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Lucy LuLu Buffett’s Recent Testimonial of BSUN Media

Saturday, July 24th, 2010 by BSUN Media Systems

We recently had some feedback from Lucy “LuLu” Buffett of the installation of BSUN Media’s install at LuLu’s at Homeport Marina. Here’s what she had to say:

It was the most memorable night in the history of LuLu’s! I humbly applaud Brad with a vociferous BRAVO BRAVO! Thank you for the absolutely impeccable job and rising to the occasion! You now are entitled to “gumbo for life.”

Last January, we decided to upgrade our audio-visual program and somehow found Brad! He did an expert job and was always willing to work cheerfully and diligently especially when we would “make it up as we go” – a LuLu’s trademark.

Food and beverage establishments underestimate the importance of the quality of ambient music. We are hyper vigilant about how our music communicates an exceptional experience, especially since we have live entertainment every night of the year. It absolutely delights me to walk around the entire restaurant and property and to enjoy quality sound. I am completely confident in saying the quality of our audio-visual system actually increases my sales and makes a major contribution to the overall success of LuLu’s.

Lucy, we thank you for the kind words and hope the relationship we’ve forged lasts for many years to come!

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New Sound + Video System at Lulu’s in Gulf Shores

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 by Brad Sundberg - BSUN Media

Lulu's
A relentless pursuit of fun, food and quality

Lulu’s restaurant represents great food and great music in a fun, family atmosphere.  A quality experience is what they deliver day after day, so when they got tired of their old sound system, they gave us a call.  They wanted the best sounding restaurant on the Gulf Coast, yet simple enough to control that anyone on staff could adjust the music or TV’s with minimal training.  We went to work, and the results speak for themselves.

I could write pages about this particular installation, as it brought some great new challenges for us.  But it has been said a picture is worth a thousand words, so let me hit you with some photos and a quick synopses of the system.

The new music and video system is one of the best sounding, most versatile and easiest-to-control systems we have ever built, and it features some statics we are pretty proud of:

> An estimated four miles of low voltage wire was pulled for the installation.

It all starts with a plan
Lulu's design
Endless wiring and soldering
Soldering

>An estimated 15,000 watts of power are fed to about 80 speakers and subwoofers around the property, all in true  stereo.

BSUN Media Rack at Lulu’s Entrance
Lulu's rack
Power to spare
Rack 2

>The speakers are divided up into 16 individually controllable stereo zones.  Even the beach and parking lot are filled with music!

>10 new high definition TV’s were installed with an HD switcher, so any TV can watch DirecTV, Blu-ray or camera feeds for special events.  We went to great lengths to hide as many wires as possible.

TV

>Custom BSUN Media/Episode speaker clusters were fabricated and installed to give smooth, full range sound all over the property.

Speaker Cluster
Speaker Cluster

>Two music stages were fully wired so bands can play inside or out, depending on the weather, and we can feed the live music to the 80 speakers all over the property.

>A 16 channel live sound board was hidden behind a picture in the wall. Guests don’t even know it is there until it is opened just before the band plays.

Now you see it
Now you see it
Now you don’t
Now you don't

>The entire system is operated from a Crestron touchscreen, with a simple Graphical User Interface (GUI) that anyone with very basic training can operate.  Additionally, we have an astronomical clock that starts the music every morning at 10:30 am.  Many more preset parameters can and will be added as the needs and requests arise.

Touchscreen Control
Touch screen

>A Crestron lighting system is being added this next week, which will allow 9 zones of lighting to be controlled from the touchscreen and/or the processor’s astronomical clock.  This will save them many dollars by shutting off the lights when they are not needed.

>A custom virtual fireplace/aquarium was installed featuring a 65″ plasma TV floating in a wall built from 100 year old New Orleans wood.  The response in this alone has been huge.

Virtual 65″ Fireplace
Virtual Fireplace

Pictures can only tell part of the story.  Lulu’s must be experienced in person to appreciate the food, ambiance and quality that makes it so popular.  I am proud of the work BSUN Media Systems brought to this Gulf Coast institution, and appreciate Johnny Fisher and Lucy Buffett giving us freedom to create an audio and video system of this caliber.

Go to Lulu’s and see and hear for yourself why I am so proud to be associated with them.  And keep us in mind if you know of someone that needs our help.

From home theater and whole-house music systems to restaurant or church sound and video systems, BSUN Media Systems has the experience, imagination and drive to get the job done right the first time.  No excuses, just quality work.

Thanks for checking out our system, and I look forward to working on your upcoming projects.

Brad Sundberg, owner
BSUN Media Systems
251.990.6599

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Programming Simplicity

Thursday, May 13th, 2010 by Brad Sundberg - BSUN Media

At the end of the day, no matter how large or small a BSUN Media System installation may be, or how much time I spend tuning the speakers or calibrating the video, the client is either going to find it easy to use, or be frustrated.  Enter the programmer.  Lulu’s Restaurant in Gulf Shores, AL, is a great example of how critical it is to have a great programer on your team.  You see, we have more than 15,000 watts of musical power, 10 TV’s, nearly 90 speakers and subwoofers, video and audio switchers, keypads, lighting dimmers, DirecTV receivers, Apple TV, iPod dock, XM radio and a blu-ray player, all controlled by a simple on-wall touchpanel.  My esteemed programmer Todd is the master magician.

Today, in just a few short hours, he managed to get the XM tied into the system, got three new keypads working, set up nine lighting dimmers and set up some really cool graphics on my touchpanel showing temperature in various parts of the restaurant, all while eating Fiddle Faddle in his home in Southern California.  OK, I don’t know if we was eating Fiddle Faddle, but it is tasty.

Todd’s programming chops make me look good.  He is the technician behind the curtain that makes the magician onstage look like a rock star, and I couldn’t do my job without him.

If you want to see what I am talking about, go to Lulu’s yourself and ask to see “Brad’s system.”  Any of the managers (if they are not too busy) will be more than happy to show you how simple this massive system is to operate.  Programming is not simple, but when done well it makes the world, your restaurant, or your home theater, a happy place.  Kudo’s Todd… good work today!

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