MadisonAV has introduced a range of pre-engineered JBL and Crown audio packages for school, church and community halls, giving integrators a complete PA system that can be ordered under a single code.

The Multipurpose Hall Audio Kits comprise seven loudspeaker and amplifier packages designed for half-court, single-court and twin-court spaces, with options for assembly, performance and premium applications. An additional DSP and control package is available with pre-programmed and bench-tested equipment.

Each kit includes JBL loudspeakers selected for room coverage and speech intelligibility, matched Crown amplification, and the required suspension hardware and brackets. Coverage maps and acoustic modelling are also supplied, with designs based on AETM recommendations for educational spaces.

The range is designed to address common challenges in multipurpose halls, where hard surfaces, long reverberation times and changing uses can make clear audio difficult to achieve. By standardising system designs, MadisonAV aims to reduce the time integrators spend on system design, equipment selection and commissioning.

The seven packages range from the PA01 half-court assembly system, featuring two JBL AC195 loudspeakers and a Crown XLS2002 amplifier, through to the PA07 twin-court premium system, which includes 14 VRX928LA array elements, four VRX915S subwoofers and Crown XTi amplification.

Additional options include the PA08 front-fill package, featuring two AC895 loudspeakers, and the PA09 subwoofer package, which includes two AC118S 18” subwoofers.

The optional DSP01 package is designed to simplify system commissioning. It includes a BSS BLU100 12×8 processor, EC8BV and EC4BV wall controllers, a Netgear eight-port PoE switch and the MadisonAV BSS Commission App.

The processor arrives programmed to MadisonAV’s standard hall template and bench-tested, with the wall controllers already mapped. During commissioning, the app identifies the processor on the network and provides access to essential settings, including input levels, house, delay and subwoofer outputs and basic equalisation. A handover document can also be generated once commissioning is complete.

MadisonAV estimates the package can save six to eight hours of labour per room compared with programming a BSS processor from scratch using Audio Architect. Advanced settings remain accessible through the app, while the BLU100 can still be edited in Audio Architect.

MadisonAV national audio business development manager Benjamin Page says the kits were developed to reduce the amount of repeated design and programming work involved in hall installations: “Halls can be challenging, and many integrators deploy one at least every few months.”

“We’ve done the modelling, matched the amplification, included the brackets and pre-programmed the DSP, so the integrator’s time goes into hanging and handing over rather than redrawing the same room. One order code quotes the whole system in minutes and the kit commissions in a day.”