The Project:
Holy Family Parish in Rockland Massachusetts needed better sound. But our part of the story really began years ago when we first did work for the parish. A decade ago Holy Family chose Power Sound of New England to renovate their church sound system. At the time we replaced some church audio equipment with new analog electronics. To save parish resources we offered to refurbish the existing speakers. A good cleaning and painting and re-installing were done by our technicians and the system was a great success!
Last spring a collapse of the lower chapel ceiling caused structural and wiring damage to both the chapel and upper church sound systems. Holy Family Parish immediately called on us to consult with them about various audio system design options. We proposed three scenarios where either some -or none- of the old equipment could be integrated into the new church sound system. Their analysis indicated that, out of three scenarios we offered, the most practical and effective solution for their long-term goals was a complete church sound renovation—including new digital electronics and state-of-the-art speakers designed for the church environment. So we finalized that version of audio system design to perfectly match their vision.
Power Sound is well known throughout New England for custom audio system design. But not everyone knows that we manage audio installations as part of renovations and new construction projects. For the Holy Family church audio design and installation, we completed pre-wiring during early phases of reconstruction. Then coordinating with the construction contractor’s schedule we installed the rest of the system as needed.
Church Sound Systems – what speakers might they want…
Upper Church - The new Power Sound audio system designs offered a choice of 6-foot or 9-foot tall BOSE Panaray® speakers designed specifically for church sound systems. Since the parish wasn’t quite sure they wanted the larger speakers we offered our try before-you-buy-solution. As part of our commitment to the best possible church audio solution we often set up a weekend “demo” church sound systems- including speakers on portable stands. But here, due to the layout of the sanctuary, our technical team determined that the true sound quality could not be fully realized with speakers on stands so he actually installed the 9-foot speakers for the demonstration.
We wanted the parish to be absolutely sure – based on the actual sound scenario- before they decided between 6-foot and 9-foot speakers for the new church audio system.
“Power Sound served us magnificently! The quality of sound in both churches is excellent.” ~ Rev. James F. Hickey
And…They were just thrilled with the larger speakers’ sound coverage and clarity and decided to keep them.
Notice that the speakers are white. During a convenient time (after Christmas Masses) we will color the speakers to exactly match the columns.
“They will be the best sound you’ll never see”, our lead technician told the parish leaders.
Chapel Sound - Again Holy Family Parish selected from of our audio system design options. This scenario called for 6-foot BOSE Panaray® speakers, while allowing us to recycle and incorporate the upper church electronics in the new chapel system.
Power Sound has been designing and installing church sound for more than forty years but this may be a first:
Once the new was system installed, the chapel sound quality was so impressive the parish actually decided to hold every Mass for a week in the chapel. This way every parishioner who attended services that week, whether attending a daily Mass or Sunday Mass, was able to hear the fantastic new sound.
Now that is our kind of happy customer!
Custom church sound: as unique as the vision of your parish. Weekend church audio demonstrations; one of the many unique benefits of a Power Sound designed and installed system.
Chapel and Church Sound Systems. Audio visual systems designed by Power Sound and Video can be as unique as the needs of the spaces they’re designed for. To read more about audio visual systems visit our website: www.PowersoundNE.com
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