FLORENCE, KY – Curt Taipale, a 30-year veteran who recently joined the team at K2 Audio (Boulder, CO) helped Grace Fellowship Church optimize the sound quality within its 800-seat sanctuary in Florence, KY through a multi-step process that included replacing the previous sound gear with a Danley-centered system.
"The old system really wasn't that old," but it "lacked impact," according to Taipale, who zeroed in on two key flaws: the acoustics were "loose" with a two-second decay, and the loudspeakers were undersized and underpowered.
Before replacing the gear, the church followed Taipale's recommendation to angle down the sidewalls by eight degrees and install a combination of diffusers and absorbers. Then Summit Integrated installed the new Danley gear to Taipale's design.
The new system included three Danley Sound Labs SH-50s that serve as the front array in an exploded arc, and three more Danley SH-50s that form a delay ring. Lab.gruppen C-series amplifiers power the system, and two
Biamp Nexia processors provide input conditioning and modest speaker
conditioning.
"I love the sonic character, the imaging, and the well-defined pattern
control of the Danley SH-50," said Taipale, also crediting the Danley gear for pattern control that extends down to 300 Hz and helps keep energy off the sidewalls and off the stage, enhancing the sound quality and gain before feedback.
To minimize aesthetic concerns, Taipale opted to place the two Danley TH-115 subwoofers using a bunker under the center stage thrust on the centerline. He was "very pleased with the result. It's nice and tight, big and fat, and full and punchy."
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