The VQ100 loudspeakers were mounted in a straight line above the platform, attached to a steel beam grid with Tannoy’s VQ Series flying hardware. From this position, they’re able to provide full side-to-side coverage as well as extended reach to the top portion of the grandstand seats.
The extreme side areas of the front platform, occupied by the band and other participants in services, receive additional coverage from Tannoy V12HP premium quality installation loudspeakers that also feature constant directivity Dual Concentric drive units. These are subtly placed, mounted on walls utilizing Tannoy hardware.
Meanwhile, additional mid/high-frequency energy to the very front region of the platform is supplied by single Tannoy VQ DF loudspeakers mounted to the bottom of the left and right main VQ100 loudspeakers.
The VQ DF is specifically designed to seamlessly integrate with the VQ full range models, matching their exact footprint, and with a down-firing configuration that allows them to be tight packed without the need for complex flyware.
“The Tannoy loudspeakers are just outstanding – crystal clear and so present,” states Green. “The voices pop out beautifully, the instruments sound warm and clean. It’s amazing.”
A bit more mid/high clarity to the back rows of the grandstands comes from two more V12HP loudspeakers on time delay respective to the mains, mounted tightly up near the ceiling.
Finally, two more loudspeakers, this time compact Tannoy V8 units also time delayed, extend mid/high reach to the top of the balcony.
“These delay loudspeakers blend exceptionally well with the mains,” Anderson notes. “The conical pattern doesn’t lend itself to a point-source-type effect that can be distracting to the listeners. Rather, what you get is very smooth, very subtle, and solidly present. When we first fired up the loudspeakers for the client after installation, the side-to-side and front-to-back coverage of this entire loudspeaker literally took their breath away.”
Four new subwoofers – 18-inch-loaded EAW SB1000e – are positioned in the new concrete vaults under the platform. These are positioned equidistantly to further enhance the distribution of the low-end.
BSS Audio London BLU digital signal processing ties the entire loudspeaker and subwoofer set together, with a BLU-120 unit and a BLU-160 unit combined to supply all delay and other optimization settings.
These reside with the system’s QSC Audio PLX Series power amplifiers in a room adjacent to the rear of the platform. Video system equipment also specified by AGI is also located here.
“We decided not to provide additional monitoring and control of these devices at this time, even though its available,” Diamond adds. “One of the worst things we can do as systems integrators is to add unnecessary levels of complication that actually get in the way of a church sound team’s goals.