China - Opened earlier this year, Bottle Live Club in the city of Chengdu has quickly become a magnet for diverse audiences. Situated in the city’s Jinjiang District, the club is in the heart of Chengdu’s commercial, cultural, and entertainment life. A varied programme of live music from large-scale ensembles, solo artists, bands, and DJ sets, demanded an appropriate sound system.
Bottle Live Club’s investors, a group which also manages the city’s Playhouse venue, engaged ST Audio to design and supply a high quality and robust solution for this challenging venue. The club covers a total area of more than 7500sq.m, with a main hall of more than 900sq.m and a ceiling height of 22m.
Since its establishment in 2012 ST Audio has operated as a distributor and integrator in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao, specialising in delivering comprehensive solutions for live music venues, theatres, clubs, conference centres, and hospitality venues. Following ‘meticulous site inspections and consultations’ with the venue, ST Audio designed and installed a system which combined EM Acoustics loudspeakers with XTA processing and amplification.
ST Audio installed strategically-deployed flagship Halo line arrays (a combination of 18 x Halo-A and four Halo-B) supported by 14 x S-218, four MSE 118, and four S-18 subwoofers, as well as a variety of full-range cabinets and monitors to achieve uniform coverage and consistent tonal balance.
The system is powered by four XTA DNA100 (four 3700W into 2.7R) and 10 x DNA120 (two 6250W into 2.7R) digital audio network amplifiers, with processing by means of three XTA DP448 and three DP548 units.
Xian Shengtao, founder of ST Audio comments: “Achieving a truly international-level system requires seamless cooperation between loudspeakers, amplifiers, and processors. Without careful integration, issues such as delay or phase misalignment could compromise quality. Our many years’ experience of using EM Acoustics and XTA allowed us to fine tune the system for optimal performance.”
Xian continues, “Since the Club opened, it’s rapidly become one of the most popular nightlife destinations in China, attracting customers from across the country and overseas. This success has placed heavy demands on the audio system which has consistently delivered reliable, high-energy performance - proving the strength both of the EM Acoustics and XTA products.”
Richard Fleming of XTA reflects, “ST Audio has achieved excellent results without any compromise on quality in what was a very challenging space. Deploying our amplification and processing with the sonic excellence of EM Acoustics has once again proved to be a winning combination.”
