"But New Covenant had a very sharp tech team," Stanford continued. "They knew exactly what they wanted in the way of fidelity. Pastor Billy Johnson is an amazing musician with an extraordinary voice. When we brought our first demo over, he asked us to turn it off so that he could play keyboard through the system. That was the real test."
The challenge for Stanford was to deliver 105dB of clean sound and smooth coverage front to back of this overly boxy, 80-foot deep room. Stanford chose to base the installation on Danley loudspeakers. "There are very few speakers out there that can give smooth coverage from front to back in a room that big," he noted.
Stanford placed two Danley SH-50 full-range speakers above the centre of the stage along with an SH-100 for down-fill. An additional SH-100 was placed on either side of the room also acting as sidefills.
Additional upgrades include a new digital Bi-Amp Nexia SP to distribute sound to the speakers with minimal processing and installation of a 48-channel Yamaha M7CL digital console.
(Jim Evans)
