SOUTH BEND, Indiana — Campbellsville University is a private Christian university in Campbellsville, Kentucky, that enrolls over 12,000 students. Founded in 1906, the university offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs and is committed to academic excellence, faith-based learning, and community service. The university’s educational offerings span various disciplines, including arts and sciences, business, education, healthcare, and theology. Additionally, Campbellsville University is known for its strong athletic programs and community involvement, offering students opportunities to participate in a variety of extracurricular activities. The university recently upgraded the audio system in the swimming pool of their athletic center by deploying amplifiers from LEA Professional.
The Powell Athletic Center is a central hub for Campbellsville’s athletic community. It includes a spacious gymnasium for basketball and various fitness and recreational spaces and houses all of Campbellsville’s athletic training staff offices, treatment, prehab, and rehab facilities. The swimming pool is a key feature of the facility, offering a dedicated space for competitive swimming and recreational use. The pool accommodates a variety of aquatic activities, including swim meets, practice sessions for the university’s swim teams and local middle and high school swim teams, and open times for use by students and community members.
However, the pool never had an AV system installed; instead, it relied on a Bluetooth-enabled boombox on wheels whenever announcements or other sounds like starting signals had to be broadcast room-wide. School staff contacted Alex Peake, Installation Lead at JCA Media, to install a professional-grade AV system.
“We use LEA amps on many of our installs,” said Peake. “The LEA Cloud allows me to log into the system, make changes when I’m not onsite, and keep an eye on my customers. LEA integrates well with everything else, so using them was a no-brainer.”
The new system includes an Allen & Heath AHM-16 16×16 audio matrix processor paired with Connect Series 702 amplifiers powering Danley GO2 8CX compact loudspeakers around the pool. The CS702 is a 2-channel amplifier with 700 watts per channel that supports Hi-Z (70V or 100V) and Lo-Z selectable by channel and features Smart Power Bridge technology. School staff can connect to the amplifiers using the built-in Wi-Fi access point, the school’s Wi-Fi, or LAN Ethernet cable.
The Connect Series delivers an industry-first professional amplifier family to feature cloud connectivity, a revolutionary advancement and a significant benefit for anyone maintaining the systems. With LEA Cloud, AV companies like JCA Media can remotely control and monitor the amplifiers regardless of the location or time of day, and with no subscription model or hidden costs — it’s completely free to use.
As expected, swimmers and spectators were ecstatic with the new system, echoing a “night and day difference” from the previous solution. Announcements and instructions were much more intelligible, eliminating the challenge of trying to understand what was being said.
“We love LEA amps,” said Peake. “They’re easy to use, and the team at LEA is great to work with. They are a fantastic partner.”
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About LEA:
Headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, LEA Professional is a manufacturer of innovative, high-quality, professional-grade amplifiers with cloud- and IoT-based technologies. It was founded to provide dealers/integrators in the professional AV market with the highest-performing, best-connected amplifier technology possible. Privately held, LEA Professional is led by industry veterans with proven capabilities on the executive, engineering and channel aspects of professional AV. The company was founded in 2019 and is organized to be a major force in professional AV. Visit leaprofessional.com to learn more and follow LEA at facebook.com/leaprofessional, twitter.com/leaprofessional, Instagram.com/lea_professional and linkedin.com/company/lea-professional.
