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Liège Université deploys L-Acoustics Syva and Soka for speech intelligibility across historic campuses
Founded in 1817, Liège Université ranks among Belgium’s top three research universities and serves over 28,000 students from its main campus on Sart-Tilman hill, its historic city centre headquarters, and additional campuses throughout Liège Province.
In late 2025, the university upgraded its sound infrastructure across eleven major venues, including the 1824-built Salle Académique and several lecture halls and amphitheaters. The comprehensive installation features L-Acoustics Syva, Soka, 5XT and X6i loudspeakers paired with LA2Xi and LA4X amplified controllers.
The challenge was straightforward: too many brands, no standardisation, constant maintenance headaches. “Just a few years ago, the audiovisual landscape at Liège Université was a disorganised mosaic”, says Arnaud Frederix, AV technician at Liège Université. “We had up to twenty-seven different brands across campus.”
The fragmentation created operational inefficiencies, complicated maintenance and, most critically, risked compromising speech clarity for both lecturers and students. The solution wasn’t just about buying new equipment. It required building a dedicated AV department, establishing clear standards, and selecting partners who could deliver consistent performance across diverse spaces.
In each upgraded venue, all legacy equipment was replaced to ensure full compatibility and consistent performance. “The intended approach was to make improvements wherever possible, while working with what was available, creating an intelligent system that shared resources where it could”, says Alexandre Aretz, Sales Manager at L-Acoustics Certified Provider XLR.
The university established its new AV department to manage all equipment, ensure interoperability, and oversee budgets. The team included the university’s internal AV staff, XLR, and integrators ESI Informatique, Wave, Riva and Inytium, all working within the university’s public procurement framework.
L-Acoustics was chosen as the preferred brand for the university’s most important venues. The eleven installations span key facilities including the heritage-listed Salle Académique, the Noppius amphitheatre, the Kurth and Wilmotte amphitheatres, De Méan auditorium, multiple lecture halls, and the main auditorium at the Gembloux campus.
L-Acoustics Syva and Soka colinear arrays deliver vertical directivity, ensuring even coverage across tiered seating while minimising ceiling and floor reflections. The integration team used L-Acoustics Soundvision software to model each space, predict coverage patterns and optimise speaker placement. The 3D simulation allowed them to visualise how sound would behave in rooms with varied architectures and fine-tune configurations before installation.
The Salle Académique and various halls received left and right Syva and Syva Low arrays, powered by LA2Xi amplified controllers. The amphitheatre at Liège Université’s Gembloux campus deployed Syva and Syva Low with six X6i for coverage above and beneath the balconies. Selected amphitheatres received Soka colinear arrays, with under-balcony and delay coverage from 5XT speakers. Across all eleven venues, the university installed a total of fifteen LA2Xi and LA4X amplified controllers.
(Photos: Alexandre Aretz)
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