Church Sound System Installation – form meets function from Power Sound of New England

Power Sound of New England recently completed a sound system installation project at Sacred Heart Church in Waltham Massachusetts. Like all parishes, quality church sound is vital. For this church, a PA sound system renovation was needed; in fact the church sound before the renovation was virtually unintelligible. Power Sound of New England, specializing in professional pro sound systems for worship, was chosen to consult and design and also to perform the new sound system installation.rnThe Project: The pastor,Rev. Dennis J. Wheatley needed the sound for both the spoken word and the music to be addressed in the new system design. Power Sound of New England designed a church sound system tailored to the parish’s specific needs. “The Mass features a choir so pro sound quality for singing voices is important. Their Life Teen Ministry is an integral part of the parish and its Services include a band. We integrated the musical component of the Masses into the system design. We created a church sound system to improve the music and the spoken voice”, said Power Sound of New England chief designer engineer Troy Jennings.rnFeatures: Pro sound equipment is an integral part of the PA sound system design. One component in particular offers an important benefit is the sound scenario selector, SSR. The pa sound system plan included the installation of remote controller has presets for small or large masses, for 16 choir microphones or the music ministry equipment amplification. The right sound –every time– for speech, song and music all in one custom church sound system. The technician, specializing in audio installation to manage church acoustics, programmed the SSR for the sound scenarios at the church, ex: large Mass, small Mass, 16 choir microphones on, full band performing, etc. The result is that both clergy and music ministry get the ideal sound settings every time. Ease of use is another feature essential to churches; the SSR is simply tuned, by a one-dial selector, to the setting desired. rnAnother feature of the church sound system is the installation of Bose Panaray® loudspeakers. Designed expressly for the worship space environment they project sound from multiple drivers within each speaker providing even intelligible sound throughout the worship space. From the first pew to the tenth to the last the sound is heard clearly and evenly.rnWhen asked about the new church sound quality and the parish’s experience working with PSNE, Rev. Wheatley said, “We are very pleased! Your technicians were wonderful; they answered all of our questions. The congregation is quite receptive. Now they can all hear clearly - all the way to the last pews. A big difference from the old, unintelligible sound. The system is performing very, very well.” rnCustom church sound systems, says PSNE, are what set them apart from typical AV dealers. Working to create a system with features as unique as the needs of each church they say provides effective reliable results.