South African church opts for QSC

Senior Pastor at Bloemfontein, David Kennedy, was eager to replace his existing system with QSC’s and when a friend offered to buy the previously installed rig (including sub), he said it was just the break he needed. ‘I wrapped up the deal and ran to Toms [QSC’s South African distributor] to buy my new K12’s. As soon as I had installed them the difference was like night and day; even people untrained, or unobservant of such things, could tell immediately the difference in quality.’

Mr Kennedy had been introduced to the K12’s by Nico Greyling, who looks after the Bloemfontein branch of Toms Sound and Music Pty Ltd. ‘I have known David for a few months, and on many occasions we have discussed how he might improve the sound in his church. The fact that his church operates in a huge tent makes it very challenging from an acoustic point of view, unless you truly have a huge budget.

‘Although his previous system worked fine, he needed more sound and better quality — without adding more speaker boxes. The first time I heard the K Series I knew we had found something that would work for him, and at a very affordable price for the given performance and specs. And so we demoed it.’

In Bloemfontein, the K Series is tasked with reproducing speech from the preachers during the service, as well as live music — including a band comprising drums, keyboard, bass, and electric guitar. ‘It just delivers so much better clarity than the previous system, and with the bass boost it provides extra depth, although we will add a KSub at a later stage,’ confirmed Mr Kennedy.

Mr Greyling believes that the number of K Series sales Toms has achieved can be attributed to its shop demos. ‘This is for the simple reason that they are deceptively small for the huge punch they pack. That is why I always have a set of Ks up and running in the shop, rigged against another brand. This way it is very easy for the customer to do an ‘A/B’ comparison by just panning from left to right.’

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