We just finished a major renovation for the DoubleTree Hotel in the Westshore area of Tampa. The goal was to replace the worn out and dated room combining/sound system with something newer.

They were having problems with the existing system, it was making noises/hum and the amplifiers would cut out for no apparent reason. We were able to replace two full large (6 feet high) equipment racks into a single rack. Not only did we improve the sound, ease of use and reliability of the system but we also gave them a whole lot of their closet space back.

The new system consisted of an FSR 8 room combining system along with seven Biamp automatic mixers. We replaced the existing brass control plates with a new membrane style touch panel. Because there are no moving parts in the membrane panel they are not likely to get the "fuzziness" in the audio that was occurring before our upgrade. The older wall plates used potentiometers that wear out and when you move them to change the volume you get the static over the sound system.

We also we able to replace eight separate amplifiers with a single QSC - 8 channel amplifier, that change alone saved them 20 rack spaces. When the job was done the system worked great and is very easy to operate and worked seamlessly.