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LEA Amps For Pro Football Hall Of Fame

LEA Amps For Pro Football Hall Of Fame

To facilitate important conversations for the top officials in the NFL, the Pro Football Hall of Fame decided it was time to upgrade to an audio system that was both intuitive and effective. They decided LEA was the perfect match for this install. 🏈

Let’s dive in! 🦈

THE SPEC

LEA AMPS FOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

🏢 Venue: Pro Football Hall of Fame | Canton, Ohio

👷‍♂️ Integrator: J. Winn Sound

🎶 Audio Spaces: Gold Jacket Lounge

🦈 Product Used: CONNECTSERIES Mixture of 354 & 702 

THE VENUE

LEA AMPS FOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

The Pro Football Hall of Fame was created in 1963 and is recognized worldwide as America’s premier sports Hall of Fame, hosting more than 10 million fans from each of the 50 states and upward of 70 countries. The museum hosts a variety of attractions paying tribute to the talents and triumphs of pro football’s greatest legends and examples of the courage, dedication, vision, fair play, integrity, and excellence that has formed such a legendary league.

The facility also contains the James Allen Family Golden Jacket room, a conference space that accommodates up to 120 people who discuss a variety of topics including the Sectional Committee Meeting, which determines which athletes will be inducted into the Hall of Fame each year. Its entrance sits only a few feet from the Hall of Fame Gallery, with the Museum’s collection of Bronzed Busts, and opens onto a brick terrace adjacent to Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

THE INSTALL

LEA AMPS FOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

To host meetings of such importance, having reliable audio is key. When the Pro Football Hall of Fame was ready to upgrade its old audio system, they enlisted Josh Winn, founder of J. Winn Sound, to install technology compatible with the room’s ever-changing needs. “The room can be configured in multiple ways as a board room, conference room, lecture hall, etc. It features a touchscreen interface programmed to match the specific meeting’s layout, enabling automated camera and sound system adjustments that track the speaker’s location. This creates the illusion of a professionally engineered video production, though it’s entirely automated,” Winn explained.

Winn and his team specified LEA Professional’s CONNECTSERIES 702 and 354 for this project. “We were looking for intuitive technology whose reliability would give our team peace of mind that it would run efficiently with minimal troubleshooting required,” Winn added. “LEA Professional’s products were affordable but did not compromise on clarity, horsepower and DSP capabilities. Additionally, we were able to receive the products quickly, which at the time was a major issue for many manufacturers. All of these aspects made the CONNECTSERIES ideal for this project.“

The CONNECTSERIES 354 Series was installed to handle several banks of ceiling loudspeakers. The series’ smart capabilities can delay the audio or adjust the volume as needed per channel. The CONNECTSERIES 702 series powers the audio speaker system at the front of the room, making the sound more impactful while conducting video presentations.

The 704 and 354 Network CONNECTSERIES smart amplifiers feature 700 and 350 watts per channel, respectively, and are well-suited for installations such as the Golden Jacket Lounge that require a lot of system flexibility. The two, four and eight-channel amps support HiZ (70V or 100V) or LoZ loudspeakers, selectable by channel. With three ways to connect, the installer can engage the built-in Wi-Fi access point, connect to the room’s Wi-Fi, or connect to any local area network via Cat5 or Cat6 cable. LEA Professional’s Network CONNECTSERIES is also the first amplifier family in the industry to offer cloud connectivity, offering an additional layer of reliability through remote troubleshooting and support.

THE CONCLUSION

LEA AMPS FOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

To wrap up, here are a few words from Josh Winn, founder of J. Winn Sound on his first experience with LEA.

“This was our first time working with LEA Professional products, and we could not be happier with the results,” Winn said. “Our experience with LEA Professional mirrored the kind of user-friendly experience that we like to provide our clients with; the goal is for them to walk up and say, ‘Oh, why did you provide a manual for this? This is so easy.”’

We would like to thank everyone at J. Winn Sound for choosing our amps on this killer install and we hope to provide quality sound at the Pro Football Hall of Fame for many years to come.

