Those giants are only the visible portions of an over-the-top sound system custom built by New Yorker Craig Bernabeu, whose Sounds By Shorty (SBS) - www.systemsbyshorty.com - business has outfitted clubs with some of the most fanatically high-quality audio systems in existence. Check out the pictures at myspace.com/soundmanshorty for an idea of the level of obsession involved.

That puts Stereolab's system in context when Mr Bernabeu reveals it's the first he has ever done in South-east Asia, and the second most expensive he has ever put together - Revel In The Notes Of Audiophile Sound Quality, The Business Times 31/07/09