the migration of these racks - a trend which QSC believes will be emulated by other major league production companies around the world.
(Jim Evans)