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LEA Amps Installed At University Of Michigan

LEA Amps Installed At University Of Michigan

When the University of Michigan decided it was time to upgrade its impressive new CCCB building with an equally as impressive audio system, they decided to go with LEA Professional. 

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THE SPEC

LEA AMPS INSTALLED AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

🏢 Venue: CCCB Instructional Facility | Ann Arbor, Michigan

👷‍♂️ Installer: AV Engineering team – College of LSA (Literature, Science, and the Arts) – University of Michigan

🎶 Audio Spaces: Multiple flat-floored, team-based-learning classrooms

🦈 Product Used: CONNECTSERIES Mixture of 354D704D84D and 702D (20)

THE VENUE

LEA AMPS INSTALLED AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

The CCCB is a state-of-the-art instructional facility that houses over 1,400 classroom seats and is designed to support large innovative and interactive classes. The building includes multiple flat-floored, team-based-learning classrooms with 132, 150, and 162 seats, a unique 190-seat ‘classroom in the round’ and over 350 informal seats throughout the building for students to study and collaborate with each other.

THE INSTALL

LEA AMPS INSTALLED AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

When the AV Engineering team at the College of LSA realized that flexibility was key when deciding which route to go with their audio system they looked back to a familiar project where the University had used industry-leading, high-quality, cloud- and IoT-based pro-audio amplifiers from LEA Professional. After seeing the performance and dynamism of the amplifiers in the relatively new School of Kinesiology Building they knew LEA would be a good fit.

Jeremy Gerick and Christopher Elly, Senior AV Project Engineers on the project, installed 20 LEA Professional Dante Connect Series amplifiers for maximum coverage, a mixture of 354D, 704D, 84D, and 702D. Designing an audio system based on Dante-connected devices offers many benefits, including nearly limitless system flexibility and scalability, allowing a small AV team to operate as a much larger one, as well as the ability to decentralize system processing, set various zones and presets, and easily reconfigure the system as necessary.

“This project was quite expansive so we chose to install only Dante enabled components, including the Dante version of the Connect Series,” said Gerick. “This gave us the utmost flexibility, ensuring all elements of the system could ‘talk’ to each other, avoiding any connectivity issues.”

When it came to the installation of the amplifiers, the LEA Professional Web UI proved extremely useful to the team both as a time saver and a cost saver. The Web UI is LEA Professional’s browser-based interface which allows local monitoring of every amplifier connected to the network from any phone, tablet, or PC. In addition, it allows users to view the status of every channel on any given amp. This allowed Gerick to constantly monitor the system during install so if there was an issue it could be immediately flagged and dealt with.

With safety protocols being front of mind, the build-out of any large audio system at the university needs to incorporate a fire alarm cut-off system. This ensures that when the fire alarm is sounded, the amps power down so announcements can be heard. In this case, a fire inspector needed to evaluate that function on the amps before the rest of the system was installed. To do this the team utilized the Web UI, getting the amplifier toning and then connecting it to the relay control power supply to showcase the fire alarm cut-off capability. This function saved the fire inspector an additional trip to the university after the system was built and saved the team significant time during the installation process.

Outside of the Web UI, the amplifiers, which are used to drive the PA system, as well as the main speakers for lecture content etc., had many features that Gerick and team were very impressed with.

“The amps themselves have a good user interface, the ability to switch between 70 volt and LowZ is extremely valuable to us, as well as the ability to do impedance measurements on the speaker loads,” explained Gerick.

CS702

THE CONCLUSION

LEA AMPS INSTALLED AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

The team praised the customer service they received from the amplification technology company and plans to install the Connect Series in the University’s Modern Languages Building Lecture Room 2, which is being designed as a small cinema experience featuring 5.1 surround sound and a 4K DCI projector from Sony.

“The customer support is truly excellent at LEA, anytime I had a question I knew I could contact them and get an answer almost immediately,” explained Gerick. “We have had great feedback on the system so far and having LEA play well with all our other components has made my job that bit easier.”

We would like to thank everyone on the AV Engineering team at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for choosing our amps on this killer install and we hope to provide quality sound for many years to come.

