MIT Art, Design & Technology University

Case notes

MIT Art, Design & Technology University sits on the historic Rajbaug (Vishwarajbaug) estate at Loni Kalbhor, on the Pune–Solapur Road. The campus spreads around a lake and the World Peace Dome precinct, with MANET, student amenities, the Vitthal Mandir waterfront, and open gathering lawns sharing the same outdoor paths. Those spaces need speech that carries for daily paging and outdoor programmes — and loudspeakers that survive Pune's monsoon without looking like temporary event PA. Sai Enterprises AV Solutions installed a distributed outdoor system around the public campus: JBL AWC129 IP56 coaxial 12-inch loudspeakers on poles covering the lakeside precinct, the central tower plaza, parking and ceremonial areas, and tree-lined walkways. Each AWC129 is a weather-treated 2-way coaxial with 90° × 90° coverage, 70/100 V taps, and a gland-sealed terminal cup — specified for sports grounds, campuses, and other all-weather paging where a conventional box would fail. JBL Libra 500 mixer amplifiers (500 W, 4 Ω / 8 Ω and 70/100 V outputs, USB playback, AC/DC operation) sit stacked in the control room so facilities staff can page, play programme audio, or run a ceremony without calling a technician. A Yamaha MG06X compact mixer on the wall and a Dynatech MS-14HH dual-handheld wireless system feed guest speakers and roaming presenters into that rack. Pole-to-rack runs use Polycab armoured speaker cable with Amphenol and Neutrik connectors at weather-protected junctions. The campus can announce across the Rajbaug grounds, host an outdoor address at the tower plaza, and keep the lakeside precinct intelligible — with hardware rated for year-round outdoor duty.