Allen & Heath SQ Sets the Stage at Newly Opened Wunvzhou Resort

Located in the Chinese province of Jiangxi, the recently opened Wunvzhou Resort combines tourism and culture via a range of hotels, restaurants, shops and cultural attractions, all themed on the historic Hui-culture.

Before the resort’s official opening in July, Chinese AV solutions provider EZPro were handed the task of supplying and installing the audio system for the resort’s regular large-scale live performances of Encounter with Wuyuan – performed on a floating stage – in the 3,000-seat outdoor arena.

With daily performances of the show at the heart of the resort’s entertainment output, reliability, ease of use and audio quality were key factors in EZPro’s decision-making process for the audio system. With this in mind, EZPro opted for an Allen & Heath SQ-7 for mixing duties, partnered with a DX168 portable expander for remote analogue I/O. Additionally, an Allen & Heath SQ-5, also with a DX168 expander, is deployed as a redundant backup system.

Built on Allen & Heath’s innovative XCVI FPGA core, the SQ mixing platform delivers 48 channel / 36 bus mixing at 96kHz with ultra-low 0.7ms latency. The integrated SLink port enables plug-and-play connection to Allen & Heath’s “Everything I/O” ecosystem of remote expanders, making it simple to add up to 48 remote inputs to an SQ system.

Both mixers are fitted with SQ Dante cards, delivering 64×64 audio at 96kHz or 48kHz, with the Primary and Secondary ports supplying a redundant audio link, via discrete network switches, to the arena’s power amps and loudspeakers.

“The Allen & Heath system ticks all the boxes; flexible mix position, super-fast setup and unrivalled ease of use,” concludes Xiong Wei, Technical Engineer at EZPro. “The engineers loved the SQ’s DEEP Processing which enabled them to deliver a studio-quality mix for the live performances. It is no surprise that the client is happy with the result!”