SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ASIA
INSTALLATION
CHINA
Powersoft Powers $4 Million Audio System for Major Chinese Stadium System Integrator EZPro found the built-in DSP modules Powersoft offers incredibly useful
A bird’s eye view of the stadium, gymnasium and natatorium in Shaanxi Province
FACTFILE Project Name: Xi’an Olympic Centre Stadium Project Location: Shaanxi Province, Xi’an, China Project Segment: Stadium Project System Integrator: EZPro Project AV Key Brand: EAW loudspeakers, Allen&Heath digital mixers, Symetriz digital processors, Powersoft amplifiers and ArmoníaPlus
As the largest and most versatile sports venue in the Shaanxi Province of Northwest China, the Xi’an Olympic Centre Stadium is due to host the opening ceremony and track and field competitions for China’s 14th National Games in September. With an immense size of 866,667sqm, the newly built venue boasts three main zones: the stadium, with 60,000 seats; the gymnasium with 18,000, and the natatorium with 4,000. A venue of this size required a colossal audio system that could meet the ambitious needs of the stadium throughout the upcoming National Games and beyond. The responsibility of designing a high-quality audio system spanning across these three zones was given to Powersoft’s Chinese distributor EZPro. “The brief we were given was to create a world class audio system, that was advanced, stable, cost
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