TUCSON, AZ — The first thing that visitors notice when they enter Tucson's Faith Tabernacle Church, where a Meyer Sound system was recently installed, is the view. Directly behind the pulpit, a wall of glass looks out onto Mount Lemmon and the Coronado National Forest. In terms of sound quality, however, the church struggled for years with reverberance, but Tempe, Ariz.-based Sound Image got things under control. "The room had a tremendous amount of upper-midrange reflectivity, and intelligibility was next to nil when the music got going," said Sound Image's Eric Johnson. With the installation of a Meyer Sound system, however, the sound is as pleasant as the view.
"The ceiling is at least as challenging as the glass wall," noted Johnson, of the 25-foot high wood ceiling with large beams and deep, reverberant pockets. "The room still needs some acoustic treatment, and they're aware of that, but the Meyer Sound system has already made a tremendous difference."
Todd Stuve, Faith Tabernacle's lead audio tech, said the church had tried more than once to address the room's challenges. "Actually, this is our fifth system, and we got it right this time," Stuve said. "The Meyer Sound system has a really tight focus, and that's gone a long way toward eliminating the reflections on the walls and ceiling."
The 1,200-seat sanctuary has been equipped with three CQ-1 loudspeakers and three UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers, all strategically hung for highly focused coverage. A pair of 700-HP subwoofers handles low frequencies and a Galileo loudspeaker management system provides system processing.
"The room is a challenge, but the Meyer Sound system has given us a major leap in sound quality," Stuve said. "The sonic clarity just blows me away. I'm very, very impressed."
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