Leading the Way in Professional Audio Visual Systems Design for Churches, Schools, and Commercial applications

Power Sound of New England has been serving houses of worship and businesses the with old-fashioned customer care and new cutting edge technology since 1969. Though we specialize in church sound systems and church video projection we serves other industries as well. Our customers includes schools, arenas, stadiums as well as smaller Catholic churches and houses of worship.

Or goal is to offer a custom system for each customer's unique space, budget and performance needs. Often the design and installation is just the beginning. Our relationship with our customers lasts far beyond.

We've created the blog to talk about some of our projects and new technologies within the audio visual systems industry.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Live Video Streaming, Especially for Churches


If they can’t make it, they can still be there


 Live video streaming offers a way to share worship and religious celebrations. 


Live video streaming for churches
Imagine you live 1,000 miles from this wedding at this church. And you just can't go. Now imagine you can use your smart tv or laptop or phone to watch and listen. Live as it happens, video streaming puts religious services and ceremonies wherever you are. Your congregation members will love this.     


What is Live Streaming? 
Live Church Streaming is a video streaming solution designed for churches. Unlike a podcast which is recorded for later playback, it allows you to broadcast worship services and events live, as they happen, on your website.

What are our churches saying about it? 
Good Shepard Parish
“Live streaming keeps them connected. We have many seasonal
Our Lady Star of the Sea
parishioners from Texas, Florida and beyond. Video streaming allows them to feel attached to the parish even when they are many miles away. It’s also a wonderful tool for friends and family to experience weddings and funerals. Church streaming allows anyone not able to attend Mass to experience it.”        
~ Rev. Michael R. Nagle, Good Shepherd Parish, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

 Why do we want it for our church?   
With Video Streaming the worship experience is border-less. Worshipers can watch live video broadcasts of your church anywhere; on a laptop, desktop, ipad, smartphone, etc.
Best of all
  With PSNE’s Live Church Streaming we take care of the details. Setup, schedule and remote technical support. We plan streaming schedules - whether a church may want all day steaming or specific times–we remotely mange the process so it's seamless.

Church live video streaming is helping connect people. Whether home with a cold or far from family celebrations, congregation members can stay more connected to their own church or to their friends'

Watch an example of Live Video Streaming at a Massachusetts Church. Learn more about the benefits of video streaming on our PSNE website


 

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

School Audio and Video Solutions


Holderness School - arena audio system installation from PSNE.
Holderness School; Plymouth New Hampshire – Ice Arena
At PSNE we do much more than great church sound and video projects. One of the projects we discussed on our website before its summer renovation was about a School rink audio system. We think its topical as so many schools look to us for arena, rink, cafetorium and clasroom AV installations.
Onward... 

Ice Arena Audio System Renovation
Holderness School, Plymouth, NH
Holderness School Ice Arena with rink audio from PSNE.
Audio for game calling and/or music
Holderness School’s covered ice rink is home to the Holderness Bulls hockey teams. This outdoor covered rink features a new state-of-art audio system designed for the arena environment from Power Sound of New England; chosen to provide a custom sound system to synchronize with the start of the 2009-2010 hockey season. In the sound system design indoor-outdoor speakers were selected to accommodate the covered, open-air arena.

What is it? This is a straightforward ice arena sound system featuring professional JBL speakers for sound coverage that puts life into live sports action. The custom rink sound system was designed with sports in mind and features a microphone and a music input in the booth as well as an audio output controller with four sound coverage settings. A flexible arena audio system that’s easy to operate; it offers settings for speaker coverage to the rink, to the bleachers and walkways, or all.

For audio system security: The power switch is activated with a key so only authorized personnel can turn the system on or off.

