WorxAudio delivers spoke-word clarity for Henderson Church of Christ

WORLD: Church services at Henderson Church of Christ in Tennessee are very traditional in nature, with A cappella singing led by the worship leader from the pulpit microphone interspersing with spoken word lessons and prayers delivered through the same microphone. Fully-aware of the importance of spoken-word clarity to its services, upon expanding its original building with a brand new sanctuary, church leaders enlisted design and build firm, Tennessee Concert Sound, to ensure the 'best possible audio quality for the new space.' Henderson Church of Christ is now home to a line array system from WorxAudio.

'The new sanctuary at Henderson Church of Christ is an expansion to the church's original building,' explained Jarred Clayton, sales and design representative for Tennessee Concert Sound. 'The shape of the space is similar to that of a baseball diamond, with the pulpit being positioned where the home plate would be and facing out into the congregation. 'The back wall is roughly 30m from the pulpit while ceiling height is approximately 8m'.

The sanctuary can accommodate 1,150 people, with fixed wooden pews for 950 people and two 100-seat 'stadium' seating areas along the black left and right of the room. After consulting with leaders and surveying the room, the installers decided to deploy 12 WorxAudio X1i-P powered line array loudspeakers.

'Clarity of the spoken word is extremely important, so finding a loudspeaker system that delivered high levels of speech intelligibility was crucial,' offered Mr Clayton. 'Because of the way the room ?fans out? from the pulpit, broad horizontal dispersion was another extremely important consideration, and these two priorities are what ultimately led us to WorxAudio's X1i-P powered line array system. We would have had to go with three clusters with most other install line arrays.'

The new speakers have been flown in two clusters of six X1i-Ps located above the pulpit on the outer edge of the stage. The enclosures are suspended using WorxAudio's TrueAim Grid via TrueRig 8-inch beam clams and 1.5-inch couplers.

'We are very picky when it comes to the choice of loudspeakers we will install,' furthered Mr Clayton. 'While sound quality and overall system performance are certainly important, another consideration is the ease of installation. WorxAudio definitely has the techniques and products for an easy installation and aiming of a line array system. Everything from the beam clamps to the schedule 40 pipe couplers and the grids is well thought out and engineered. When the church requested white enclosures to blend with the room's aesthetics, WorxAudio obliged. Combined with the company's excellent support services, we were very pleased and, most importantly, our client is extremely happy.'

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