*Title provided for identification purposes only. The views and opinions expressed are those of the individual only and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the University of Michigan.

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LEA Amps Revitalize Australia’s Sydney Showground

LEA Amps Revitalize Australia’s Sydney Showground

After 25 years of nearly continuous operation, the AV system was in need of refurbishment, so they turned to our Connect Series amplifiers to return the AV system to its former glory.

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THE SPEC

LEA AMPS REVITALIZE AUSTRALIA’S SYDNEY SHOWGROUND

🏢 Venue: Sydney Showgrounds | Sydney, Australia

👷‍♂️ Integrator: The P.A. People

🎶 Audio Spaces: Dome, Exhibition Complex, smaller venues

🦈 Product Used: CONNECTSERIES 354 (9) 704D (9), 1504D (13)

THE VENUE

LEA AMPS REVITALIZE AUSTRALIA’S SYDNEY SHOWGROUND

Australia’s Sydney Showground was established in 1998 as a purpose-built home for major events as part of the multi-million dollar development leading up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Today it’s a world-class venue, hosting nearly 150 national and international events annually, including music festivals, sporting events, exhibitions, trade shows and the Sydney Royal Easter Show, its flagship event and the nation’s largest annual ticketed event. Sydney Showground comprises several buildings, including Giants Stadium, the Dome and Exhibition Complex, Charles Moses Stadium, Howie Complex, the Sydney Royal Stables, and more.

THE INSTALL

LEA AMPS REVITALIZE AUSTRALIA’S SYDNEY SHOWGROUND

Showground staff contacted leading Australian integrator The P.A. People to help overhaul the system. Ross Ford, Project Manager at The P.A. People, was tasked with leading the installation. “From an operational point of view, LEA amplifiers offered us several key features that made them easy to integrate. The ability to bridge channels, ingest Dante inputs, and utilize analog inputs for the fire trip lines, plus they’re a lot smaller and more compact than many competitive offerings.”

Every pavilion has a standalone public address system, with a site-wide system in place for emergency communications. A major element of the AV upgrades was the desire for complete system monitoring and supervision. Because the AV in some of the smaller venues is used infrequently, unbeknownst to the staff, when required the AV systems often performed sub-optimally, an issue only identified immediately prior to an event during testing. LEA’s line-monitoring capabilities were a significant factor in their selection. Now, AV staff receive an email notifying them of device issues or signal path disruptions in real-time, allowing staff to make fixes in many cases before anyone notices a problem.

A mixture of nine LEA Connect Series 354D amplifiers and nine LEA Connect Series 704D amplifiers were deployed in the smaller venues. The CS354D is a Dante-enabled 4-channel amplifier with 350 watts per channel, while the CS704D is a Dante-enabled 4-channel amplifier with 700 watts per channel. Both are perfectly suited for small to medium-scale installations and support high-Z (70V or 100V) and low-Z selectable by channel, giving the Showground excess capabilities for additional loudspeakers in the future.

For the Dome and Exhibition Complex, The P.A. People installed 13 LEA Connect Series 1504D. The CS1504D is LEA Professional’s flagship high-power IoT-enabled amplifier. A 2RU 4-channel amplifier offering 1500 watts per channel, it’s ideal for large concert venues, arenas and stadiums. The CS1504D is Dante-enabled and supports high-Z (70V or 100V) and low-Z selectable by channel, providing capabilities for possible expansion.

 A significant challenge for the installation team was that many venues were in constant use, so finding time to perform the upgrades and swap out the gear had to be very carefully planned. Thankfully, LEA’s Sharkware software made device configuration simple, saving the team significant commissioning time.

“Because of the quality of LEA’s amplifiers and the ease of being able to implement them in the infrastructure, we were able to swap out 15 amplifiers in a few days,” says Ford. “That time included tuning and setting up all the system parameters and making them operational.”

THE CONCLUSION

LEA AMPS REVITALIZE AUSTRALIA’S SYDNEY SHOWGROUND

Sydney Showground staff were pleased with how smoothly the changeovers went. The Royal Easter Show was just around the corner, so there was no room for error — the AV systems had to work flawlessly.

