If the congregation can't understand what's being said or relate to the music, it's very difficult to engage them. That's why Mountain Springs Church in Colorado Springs recently upgraded their sound system - drawing upon loudspeakers from the Convert series catalogue of Spain-based D.A.S. Audio.
Colorado Springs, CO-based Sight and Sound Technologies was contracted to design and deploy the church's new sound system. Kris Johnson, the company's C.O.O. was involved in all aspects of the project. He discussed the challenges of the job and his reason for deploying D.A.S. Audio's Convert 15A loudspeakers and SX-218A powered subwoofers.
"Mountain Springs Church is a non-denominational church with contemporary services," explained Johnson. "The general seating area in the sanctuary measures 100 feet wide and 100 feet deep, with a ceiling height of 28 feet. With its removable seating for 800, the church accommodates roughly 3500 worshippers over the course of multiple services.
"Music assumes a vital role in every service," Johnson continued. "The church needed a cost effective solution for their aging sound system and it was very important that the new loudspeaker setup be capable of high SPL output. Being able to monitor and adjust the speakers using D.A.S. Audio's DASnet monitoring and control software was also a key factor in our selection of the D.A.S. equipment. Ultimately, our goal was to achieve rock concert sound-particularly for use during their youth services, which happen every Wednesday evening."
To address this requirement of the space, Johnson deployed three D.A.S. Audio Convert 15A powered, multi-function loudspeakers - flown horizontally in a L-C-R configuration. The horizontal and vertical dispersion characteristics of the Convert 15A can be 'converted' to address the specific requirements of most any application. This is achieved using D.A.S. Audio's proprietary Digitally Convertible Dispersion feature. For low frequency support, the Sight and Sound Technologies team placed three D.A.S. SX-218A sub bass enclosures on the ground under the front edge of the stage. The D.A.S. SX-218A employs two D.A.S. 18SXN high performance transducers in a front loaded bass-reflex enclosure.
(Jim Evans)
