FLORENCE, SC — With a full-fledged praise band at the heart of its expanding music program, Gospel Temple Worship Center, led by senior pastors Timothy and Becky Howell, called upon Templeton Sound Systems, Orangeburg, S.C., for the audio system at its new facility with a system featuring line arrays, subwoofers and stage monitors from WorxAudio Technologies.
Michael W. Templeton, president of Templeton Sound Systems, said the project involved a number of significant challenges. “The new sanctuary has a very wide seating area. This space is roughly 100 feet wide by 65 feet deep, so we needed to find a system that provided broad horizontal dispersion that could simultaneously project to the rear of the sanctuary without overwhelming those in the first few rows.
“Maintaining a clear line of sight to the stage / altar area was considered equally important,” Templeton added. “Church management didn’t want a large number of boxes hanging from the ceiling, as they felt this would be distracting.
To meet those challenges, Templeton relied on his experience with the WorxAudio product line. “I’ve been very impressed with several of the latest product offerings from WorxAudio Technologies—particularly their new ‘all-in-one’ line arrays—and given the requirements of this project, I felt confident the company’s new TrueLine X3i-P would be a good fit for this installation.”
Once the necessary approvals were issued, the Templeton Sound Systems installation crew proceeded to install two WorxAudio TrueLine X3i-P line array clusters in a left-right configuration for the main house system. The X3-P line array incorporates three modules, each with a medium format, 1-inch exit compression driver coupled with dual 8-inch cone transducers to provide a balanced sound with a frequency range that spans from 45 Hz to 20 kHz (-10 dB). The system is powered by WorxAudio’s PMD-1.5 digital power amp, which delivers 1,000 watts for the low frequencies and 500 watts for the highs.
“The X3i-P is a tremendously versatile loudspeaker system,” Templeton said. “This line array provides an exceptionally wide 160-degree horizontal dispersion pattern and it’s equally at home with both speech and music reproduction. I consider this box to be one of the best values in the industry.”
For low frequency support, the Templeton Sound Systems crew deployed a single WorxAudio TrueLine TL218Si-P subwoofer. This enclosure is housed at the front and center edge of the stage / altar area in a recessed, sealed chamber. Known as WorxAudio’s Max Sub, the TL218Si-P uses dual direct radiating 18-inch, 1,600W cone drivers in a tuned enclosure. The system is powered by the company’s PMD-2 digital power amp that provides 1000 watts for each LF driver in the enclosure.
For monitoring purposes, a single WorxAudio TrueLine X1i-P was flown up against the ceiling and angled down toward the choir. The X1i-P is a two-way compact line array loudspeaker system loudspeaker that incorporates a medium format, 1-inch exit compression driver coupled with dual 8-inch cone transducers for a frequency range that spans from 55 Hz to 18 kHz. It is powered by WorxAudio’s PMD-200 digital power amp, providing 200 watts for the low frequencies and 200 watts for the highs.
Augmenting the overhead X1i-P monitor is a series of four WorxAudio Wave Series WX12M floor monitors. The WX12M is a two-way, high efficiency, passive loudspeaker. It is well suited to applications requiring a compact monitor system for the reproduction of speech and music program material. They are powered by Face Audio Contractor Series power amps. They can be freely positioned—depending upon the nature of the service.
“There’s a lot of sound system in this room,” Templeton said, “and yet, it’s visually quite unimposing. The church just opened the doors to their new sanctuary in January and, already, we’ve received lots of positive feedback on the system’s performance,” with compliments on “the coverage and the consistency of the sound throughout the entire room.” He added that the church staff has already made plans for additional installations of the gear as it continues its expansion in the future.
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