“Sydney Showground is a longstanding client of ours and great to work with,” said Ford. “They are very respectful of our professional capability in making recommendations to them based on product performance. The proof is that all the AV systems worked as intended and, more importantly, RAS received no user complaints during this year’s Royal Easter Show. It’s a good working relationship; having the right products like LEA’s amplifiers is the key.”

We would like to thank everyone at Sydney Showgrounds and The P.A. People for choosing our amps for this killer install and we hope to provide quality sound for many years to come. 

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Connect Series Q-SYS Plugin Walkthrough Guide

Connect Series Q-SYS Plugin Walkthrough Guide:

The CONNECTSERIES amplifiers offer limited control and monitoring capabilities through QSC’s Q-SYS system through the use of the CONNECTSERIES Q-SYS Plugin.

To Download and configure the Q-SYS plugin, follow the steps below.

How To Configure And Use The CONNECTSERIES Q-SYS Plugin

First, download the CONNECTSERIES Q-SYS Plugin to your PC from the link below.

Go to the folder where the file was downloaded and un-zip the file.

Double click on the file to install it

Open Q-SYS Designer

Navigate to the bottom right of the screen to the “Plugin” section and expand the “User” folder.  Here you will find the newly installed “LEA Amplifier” plugin.

Click on the “LEA Amplifier” and drag it over to the design page

With the plugin selected adjust the properties for the correct number of channels and if the Amplifier is a Dante Connect Series or not.

Click on the “File” drop down menu and select “Save to Core and Run” or just press the F5 key on the keyboard.  Now double click on the plugin that was added to open the control window.

Click on the IP Address field and type in the IP address for the amplifier that you want to associate with this plugin and hit “Enter”.  After hitting enter the plugin will populate all fields with the correct information and you can control and monitor the amplifier.  To add more amplifiers just add more plugins to the design and associate all the amplifiers following the previous steps.

Amp Information displays some info from the Amp Settings Menu of the WebUI and will also display the network mode of the amplifier.

Amp Status section will display whole amplifier fault status and “Thermal” and “Power OK” status from the Power Supply section of the WebUI.

Remote On/Off will enable or disable the “Channel Ready” for all channels.

Displays important information from the Monitoring section in the WebUI

Output Channel Attenuation & Mute Control, Channel Fault, Output Clip, Limiter Status, Input Signal Presence, and Ready Status

Input and Output Level Meters with Clip Indication

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Advanced Amplifier Control Software | SharkWare Overview

Advanced Amplifier Control Software | SharkWare Overview

This video walks you through SharkWare, our first advanced amplifier control software. Free to download and available for both Windows and Mac, SharkWare includes features such as amplifier grouping, offline design, granular user access control levels, locked speaker tunings, and a graphical EQ.

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LEA Amps Enhance Audio In Bourbon Country | Maker’s Mark

LEA Amps Enhance Audio In Bourbon Country | Maker’s Mark

When Maker’s Mark Distillery decided it was time to enhance their audio system to match their world class facilities, they decided to go with LEA Professional.

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THE SPEC

LEA AMPS ENHANCE AUDIO IN BOURBON COUNTRY | MAKER’S MARK

🏢 Venue: Maker’s Mark Distillery | Loretto, kentucky

👷‍♂️ Integrator: JCA Media

🎶 Audio Spaces: Break room & Innovation Lab

🦈 Product Used: CONNECTSERIES 168 (1) 704 (1)

THE VENUE

LEA AMPS ENHANCE AUDIO IN BOURBON COUNTRY | MAKER’S MARK

THE INSTALL

LEA AMPS ENHANCE AUDIO IN BOURBON COUNTRY | MAKER’S MARK

The Maker’s Mark staff wanted to ensure their facilities reflect the world-class quality of the bourbon they produce. When retrofitting an employee break room next to the bottling lines, they contacted Alex Peake, Project Manager for JCA Media, to help equip the room’s AV system. “Their goal was to have background music playing all the time, except during meetings and presentations,” said Peake. “They wanted to be able to walk in, plug in their laptop, hit the presentation preset on the touchscreen, and go. Then hit a different preset at the end of the meeting to reset the room. And that’s exactly what we did.” The background music system switches itself on before the day shift begins and shuts off late in the evening. Eight Martin ceiling loudspeakers were installed in the 30-foot by 60-foot break room, all driven by an LEA Connect Series 704. The 704 is a 4-channel amplifier with 700 watts per channel, perfectly suited for small to medium-scale installations. 

