The worship sanctuary of Golden Isles Church of God in Brunswick, GA was recently outfitted with a new sound reinforcement system by locally-based integration firm All Seasons Audio that utilizes Renkus-Heinz VARIA loudspeakers and supporting components.
The traditional styling of the mid-sized sanctuary — with hardwood pews, high lofty ceilings and a raised central dais — had hampered the speech intelligibility of events and services. As a result, the church decided to modernize the sanctuary’s decor and functionality, including the new system designed by Brian Bush, co-owner of All Seasons Audio with assistance by independent manufacturer’s representative Richard Hembree of Griffith Sales Associates.
“The old audio system didn’t cover the room evenly,” Bush says. “But we had to reuse the original loudspeaker mounting points due to limited access above the ceiling. To help overcome the layout limitations, we recommended Renkus-Heinz loudspeakers for their acoustic performance.”
The design offers a center array of four VARIA VX101 loudspeakers with individual VX101s deployed for side fills and a choir monitor. With a range of vertical and horizontal dispersion angles and prorietary Tuned Conic Diverter WaveGuides, VARIA’s configurable enclosures and accompanying hardware made it suitable for the project. Two DRS18-2 subwoofers and two TX82 compact systems serving as floor wedges complete the loudspeaker set.
“The VARIA line arrays were the perfect solution for Golden Isles’ sanctuary,“ Bush concludes. “The wide range of vertical and horizontal dispersion angles they support made it easy for us to design a custom solution that could be mounted from the original hang points and fill the space with great audio everywhere.”
