Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church located in Springfield, PA presents a challenging acoustic environment for sound system design with its marble walls, floor, and hard ceiling. Coverage of the congregational seating was achieved with a design of delayed banks of loudspeakers operating at moderate levels which delivers direct sound to specific areas without splashing sound thought the rest of the room.

Community Solution Series loudspeakers and a Shure P4800 digital controller were chosen to provide ease of use and freedom from feedback.

Six loudspeaker zones were employed to ensure even coverage, 3 Community SLS-960 loudspeakers serve as the front mains suspended from the ceiling near the chancel, Radian coaxial loudspeakers are delayed sequentially and provide coverage beneath the existing chandelier features, and the main balcony has Community loudspeakers specifically designed for wide and shallow coverage to provide speech clarity in the balcony. JBL ceiling loudspeakers are served by an additional delay zone under the balcony. The result is good, even, high fidelity coverage and intelligibility.





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