With the success of the break room deployment, the distillery staff immediately pivoted to how they could improve the AV for both of the industrial bottling lines directly outside the break room. They wanted to break up the monotony of the repetitive machine sounds and make it more enjoyable for the employees who staff the area. They took advantage of the spare power that the 704 amplifier provided, powering each bottling line and the break room on separate channels, all of which is controlled by an Allen & Heath AHM-32 audio matrix processor.

The positive effect of the improved audio was contagious, resulting in the distillery staff asking JCA Media again to update an AV system, this time in the “innovation lab.” The innovation lab is a separate log cabin-esque building with red shutters the same color as the iconic red wax on their bottles. More than just a secretive area where the next generation of Maker’s Mark products are ideated and refined, the building also includes a VIP tasting area, patio, conference room and more. 

The original design called for a 4-channel LEA amplifier paired with another AHM-32. One amplifier channel would drive the tasting room while another fed the patio. The final two channels were used for the conference room: one for the ceiling loudspeakers and the other powered a subwoofer. Peake added, “We were installing that and getting all up and running and they loved it so much, they said, “Okay, add audio to both the offices, the bathroom, and the kitchen. We just want background music everywhere.”

THE CONCLUSION

LEA AMPS ENHANCE AUDIO IN BOURBON COUNTRY | MAKER’S MARK

The JCA team swapped out the 4-channel amplifier for the aptly-named Connect Series 168 to support the new system requirements. Offering eight analog inputs, external I/O control for remote on/off and fault monitoring, and eight outputs at 160 watts per channel, the CS168 was more than capable of powering all aspects of the innovation lab.

The staff at Maker’s Mark was delighted with the installation and have plans for renovating other AV systems and new construction to meet the ever-increasing demands of their customers. What better way to spend a summer afternoon than sipping premium bourbon while listening to crystal-clear music in the beautiful rolling hills of Kentucky?

We would like to thank everyone at Maker’s Mark Distillery and JCA Media for choosing our amps for this killer install and we hope to provide quality sound for many years to come. 🦈

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A NEW AUDIO INSTALLATION COLORS THE SOUND OF THE CELEBRATIONS IN THE CHURCH OF CASTEL GOFFREDO

There are architectural structures that present particularly demanding challenges to those involved in installing and optimizing sound systems.

This complexity is certainly found in churches and other places of worship.The team has to avoid difficult acoustic reverberations, preventing the incorrect propagation of sounds while ensuring maximum intelligibility of music and speech and still respecting precise architectural constraints, especially when it comes to historic buildings of value.

A challenge recently completed by the Piacenza IT and system integration company Inside Srl for the Church of Sant’Erasmo in Castel Goffredo, in the province of Mantua.

The parish priest of the Church, Don Giuseppe Bergamaschi, tells us:

“The idea of changing the audio system of our church was much needed for many years by all users, from the faithful to readers, from singers to instrumentalists, as well as priests. Hence we decided to entrust the renovation of the acoustic system of our church to the company Inside of Piacenza. And we are very happy because right from the start, when the rehearsals and studies were done, we went to see other systems, we realized the remarkable improvement on the performative solution we had chosen.”

From listening test to acoustic simulation

The initial need was to completely replace a dated and no longer performing audio system with a system capable of guaranteeing clear and intelligible speech, even in a very reverberant environment such as that of the Church of Sant’Erasmo.

The client – the Parish of Castel Goffredo – request to have a sound system capable of enhancing the choir, which not only animates the celebrations, but also performs in concerts inside the Church, which also hosts musical performances by other groups.

