Our Audio Visual Projects

When Fair Blue Swim Club in Wilmington, Delaware set out to modernize its pool deck audio, they needed a pool sound system that could do far more than hum background music on a quiet afternoon. They wanted clear, powerful sound for daily music, live announcements, and swim meets — and equipment tough enough to live outdoors season after season. JD Sound and Video designed and installed a complete, professional-grade system built to handle all of it.  Let’s review their pool sound system install.

The Challenge: Most Pool Speakers Can’t Handle a Live Microphone

Here’s a mistake we see at pools and swim clubs constantly: the facility buys inexpensive background-music speakers, wires them to a home-theater receiver, and calls it a day. Those speakers are voiced for low-level music only. The moment someone picks up a microphone to announce adult swim, call a meet, or clear the pool for a thunderstorm, the sound turns harsh, muddy, and unintelligible — exactly when clarity matters most.

At Fair Blue, the old setup relied on horn speakers on the poles, consumer speakers on the building, and a home-theater receiver doing a job it was never designed for. Announcements didn’t carry, and coverage across the pool was uneven.

For a swim club, intelligible announcements aren’t a luxury — they’re a safety feature. Members need to hear a lifeguard the first time, every time.

The Solution: One Pool Sound System for Music AND Announcements

We replaced the patchwork with a purpose-built commercial pool sound system centered on speakers that reproduce both music and speech beautifully — at real-world outdoor volume.

Component	Product
Pole loudspeakers (2)	Biamp Community R.5 coaxial, weather-resistant
Building loudspeakers (2)	Biamp Community R.15 coaxial, weather-resistant
Amplifier	QSC CX1202V — fan-cooled, two-channel
Mixer	Rolls RM316 three-zone mixer
Wireless microphone	Shure BLX handheld with remote UA8 antennas
Input plate	Radial Engineering StageBug SB-5W (RCA + 1/8″)
Power distribution	Juice Goose JG Junior with surge protection
Equipment rack	Middle Atlantic desktop rack

Speakers That Do Both — Biamp Community R-Series

The heart of the system is the Biamp Community R-Series, a line of professional weather-resistant loudspeakers trusted in stadiums, houses of worship, and outdoor venues.

• Poles: Two Community R.5 coaxial loudspeakers replaced the old horns. These mid-throw speakers project clean, full-range sound deep across the pool deck.
• Building: Two compact Community R.15 loudspeakers under the soffit replaced the consumer units, filling in the deck and building side.

Because these are true full-range professional speakers with real high-frequency compression drivers — not tweeter-less background boxes — they deliver crisp, intelligible speech under a live mic and rich, even music the rest of the day. Same speakers, both jobs, no compromise.

Wireless Microphone With Remote Antennas — Walk the Whole Deck

We installed a Shure BLX handheld wireless microphone system, then added remote-mounted UA8 antennas on 25-foot extensions positioned for clean line-of-sight across the pool. That means staff can carry the mic anywhere around the water — from the guard stand to the far end of the deck — and it just works, with no dropouts. Ideal for roaming meet announcing and instant safety calls.

Fan-Cooled Amplifier and a Clean, Zoned Rack

Powering the speakers is a fan-cooled QSC CX1202V amplifier. Pool equipment rooms and guard shacks get brutally hot in July — the variable-speed fan keeps the amp running cool and reliable through long summer days of continuous use, where a passively cooled consumer receiver would struggle.

Everything lives in a tidy desktop rack with a Juice Goose power-distribution/conditioner for surge protection, a Rolls three-zone mixer, and a labeled input plate with RCA and 1/8″ connections for a phone, tablet, or music source. We split the system into Poles and Building zones and clearly labeled every source — Wireless Mic, Wired Mic, Outside Input, Radio, and Inside Input — so staff can run it without a manual.

Built for the Outdoors

Every mounting detail was chosen for a wet, sunny, year-round pool environment: galvanized and stainless hardware, weather-resistant speakers, and water-blocking cable. Clean, labeled, and organized — the way we do every job, in-house, with no subcontractors.

The Result

Fair Blue Swim Club now has a single, easy-to-use pool sound system that delivers background music during the day, powerful and intelligible announcements when it counts, and even coverage across the entire pool — all built to last through Delaware summers.

Serving Delaware, South Jersey & Greater Philadelphia

JD Sound and Video designs and installs commercial sound systems for swim clubs, pools, schools, athletic facilities, houses of worship, and municipalities across Delaware, South Jersey, and the Greater Philadelphia area. As a factory-direct dealer, we specify the right equipment for the space — and the owner is on every job.

Frequently Asked Questions for Pool Sound System Install