HK Audio blends in at Siksa-dong Catholic Church
Published: WORSHIP
KOREA: The newly constructed 500-capacity Siksa-dong Catholic Church in Korea has been outfitted with an HK Audio Elements system. The three-storey building required a ‘powerful yet inconspicuous’ sound system and church leaders enlisted the services of Daikyung Prosound Seocho, an appointed dealer of HK Audio's Korean distributor, Sama Prosound.
‘The most important consideration we had to make for this project was finding an audio system that would sound great without disrupting the splendid interior of the church,’ explained Jin-wook Kim, CEO of Daikyung Prosound Seocho. ‘Elements fulfilled our requirements completely. The mid-high columns have an appearance which works in perfect harmony with the church’s interior, and because Elements offers the benefits of line array technology, worshippers anywhere in the church can be assured of hearing remarkably well-defined speech.’
The Elements system decided upon comprised two E435 A Install Kit units plus six standard E435s, two E110 Sub As and two E110 Subs for the main speaker system, alongside two E435 A Install kits with two E435s for subs. An additional two E435 A Install Kit units and two E435s act as a monitoring system for the church’s choir.
The provision of front-fill speaker coverage for the central parts of the sanctuary’s front two rows, as well as monitors for the pastor onstage, provided an installation challenge, as typical speaker placement in front of the stage would prove disruptive. To solve this, Mr Kim turned to Sama Prosound, who analysed delay times and advised installing the speakers on the back wall of the stage.
Following the installation, Mr Kim reported that the church staff and worshippers are impressed by the clearly defined speech reproduction that the new Elements system provides.