The solution proposed to the customer by the Technical Manager of Inside Cristian Sartori and his colleague Gianluca Pighi was the O-Line by Martin Audio, a micro-line array for installation in the white version made up of 2-way loudspeakers.

Manage the system remotely with LEA Professional

To manage the 8 micro line arrays installed, Inside relied on LEA Professional installation amplifiers. After discussions with the Audiosales Product Specialists, Gianluca Pighi, the team identified the appropriate solutions for the project in the 8-channel CONNECT 168D and 4-channel CONNECT 164D models, both equipped with analog and Dante inputs. The US company based in Indiana began designing amplifiers in 2019, focusing everything on performance, reliability and connectivity. It was this last aspect in particular that immediately captured the attention of the installers who chose them.

Gianluca Pighi explains it better:

“The truly innovative feature of the Connect amplifiers, of absolute convenience, is the possibility of making all the adjustments and modifications of the parameters remotely at any time. You can imagine the savings in time and money that it brings to be able to manage the amplifiers directly from the web app installed on our devices and intervene immediately if problems arise or if those on the installation site ask to change some settings”.

This is possible because all LEA products connect via Ethernet or WiFi and each one is a WiFi hot spot. LEA provides a Cloud where installers can analyze data to monitor health status and speaker settings can be saved in libraries. Ultimately, LEA Professional amplification platforms are the first true IoT devices for the professional audio installation market.


The challenge of live streaming

The Inside project for the Church of Sant’Erasmo was not limited to sound in the strict sense.

The client also requested that Masses and celebrations be broadcast live via the Castel Goffredo radio station, Radio Alfa. Many people, explains Don Giuseppe Bergamaschi, “follow Holy Mass both on weekdays and on Sundays via radio streaming. We have the church connected directly to our Alfa radio and the audio is excellent as is the video.”

Connecting the audio inside the Church with the radio was possible thanks to the Dante AVIO adapter with an analog output (ADP-DAO-AU-0X1): a need that was fully satisfied and streaming guaranteed using just one more device.

All the sound of the Church passes through the Dante network: in addition to the first one, another Audinate adapter with 2 analog outputs (ADP-DAO-AU-0X2) was used to be able to connect the parts to a small monitor serving the musician, useful during celebrations and concerts.

Tackling complex situations with the right solutions as they are reliable, functional and simple: this is what a reality like Inside srl has always done with projects for its customers and it is the same vocation of Audiosales, not only a distributor but also a consultant for its partner.

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LEA Amplifiers For Popular Dining | KFC Mexico

LEA Amplifiers For Popular Dining | KFC Mexico

Eating at KFC in Mexico is not your typical drive-thru experience, instead a family destination for dining and enjoyment. With 502 locations throughout the country and aggressive plans on the horizon they decided to go with LEA Professional to provide consistent, reliable audio.

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THE SPEC

LEA AMPLIFIERS FOR POPULAR DINING | KFC MEXICO

🏢 Venue: KFC | Mexico

🤝🏼 Distibutor: Intéligos

👷🏼‍♂️  Integrator: Signo

🎶 Audio Spaces: 502 Locations

🦈 Product Used: CONNECTSERIES 354 (1) at each location

THE VENUE

LEA AMPLIFIERS FOR POPULAR DINING | KFC MEXICO

KFC synonymous with Colonel Sanders, and its “finger‐lickin good” chicken has been a culinary delight for millions of families around the world for over 130 years. In Mexico, KFC has the distinction of being ranked by YUM Brands as its #1 franchisee in the world for its high standards, store design, and overall value to the consumer.

“Our business vision is about offering a nice environment for friends and families to enjoy a dine‐in experience,” says Alfonso Ramirez, director of Premium Restaurant Brands, which is responsible for KFC and its franchisees throughout the country. “While drive‐thru, delivery, and carry‐out are very important channels for our business, the idea of families sharing, being together and eating together in our restaurants is part of the enjoyment we want our brand and stores to foster.”