Learn more about audio visual and media solutions for schools and academic institutions on our website http://powersoundne.com/schools-arenas/




 

Friday, September 20, 2013

A Dover NH Church has great sound


Complete Custom Audio System Renovation

At PSNE we recently launch our newly designed website.  So,to keep some of the most popular AV System Project Features available we are re-sharing them here. Last year, First Parish Church in Dover New Hampshire entrusted on PSNE for their church audio system upgrade.

The New Hampshire Church sound system was definitely due for some upgrades. Like so many churches in New England, they were enduring the crackling, fading, and "cutting out" typical of older church PA systems. Most essential, we wanted to address the needs for the liturgy but also we wanted to make the Music Ministry shine. In the past most churches, due to the challenging acoustical environment, had to choose one or the other.

One of the concerns from many church customers has been that their audio system design couldn’t adapt to the unique need for recorded or live music. Power Sound has succeeded in developing a strategy for custom audio system designs to meet the needs of both.




"150% improvement from our old sound system!"
"The clarity and quality are great. Special features include the ability for us to record services to audio disc. We can post them to our website for shut-ins and visitors to our site; and the hand-held wireless Power Sound’s "ihymnal" mp3 player allows me to create music play-lists that I can cue up during services. The technical team was also helpful with fine-tuning and tutorials of our new system. They made sure we were comfortable with its operation and multitude of features. Superb!"               ~Rev. Dr. Norman B. Bendroth



After a comprehensive audio analysis, and review of parish budget guidelines, we designed a custom audio system featuring professional-series BOSE loudspeakers, crafted specifically for the church environment. This unique system offers exceptional sound quality for both the spoken word and the music ministry. Specialty-application speakers were fabricated into light fixtures to supply sound to the loft. Unconventional, yes. Effective, absolutely. 



Project Highlight - Audio recording of worship services
The audio system records worship services directly to audio disc. Ideal for web podcasts  and also for "shut-ins" and anyone who isn't able to attend Services on any given week.

To read about complete AV systems for worship, head over to our new website: powersoundne.com

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Church Security System provides peace of mind

Another Featured Project from the archives...

  
A NH Church's Security and Surveillance System

At PSNE we're gearing up to launch our newly designed website. And in an effort to keep available some of the AV Ststem Projects features that have been most popular, we are re-sharing the stories here. Our Lady of the Mountains in North Conway New Hampshire called on PSNE for their video security system...

Our Lady of the Mountains is a large contemporary two story building with multiple entrances. While it is increasinly common for churches to keep door locked, Fr. Don and the parish council wanted to find a way to be more accessible for parishioners wanting to visit the parish or worship at times other than scheduled Mass times. The goal they asked us to achieve was to design a church security system to allow the parish to open their church to the congregation more hours, more days. To do this they chose Power Sound for the design and installation of a custom Church Security System.

Monitor offers all-cameras view.
Power Sound's audiovisual design team felt strongly that church security could be implemented, specific to the unique features of the facility, in order to be most effective by monitoring all entrances. A benefit of this system is the multi-view monitor. It displays images of all seven camera locations. When an entrance is accessed the corresponding monitor image flashes red accompanied by an audible tone. The system offers the parish the ability to be as “open door” as they WANT, combined with the safety parishes NEED.
Never have parishioners needed their Church as much as now. Yet today, for security, most parishes require locked doors at all times. Planning for more church security is essential. Church Video Security offers ways to record sensitive areas. At OLOM, the main office has ability to record on demand, at pre-programmed times or 24/7. Optionally, sound may be recorded as needed.

Tiny narthex camera

 Read about church security here

Churches can enjoy multiple benefits of Video recording for security or archiving. Video recording can be also used to record Masses...Ideal for posting to parish websites or displaying in overflow areas.

church security camera installation
Camera close up
Power Sound Custom Church Security Systems…Lets churches be OPEN. Ensures parishes it’s SAFE. Read more about AV Systems for worship on our website


“Excellent...again!”
“We’d been researching other companies for our video security system. Power Sound did such a wonderful job with our new sound system, we knew we wanted them, hands down, for the security project also. Having cameras at all entrances provides a real sense of security. The PSNE team is great. Julius really listened to our concerns and needs and responded to them. Very professional.”  
~ Rev. Don Gauthier Jr.


