LEA Amps Power Aquatic Leisure Centre: East Keilor
When East Keilor Aquatic Centre decided they needed a flexible, reliable, high-quality sound system with
network connectivity they looked no further than LEA Professional to complete their state-of-the-art facility.
Let’s dive in!
THE SPEC
LEA AMPS POWER AQUATIC LEISURE CENTRE: EAST KEILOR
Venue: East Keilor Aquatic Centre | Melbourne, Australia
Integrator: Programmed
Audio Spaces: All Spaces of the Leisure Centre
Product Used: CONNECTSERIES CS704D (qty 7)
THE VENUE
LEA AMPS POWER AQUATIC LEISURE CENTRE: EAST KEILOR
THE INSTALL
LEA AMPS POWER AQUATIC LEISURE CENTRE: EAST KEILOR
The Keilor East Leisure Center opened in October 2021 and is the region’s largest aquatic center and Moonee Valley’s largest capital works project to date. The facility includes multiple indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a fully-equipped gym, cycle studio, a spa, steam room and sauna, a childcare facility and water playground, a full-service café and much more.
Phillip Gan and the Programmed team installed a set of seven Connect Series 704D amplifiers to power the entire facility, totaling 28 channels of audio. The team set up an intuitive set of audio zones for easy control, allowing the staff to adjust volumes and content and make announcements as needed.
“This is an expansive facility and all the systems here are as network-based as possible, and that includes the AV system,” said Gan. “We needed to design and install the sound system on a Dante audio network; LEA is known for its IoT technology and flexible connectivity, so the Dante Connect Series amps were perfect for this project.”
Using standard IT networking for audio provides a very efficient and creative connectivity model. Networked audio systems are always connected via a network of standard switches and cabling rather than a legacy point-to-point topology with many disparate analog cables to run, maintain, and manage. Software determines where data is sent and received, so any combination of signal routes can be directed quickly and easily without moving a cable.
“LEA’s built-in Dante technology made for easy connections between all the components, the control system, and for distributing audio and data across the network and throughout the leisure center,” said Gan. “Many of the facility’s spaces are very large with high ceilings — as with the big, indoor swimming pool areas — and it was challenging enough to run a single network cable across these spaces; multiple pairs of analog cables would have been very difficult and expensive.”
THE CONCLUSION
LEA AMPS POWER AQUATIC LEISURE CENTRE: EAST KEILOR
Gan and the Programmed team installed a set of seven Connect Series 704D amplifiers to power the entire facility, totaling 28 channels of audio. The team set up an intuitive set of audio zones for easy control, allowing the staff to adjust volumes and content and make announcements as needed.
“I’m impressed with the LEA amplifiers; they are easy to work with, sound great with plenty of power, and the built-in Dante connectivity was a must-have feature in this situation,” added Gan. “We will definitely add LEA to our list of go-to manufacturers, and I can see Connect Series providing solid solutions for many projects.”
We’d like to thank Phillip Gan and his team at Programmed for choosing our amps for this killer installation and we hope that the audio systems will continue to deliver reliable audio for patrons at East Keilor Aquatic Centre for years to come.