THE INSTALL

LEA AMPLIFIERS FOR POPULAR DINING | KFC MEXICO

To maintain this high standard, KFC wanted the same audio content and ambience across all of its locations and wanted the ability to control it from one place. In a country of 126 million people covering 760,000 miles, the logistics behind a project of this magnitude are daunting. Agüero and his team first needed to assess the current state of the audio systems across the various locations, and then develop a scalable solution to accommodate KFC’s plans for growth.

Signo started the process by partnering with Intéligos, a leading audio, video, and security sales company headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. With such a large country to cover and the looming requirement for single‐source monitoring and control, Intelligos introduced Agüero and the Signo team to LEA Professional. “LEA’s products are high quality, and its technology is simple to understand and gives KFC the ability to control, monitor, and troubleshoot all locations from a single place through the Cloud. These were all key selling points for me. Intéligos handles the product, the logistics, shipping, and warehousing, and has helped ensure everything runs smoothly,” adds Agüero.

Agüero’s Signo team started with 70 stores in Phase One of the project. “We felt we had a great opportunity to make things better.” When Signo started the process 18 months ago, all of the stores played different music, at different sound levels, and in some cases, not at all. “We told the store managers to focus on their attention on serving customers. We are the experts in sound and music, and you are the experts in chicken. Together, we make a good alliance,” quips Agüero.

Intéligos recommended the LEA Connect Series 354 amplifier for each location. The LEA Connect Series 354 is a 4‐channel amplifier with 350 watts per channel, providing each KFC location with enough power to support audio content delivery. The amplifier is easy to install either through the built‐in Wi‐Fi access point, connecting with the location’s Wi‐Fi, or with an ethernet connection. “We hesitated sending a lot of product into each store,” says Agüero. “We wanted to keep it simple by assigning a standard package of one LEA CS354 amplifier and a set of Sonos speakers for each location – easy to inventory, ship, and keep track of.”

The biggest advantage for Signo now is the ability to remotely troubleshoot and fix any issue with any store from the Mexico City office. “We can also easily modify music content across locations as well as schedule amplifier on/off times to coincide with store operating hours, which can help save energy and extend the life of the products,” delights Agüero.

CS354

THE CONCLUSION

LEA AMPLIFIERS FOR POPULAR DINING | KFC MEXICO

As KFC continues implementing the LEA solution, the Cloud component will become even more critical
as the company expands its footprint throughout the country.

“This is a robust amplifier. We don’t want to have to send a technician to the desert in Sonora or some
other remote location every time a problem occurs. That would be a big cost for us and KFC,” laments
Agüero. Being able to remotely troubleshoot and fix any issue with any store from one location was the ideal scenario for KFC and Agüero’s team. “Thankfully we haven’t had one problem. The LEA solution isvery robust and reliable.”

With Phase One completed, the Signo team has developed an ideal blueprint for the balance of the project. And, above all, KFC Mexico has greater control in providing families across the country with a uniform, consistent in‐store experience – a key element to the total brand experience the company aims to achieve.

We would like to thank everyone at KFC Mexico  and Intéligos for choosing our amps for this killer install and we hope to provide quality sound for many years to come. 🦈

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LEA Amplifiers For House Of Worship | Muldraugh Baptist Church

LEA Amplifiers For House Of Worship | Muldraugh Baptist Church

When Muldraugh Hill Baptist Church needed to upgrade their old and outdated audio system they decided to go with LEA Professional to help boost the experience.

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THE SPEC

LEA AMPLIFIERS FOR HOUSE OF WORSHIP | MULDRAUGH BAPTIST CHURCH

🏢 Venue: Muldraugh Hill Baptist Church | Lebanon, kentucky

👷‍♂️ Integrator: JCA Media

🎶 Audio Spaces: Whole church

🦈 Product Used: CONNECTSERIES 354 (1) 704 (1)

THE VENUE

LEA AMPLIFIERS FOR HOUSE OF WORSHIP | MULDRAUGH BAPTIST CHURCH

The nearly 150-year-old Muldraugh Hill Church in Lebanon, Kentucky is among many churches in the area to take their services to the next level by providing guests with dynamic and exceptional audio, video, and lighting.  Once a hotspot for musical entertainment with the likes of Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Creedence Clearwater revival playing relatively frequently at local clubs this town is no stranger to sound. 

