At London’s PLASA Show, P&B discovered Funktion One’s Resolution 2 system and, noticing the demand for high-end larger scale FOH PA, they made the radical decision to do away with almost their entire previous inventory to invest in a larger system. "As a result, we switched to QSC’s PowerLight Series - and we wished since that we had done this years ago," says P&B’s Michel van de Beek. The new QSC system drives the company’s eight stacks of Funktion One Resolution 5/F218s. "With the 'top-racks', we have the capability to drive more cabinets per rack, and this is something we are planning to do in the future."
Van de Beek adds, "For touring applications, QSC is the best sounding amplifier available to date - in fact, Funktion One recommended them as first choice. Having tested several amplifiers, we have come to the conclusion this is indeed the best partnership - it produces the richest, warmest sound, with the most detail of all the combinations we tested."
HAI has also been hard at work with another rental company, with the result that Story Sound added a new amp rack containing six PowerLight PL6.0 amplifiers. Having operated their JBL PA rig with several different power engines in the past, Story Sound has now committed themselves to QSC. Michael Story, who heads the hire company, said they needed to boost the sub-frequencies of their JBL HLA system, and auditioned the leading three producers. "We recognized this two years ago, after doing some of the summer festivals with the HLA system, and sensed that we needed to optimize it by running larger amps. After doing these demos, we were amazed at the power and hi-fidelity the QSC PL6.0s produced. The difference between the systems was really big - at the low end, it sounded just great."
(Lee Baldock)
