We had maintained the existing system for sometime and had discussed possible improvements with the clergy on a number of occasions. Evetually the time came for us to look at the problem and come up with a workable solution. Our proposal was to employ wide dispersion, line array loudspeakers from Bose Corporation coupled to a digital mixer and amplifier system. This was installed over several days by our engineers utilising discrete cable routes from the old system.

After careful and extensive setup with sophisticated test equipment, the result was a system which far surpassed the expectations of both clergy and congregation. An extra benefit of the digital control system was the ability to reduce the scope for “phantom knob twiddlers” to make unauthorised adjustments by locking out controls and for the system to revert back to pre-set default settings upon power up.

Further features provided were weekday and weekend setting scenes which make subtle adjustments to the levels and equalisation to cater for differing sizes of congregation. Now at last the congregation and clergy enjoy sound reinforcement of a quality that for years had eluded them.