THE INSTALL

LEA AMPLIFIERS FOR HOUSE OF WORSHIP | MULDRAUGH BAPTIST CHURCH

When Muldraugh was seeking to upgrade their systems they reached out to a company by the name of JCA  Audio which is a premier media partner in the Bluegrass state as well as many surrounding. The company has really cornered the market on House of Worship due to its exceptional capabilities and its overall support for its customers.

“We get tired of churched being sold things they don’t need,” said Alex Peake, Project Manager for JCA Media. “we give churches what they need – quality equipment and a well-done installation. I have seen many installs where churches are sold things that are way above what was really needed for the job. Not that I don’t love quality gear, but you can go overboard with it if you’re not doing the right thing”

“We are firm believers in doing it the right way with the right gear the first time, and we won’t install low-cost, low-quality products. Our names are on it, we take pride in our work, we love what we do, and we want it to be a lasting investment for churches as well,” added Peake.

At Muldraugh Hill Baptist, the church was hampered by an aging audiovisual system in its main sanctuary. The main projector was propped up by hymnals, affectionately called ‘shymals’ projecting on the wall from a laptop down in front of the pew. The church had a center loudspeaker cluster that did not cover the space adequately, and a choir monitor was hung from 25 feet from the choir so reverberation from the walls was a challenge.

In order words, it was a challenge that JCA was well qualified to handle. “We try to go into every install with the end goal in mind,” addeded Peake. “We don’t want to lock you into a system that doesn’t allow room for growth, but at the same time, we want to give you a long-lasting system that will do the job well, fit your needs, and grow with you.”

The audio portion of the installation utilized a Danley SM100B loudspeaker, two SH Mini’s, two Cubes, and four Nanos, all powered by LEA Professional 704 and 354 Network Connect Series Smart Amplifiers. An Allen & Heath SQ-5 digital mixer runs all audio, connected to  Earthworks choir, pulpit, and piano mics fed into ACE Backstage stage pockets and six Audio-Technica wireless mics.

“We were able to take a 4-channel LEA 704 and smart power bridge the first channel for the main Danley SM100B loudspeaker. Then we connected a channel per front fill, with a danley cube on each side,” said Peake. JCA’s team then used the fourth channel for the choir monitors and the 4-channel LEA 354 powered the four stage monitors. “Both LEA amplifiers are connected to their network via a Luxul switch so that we can utilize the LEA cloud monitoring feature,” Added Peake.

“I love the Smart Power Bridge function. I can create a left-center-right (LCR) configuration with a subwoofer on a single four- channel amp because I can smart power bridge the sub on a single channel and then do LCR. That really helps a lot of our layouts,” commented Peake. 

THE CONCLUSION

LEA AMPLIFIERS FOR HOUSE OF WORSHIP | MULDRAUGH BAPTIST CHURCH

The hills in Lebanon, Kentucky, are alive these days with the sound of music from Muldraugh Hill Baptist Church. The Pastor and congregants are thrilled with the new system, which helps bring renewed energy and life to weekly services and church activities.

This installation is a perfect example of how even a small system with the right gear can be incredibly powerful yet simple. One person can easily run audio, lighting, projection, and video from the Front of House.

We would like to thank everyone at Baptist Hill CHurch and JCA Media for choosing our amps for this killer install and we hope to provide quality sound for many years to come. 🦈

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Connect Series Version 3.1.0.0: 1504 & 1504D Only

Connect Series Version 3.1.0.0: 1504 & 1504D Only

🚨 Attention Connect Series users! We recently have uploaded a designated firmware file exclusively our high-powered 1504 & 1504D. 

If you currently have a 1504 and/or 1504D this is the file you will need to download for your amplifier. 

LEA Connect 1504 and 1504D Firmware:

Web UI And General Updates

  • Updates to WiFi and Access Point Linux Driver.
  • Resolves an issue with the AP displaying 0.0.0.0 IP address.
  • Adds link to local audio IP addressing on LAN port.

Quick Guide To Updating Your Firmware