With customized church surveillance, any space may be monitored 24/7 from the office or remotely via smartphone, tablet or ipad. Flexible security systems allow churches to monitor both interior and exterior locations as needed. Offering peace of mind and the ability to keep the church more open, more often. Read more about A/V for Worship from PSNE.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

St. Monica Church in Barre Vermont: Complete Sound System Renovation

I would always recommend Power Sound to other parishes.
~ Rev. Leopold J. Bilodeau
 
St. Monica Church in Barre Vermont: Complete Sound System Renovation
Great Church Sound - Affordable Price.

St Monica Church needed better church sound system. Fr. Leo had worked with Power Sound of New England at other parishes where he’d served as pastor. We designed a custom audio system featuring new primary speakers by BOSE. We refurbished their smaller existing speakers for the loft and altar.

“Great Sound is important, but so is the bottom line. We re-cycled equipment by moving the parishes existing speakers to the Mission. Now the sound is vastly improved there also,” said PSNE chief designer and G.M., Troy Jennings.

Features
A hearing impairment system offers earpiece amplification. Discreet, yet effective; the hearing impaired parishioners needing personal amplification have a comfortable solution which is integrated into the parish’s sound system. Another feature popular with new church sound systems is audio recording. The parish may record Services directly to audio disc. This feature is ideal for playback for “shut-ins” or website posting of religious services.



“A very comprehensive system: The new speakers are performing             
perfectly and the hearing impairment system offers greatly enhanced sound clarity for those who need it. I have trusted you with A/V projects at many parishes where I have served. Julius and your technical team always do a wonderful job!”
                                ~ Rev. Leopold J. Bilodeau 

Though this church audio upgrade was designed and installed some time ago, it is a relevant example of of of today's common sound system renovation projects. Many calls come from churches when the sound system they have is failing and congregation members are having challenges hearing the liturgy and the music.

How's your sound?




Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Two Great Church Audio Systems - St. Roch Parish in Oxford, MA





All custom Church Audio Systems from Power Sound of New England are as beautiful as they are functional. The loudspeakers in this photo are 10 feet tall and emit clear, intelligible sound throughout the sanctuary; yet you can hardly notice them!

This project, pulled from our job archives, is a great example of church sound in multiple parish spaces.    

New Parish Hall and Upper Church Sound Systems

St. Roch Parish needed better sound for both the Main Church and the Parish Hall.

Msgr. “Lou” wanted a versatile system that would address sound quality and operational flexibility. 
A custom audio system design by Power Sound answered the call.

Right: BOSE® speakers, designed for the needs unique to church audio systems. Custom coloring is ensure aesthetics are considered. Notice the speakers match both wood and wall surfaces.

"Thank you to Msgr. Louis Piermarini and St. Roch Parish for your trust in our work. We are grateful for the opportunity to provide reliable new audio to both the upper church and parish hall".
      ~ Troy D. Jennings, G.M., PSNE

  
Features
The Main Church Audio has a unique digital audio selector. We can program settings for any number of sound scenarios such as full Church holiday Mass or weekday attendance.  One button changes the setting as needed.



The Parish Hall 
Here the church audio system functions separately for meetings, plays or dinners. But, with the turn of a dial its speakers connect to the Main Church System to project Mass to overflow attendance. Both are versatile, effective and easy to operate.

The Parish Hall Audio allows for so many more ways to utilize the space. Audio for plays, meetings, or RCIA Ed. from this system - or connecting to the upper Church sound system - provides audio for overflow attendance.

Recycle, re-utilize, re-purpose
Good equipment can often be re-purposed during av installations. In may churches we are able to re-use upper church speakers in the hall or classroom.

How's the sound in your church?