Liverse leverages L-Acoustics L Series
Liverse leverages L-Acoustics L Series
The 10,000m2 hybrid entertainment space Liverse has opened in Suzhou and features the first permanent installation of L-Acoustics L Series in China. Located 90 minutes west of Shanghai, the venue boasts advanced visual capabilities such as a 1,000m2 high-definition screen with 270° sightlines and glasses-free 3D technology for its 3,000-capacity audience.
The project was a collaboration between Suzhou Broadcast Station (SBS) and Cheng Tian Entertainment. Key challenges were posed by the installation, including creating an audio environment that could match the venue's visual displays, ensuring consistent sound coverage throughout the dynamic standing-only venue and designing a system flexible enough to adapt to the venue's automated stage configurations.
“We were tasked with creating a powerful audio experience that could match LIVERSE's extraordinary visual capabilities,” explained Vincent Zhou, technical director at Rightway Audio Consultants (RAC), the L-Acoustics distributor who designed and installed the system. “The venue partners with world-renowned music festivals like Glastonbury, Westwood and Summer Sonic. Our solution needed to deliver exceptional sound clarity to complement their cutting-edge AR, VR, MR and holographic projection technology.”
RAC installed a system featuring L2 and L2D arrays, chosen for their reduced weight and lower profile to preserve sightlines while still producing a max SPL of up to 155 and 151dB respectively.
According to Zhou, the L Series addressed several critical challenges, including streamlining the installation process with to its rigging system, while providing sonic clarity and impact throughout the venue. “Perhaps most impressively, the compact form factor maintains clean sightlines throughout the venue while giving the Liverse technical team the flexibility to quickly adapt to different performance configurations – from intimate concerts to expansive theatrical productions.”
He noted that the series has delivered efficiency between events of different scales and styles and that “the distinctive audio experience creates memorable moments for audiences – the kind that drive word-of-mouth promotion and repeat attendance.”
With the L Series implemented for the main arrays, A10 speakers have been implemented as side-fill and front-fill systems. The svelte A10i Focus was chosen for an its intelligibility characteristics and clean aesthetic, while X12 enclosures were selected for under-balcony fills.
The system was meticulously planned on the manufacturer’s Soundvision 3D audio modelling software and LA Network Manager. “Our engineers generated detailed audio coverage maps of the L Series system while collaborating closely with the Cheng Tian Entertainment team,” explained Zhou. “We designed audio coverage zones that dance alongside the venue's 270° visual display system, creating an audiovisual harmony that neither technology could achieve alone.
“Today's audiences expect exceptional audiovisual experiences and with the L Series, we've created an audio environment that perfectly complements the venue's visual spectacle. We're delighted to have introduced China's first permanent L Series installation in a venue that embraces artistic innovation."
