Seoul church becomes first in Korea to install K1
Published: WORSHIP
KOREA: Seoul’s Yonsei Central Baptist Church has become worship house in Korea to install an L-Acoustics K1 WST line source system. Described as one of Asia’s most impressive churches, it now boasts 200 L-Acoustics cabinets.
The entire Yonsei Central Baptish Church site occupies a total area of 32,677 sq-m and contains over 120 rooms. The K1 system has been installed into the main Jerusalem sanctuary, a 13,000 seat hall with a single balcony occupying three floors of the building. The installation came about when Park Byung Jun, who heads the church broadcasting team, and Lee Hwan Chul, head of the project team, together with Scott Sung, L-Acoustics product manager for local distributor Dream Sound, needed to conceal some dV-Dosc delays they were planning to install alongside the Jerusalem sanctuary’s V-Dosc system. They instead settled on the K1, providing 3dB more SPL and thereby removing the need for delays.
The installation comprises two hangs of nine K1 boxes with three KARA WST line source cabinets and four K1-SB subs per side, powered by LA8 amplified controllers. For the back rows of the hall, two hangs of four white 8XTi coaxial speakers from L-Acoustics’ Architectural Series have also been integrated into the interior.
‘The goal for the new sound design was to cover the audience area without the need for delays or under-balcony systems, guaranteeing a clear view for the audience,’ explained Cedric Montrezor, L-Acoustics’ head of installation support. ‘Dream Sound proposed upgrading the existing V-Dosc and dV-Dosc installation to a full K1 system and we helped them with the sound design. Thanks to the K1 rigging, we were able to lower the system in order to cover the under-balcony areas with the main system and to maintain an homogenous SPL and frequency response coverage on the balcony.’