Aquabumps, a business based upon the beach and surf culture, consist of a highly popular website that attracts 30,000 viewers per day and also a gallery located, naturally, at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
The gallery is an unusual space as it was formally a driveway between two buildings. Now it is a long, narrow venue that measure 36m in length but only 3m wide.
Eugene Tan, owner of Aquabumps, was keen to incorporate background music into his gallery in order to create atmosphere. The gallery has a serene feel to it and he wanted to give it a bit of warmth. As it was quite a large space, it needed a serious system. There were two zones – the gallery and the office – and Tan needed control over the volume in the office for when he was on the phone.
Due to the unusual shape and size of the gallery, Tan knew that getting a premium audio result would be tricky, but was surprised how well the JBL Control system, available from Jands , performed.
Happy with the results, Tan says that his brief was to have low volume music playing clearly through the gallery. He needed audio that is soft yet crystal clear and evenly spread, and JBL provided that solution. As the gallery is minimal in appearance, it was also important that there were not bits of speakers hanging around. The JBL Control speakers are built into the ceiling, hence they are discreet.
In total, Aquabumps Gallery utilises six JBL Control 26CT speakers, two JBL Control 25AVW speakers, a Crown CRN-28M mixer and a Crown CD11000 power amplifier.