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Topic: Sound AMp Location
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-20-2006 07:13 PM
Don't forget that the air behind the screen is normally FILTHY with all those leaf-blowers and other garbage that gets behind the screen...with amps that blow air, it is short order before they are clogged.
However, in theory, yes, behind the screen offers many advantages from an electrical standpoint. With the price of metals nowadays, it even makes some financial sense to consider building a small lockable "amp closet" for them.
With technology like Cobranet, one can send the audio via Cat 5 and save a bundle on that part of the materials an installation. QSC has done this with their Basis line of products...they also afford the exhibitor the ability to monitor the amps from anywhere. To some degree, one could set the system up such that if the Ethernet cable becomes unplugged...the system calls the cops or at least alerts some form of security. I know this is starting to happen in colleges where many of the A/V systems have Ethernet connections...if the unit fails or becomes out of touch, the system automatically dispatches someone to investigate.
That said, I like my amps in the booth...aside from the dirt issue, it makes troubleshooting a lot easier.
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