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Community Loudspeakers Deliver Upgrade In Unique Structure At Virginia Church

Deployment of I SERIES provides clarity and even coverage in "stressed membrane structure" of sanctuary

Faith Fellowship Church in Wirtz, VA has celebrated worship services in its unique “stressed membrane structure” since 1999, but the facility’s dated audio system had always suffered from poor audio quality and uneven coverage, something that’s been recently remedied with an audio upgrade utilizing Community Professional I SERIES loudspeakers.

Faith Fellowship contacted All Pro Sound of Pensacola, FL to drive the upgrade, having previously helped with previous upgrades as well as video projection and wireless microphones.

The church wanted consistent coverage throughout the worship space and a more exciting audio experience for their contemporary worship services which feature a full praise band and 15-person chorus.

To meet these needs, All Pro’s Jeff Knighten designed a new loudspeaker system that would cover the 88-foot by 120-foot space evenly and provide the kind of full-range audio quality the church desired.

The system incorporates three Community I SERIES IP8—1122/26 loudspeakers, distributed across the stage front, to cover the room’s four seating areas. Two IS8 -115 subwoofers provide extended low-frequency support. The system is light enough in weight to hang safely from the building’s steel frame, and the white loudspeakers complement the building’s interior appearance.

Ashly Audio power amplifiers drive the loudspeakers, with an Ashly Protea added for digital signal processing. The church also has an Allen & Heath GL2200 console, Audio-Technica wireless microphones and Shure wired microphones from its original system.

Faith Fellowship’s Josh Cokendolpher says the church’s upgraded audio system was completed in time for the 2014 Christmas holidays. “It was like going from black and white to color,” he states. “We were always pushing the old system to its limits and some people complained about the coverage but now we have more than enough headroom and everyone can hear.”

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