Gaoping’s Future Music Finds Its Reference with Alcons

New Studio Hosts Mainland China’s First Alcons M-Series Installation.

A new immersive recording studio at the Gaoping Future Music Technology Industrial Park is home to the first Alcons Audio M-series installation in mainland China. Designed to serve leading national arts ensembles, the 5.2.4 studio called for accurate reproduction, ample dynamic range and a monitoring environment suited to demanding recording work.

Unveiled in October 2025, the park is located within Gaoping City’s Mishan Industrial Park. It covers 65 mu (approximately 4.3 hectares), with 50,000 square meters of building space housing a digital R&D center, an exhibition and experience center, an intelligent manufacturing center, and supporting office and living facilities. The park brings together businesses involved in musical instruments, lighting, audio equipment and stage design, with the aim of developing an integrated music technology ecosystem. The recording studio adds a professional production and critical-listening facility to that setting.

The project was designed by Bian Liunian of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe. EAD supplied the Alcons system, which was installed and tuned by sound engineer Niu Wenjie of Beijing Da Niu Audio Company. The project team was already familiar with Alcons’ sound reinforcement and cinema systems.

“I thought the VR5 was already performing at a very high level, but after listening to the MR5 and MR10, I realized it was not the limit of what Alcons could do. Perhaps there is no upper limit.”, Li Liang, chief engineer.

An active-monitor solution was initially under consideration. After EAD introduced the M-series, the team compared systems through on-site listening sessions using a range of musical genres and assessed the overall system costs. The Alcons configuration won them over with its sound quality and the economics of a centrally amplified, multichannel design.

The production chain pairs a German Stagetec digital mixing system with Dutch Alcons Audio monitors. Together they provide a 5.1 surround production environment intended to meet the standards of leading international studios, with additional channels in the immersive monitoring layout.

Five bi-amplified MR10 pro-ribbon reference monitors reproduce the main channels, with two MB10 low-frequency extension systems and four CRMSC-SRIW/120 in-wall loudspeakers completing the 5.2.4 layout. Two Director6 amplified loudspeaker controllers provide system processing and amplification, using KLOTZ cabling. The M-series combines Alcons’ pro-ribbon technology with the resolution and dynamic headroom needed for critical listening.

The passive loudspeakers and centrally located amplification also suited the studio’s acoustic construction. With no amplifier electronics inside each monitor, the design team had greater flexibility when integrating the loudspeakers into the sound-isolated room. For the client, the architecture offered a practical way to build a larger immersive system while keeping overall costs in view.

“I thought the VR5 was already performing at a very high level,” says Li Liang, chief engineer of the project. “After listening to the MR5 and MR10, I realized it was not the limit of what Alcons could do. Perhaps there is no upper limit.”

The client has responded positively to the new monitoring system and is considering Alcons again for upcoming projects.

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