First Christian Church equipped with WorxAudio X3-P solution
Published: WORSHIP
WORLD: Florida-based Creative Sound Solutions LLC was recently contracted to design and implement a new sound reinforcement system into the First Christian Church. A WorxAudio Technologies X3-P compact line array was chosen as an appropriate solution for the worship facility, which hosts three services each Sunday – two of which are contemporary in nature.
‘First Christian Church’s sanctuary seats roughly 500 people and is 24m wide by 15m deep with a stage/pulpit area facing into the width of the room,’ explained Rob Robinson, general manager and co-owner of Creative Sound Solutions. ‘As a result, the sanctuary is considerably wider than it is deep. This required a loudspeaker system that could offer a broad horizontal dispersion in order to provide consistent coverage from side to side as well as front to rear. Services are nowhere near as meaningful if people can’t understand what’s being said.
‘Music also plays a vital role in the church’s worship services,’ he continued. ‘With a five-piece praise band and a vocal team of roughly the same size, the new sound system had to have equally capable music reproduction characteristics. The WorxAudio X3-P line array is unique in that it is a three-module, all-in-one compact system with extremely broad – 160-degrees – horizontal dispersion and excellent music reproduction characteristics.’
Continuing, Mr Robinson said: ‘After consulting with Hugh Sarvis at WorxAudio Technologies, we determined that a central cluster – positioned 6m over the pulpit area – would serve the room nicely.’ The system is powered by WorxAudio Technologies’ PMD-1.5 digital power amp with built in DSP processing.
‘Because of the X3-P’s dispersion characteristics, we were able to cover every inch of the space,’ he furthered. ‘This system effectively eliminated the dead spots inherent in the previous sound system, and now there is great sound quality and high speech intelligibility everywhere you sit. Ken Wagner, the church’s media director, was really impressed with the fact that no matter where he walks throughout the room, sound quality is remarkably consistent, clear, and free of dropouts. The new WorxAudio system has been generating rave reviews – and for us, that’s the best compliment of all,’ he enthused.