Münster Cathedral gets Evolutone from Steffens Systems
Published: WORSHIP
WORLD: The recently reopened Münster Cathedral (St Paul’s) has been fitted with loudspeaker systems from Steffens Systems.
Münster Cathedral remained closed during 15 months of extensive refurbishment, where in addition to a new roof and a new heating and ventilation system, the cathedral – which was built in 1264 – was also given a completely new loudspeaker system.
Evolutone loudspeakers were selected due to their beamforming capacity, which can bundle the sound and control its path so that all possible listener positions receive the sound in equal measure. Not only that, but acoustic feedback and reverberation are avoided. Münster Cathedral has had a total of 16 Evolutone upright loudspeakers of different sizes installed.
When developing Evolutone, Steffens Systems worked together with Dspecialists, which developed the entire electronics and software for the loudspeaker. ‘We are proud that we can count Steffens Systems as one of our customers,’ said Jochen Cronemeyer, managing director of Dspecialist GmbH.
‘The company is Germany’s market leader in sound systems for churches, which are technically very complex. Steffens Systems recognised the trend towards digital upright loudspeakers at an early stage and commissioned us with the electronic development of a modern upright loudspeaker including beamforming.’