Dynacord XA PA System powers all-new multi-purpose State Club
UK – The UK’s newest ‘super club’, the 1200-capacity, three-level State Club in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, has opened its doors with the UK’s largest installation to date of the Dynacord XA PA system, installed by Doncaster based Electro Music.

Created by Peter Swann, the entrepreneur behind the highly successful Sands Jazz Club in the same town, the spacious State Club resides in the totally renovated shell of a former cinema. In its new guise it makes abundant use of the space to offer four vibrant venues in one – nightclub, live music venue, café/lounge and digital cinema.
The main stage hosts live acts and, using its retractable 20 metre screen and dedicated DLP digital cinema projector, daytime movie screenings. It’s flanked by a pair of ground stacks of Dynacord FX12 mid-high tops from the XA range that focuses sound on the dancefloor, with a row of eight matching FX20 Planar waveguide bass horns built in below the stage.

The design team, led by State Club technical engineer Ashley Talbot, Electro Music’s Jason Gardener and Mark Bromfield of Dynacord distributor beyerdynamic UK, also specified a second pair of FX12 mid-high tops either side, facing inwards from the rear of the dancefloor. These provide a complete dancefloor surround sound system for club nights, and can be switched into true 5.1 surround mode for cinema screenings. In command is a compact rack of Dynacord XA4000 Class-H system amplifiers.

For delays and in-fills into the bar and lounge area behind the dancefloor, Dynacord D12-3 way full range cabinets are wall mounted and driven by three Dynacord CL1200 linear power amplifiers, providing independently controllable levels from discrete, low profile cabinets.
 Stage monitoring for live acts comprises eight Dynacord M12 stage monitors, powered by CL1200 monitor amplifiers and processed via DBX 266A limiters, along with Alto 30 band graphic equalisers, a wide range of top brand microphones and, as at front of house, an Allen & Heath console.

A pair of DJ booths that overlook the dancefloor from either side feature Dynacord D15-3 15-inch three-way monitor loudspeakers with CL1200 linear power amplifiers. Up at the front of house mix position on the third, highest balcony, at the heart of the club’s VIP area, are two more audio systems – both featuring Dynacord D12-3 3-way full range cabinets and CL1200 amplifiers. One pair of D12s provides monitoring for the main mix console position while the other, with Sub115 laminar vent 15” subwoofers, covers the adjacent VIP dancefloor.

The Dynacord system was specified after conversations between the club’s technical staff and Electro Music’s installation team, and a demo to the club by beyerdynamic UK. Jason Gardener says: “The XA system is straightforward to configure, sounds excellent and has great headroom, and we felt it would be ideal for the State Club.”

State Club Projects & Events Manager, Natalie Jones, comments: “We feel that the sound and lighting are superior to anything else we’ve seen or heard, and we’re very proud to have the best system outside of London. The system’s headroom means we only ever have to use 75% of its power, so nothing is ever pushed to the limit.”
For more information on XA PA Systems from Dynacord,
click here 		Contact Electro Music:
Tel: 01312 369999
www.electromusic.co.uk

Contact State Club:
The State Club
Tel: 01427 811118
Fax: 01427 614127
Email: info@stateclub.co.uk

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