What did you do this summer?

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Our summer was wonderful! We were in your back yard providing AV for your church neighbors!  Christmas is coming. Are your systems ready?

St. George Episcopal Church, York, ME

This New England church is perched on the coast of Southern Maine. The prominent worship feature of the Parish Choir and Mega Choir means sound quality and audio system flexibility is essential. 

Holy Redeemer Parish, 
West New York, NJ

The glorious St. Mary's Church located just across the Hudson River form Manhattan wanted to reach more parishioners more of the time. They asked Power sound of New England to design a Video System. Video Cameras are in place to record Services for display on flat-screen monitors in overflow area. And a Live Video Streaming system was put in place. Now Masses are available to everyone via a link on the parish website.Live Streams can be viewed here: St. Mary's Church Live Streaming

Unitarian Memorial Church, 
Fair Haven, MA

Located on the southernmost coast of Massachusetts, the eleven bells in its tower sing out a recognized tune.The ornate architecture speaks of the beauty of this church. But inside it causes the well-known acoustical challenges faced by most churches.
A customized audio design and sound system installation project have brought the aesthetic and acoustics into total harmony.

Follen Community Church, 
Lexington, MA

This classic New England church is located in the Boston suburbs. An older church sound system was replaced by a professional audio system featuring a Pro Bose® speaker system. Monitor speakers in the choir loft and small-space speakers in the foyer offer sound to areas beyond the pews. New Bose Panaray speakers, designed for worship spaces project clear, intelligible sound throughout the sanctuary.


St. Pete Chanel Parish, 
Van Buren, ME

Located in northern Maine close to the border of Canada, St. Bruno-St. Remi Church- This historic church needed a sound system renovation. Masses are held in English and in French languages and sound clarity must be ideal for both. Professional Bose loudspeakers are column-mounted and the system is designed to project clear speech and music throughout the large nave.

St. Mary Church,
Nantucket Island

The island church has trusted PSNE with sound system design & installation and more recently a video projection project. This summer they chose to add Live Video Streaming of their Masses. No one on the island or back on the mainland will ever need miss the worship. Their stream is programmed to be "live" during Masses. Watch it weekdays at 7:30 am or during weekend Masses here on their website.

At Power Sound of New England, we consider all of New England and Eastern New York & New Jersey our backyard. We're closer than you think. Check us out! PSNE

HAPPY NEW YEAR

How were the holidays for your congregation? Did your church. . .

Sound good?
Look good?

For professional sound and video updates or maintenance, Power Sound of New England is the name thousands of churches have trusted since 1969.
    We’ve been there
When you needed church sound system “tune ups” or new church audio and video projection systems.
     We’ll be there
Whenever you need us.
Anytime. Every time!




If your sound system or video projection is not performing the way it should, let us design a solution tailored especially for your church. Our sound system designs can solve issues such as poor sound coverage, dead spaces, feedback noise, lack of audio clarity, and many other issues related to church P.A. systems.

Since 1969 we have tamed the most challenging acoustics in churches from Boston, to Worcester and Springfield out to Albany and here at home in Maine. Our church video projection, church sound systems, and full service turn-key audio visual system renovations are customized to fit the needs of the smallest chapel to the largest cathedral.

Your house of worship is unique.
So are our sound systems.
Learn more at our website.

Boston Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church

The best church sound you'll never see...

Boston Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church is a historic church in Boston Massachusetts drawing thousands of worshippers since 1921. Like all churches, they need to ensure that the Presider, Lecturers and the Choir are all heard clearly.
 

Better Audio Quality For Multi- Language Worship Services

We have provided customized church sound system design for Boston Temple , for both the English language  worship services and the weekly Russian and Chinese language worship services.  We met their audiovisual objectives by paying careful attention to the challenging acoustics of the Boston church’s space  typical of many houses of worship built in the early part of the century.  As we consulted and prepared the audio system design we carefully considered the individual needs of the space including architecture; multi-language sermons, the Music Ministry and other details that make their worship environment unique. 

Aesthetics are important here as is the case for all church

spaces. The sound system provides more sound intelligibility than ever before, but also, the speakers harmonize visually with their environment. Colored to blend with the surface to which their installed, the professional-grade speakers look terrific, and offer clarity throughout the old handsome, (but reverberant) space. 

“The worship space at the church created some unique acoustical challenges. We designed & installed an audio system completely customized to meet the needs of the architecture combined with the wants for the worship experience.”   - Troy D. Jennings, G.M. PSNE

Custom Settings and “Smart Electronics”

From a softly spoken voice to a singing voice, the smart electronics continuously self-adjust providing the appropriate volume level. Custom settings offer the correct volume and projection for varied environments including large, medium or small attendance and choral presentations. Unique settings may used for changing weather environments as well. Preset and tuned to a parish chosen settings, a simple turn of a knob changes from one setting to another. One dial = easy control.

Whether a retro fit for historic spaces like Boston Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church or sound system installations during renovation or construction at Power Sound of New England we have a senior team of tech-savvy installers who will ensure the custom system looks right, sounds glorious and performs reliably. 

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Church Sound and Video Projection System for Holy Bible Baptist Church customized for the very special needs a growing Boston church - part II

As we continue chronicling the expansive Audio Visual System design and installation project at Holy Bible Baptist Church we will explain the church video projection. This portion of the Boston church’s A/V system project is a video projection system designed for the unique needs of Holy Bible Baptist Church.

High-Performance Church Video Projection

Two motorized screens in the main church and another in the connecting chapel are part of a completely integrated video projection system designed to offer a host of options for church video display. The system includes monitors in the nursery, foyer, lower hall, and meeting rooms. The ability to add monitors as the church grows means freedom to use church video in countless ways to enrich the worship experience.

The video projection system can function independently in each space main video signal form the main sanctuary can be sent to some or all locations. This kind of flexibility in the church video system offers numerous projection possibilities.

A high-definition camera in the balcony can zoom in for live streaming video close ups of performers and the Pastor, enhancing the visual power of the worship experience. The engineer can also utilize a computer to project hymn lyrics, readings and religious imagery. Church video also offers freedom to be used for educational presentations and films, church messages in the foyer, projections of Services in the nursery and so much more. Church video at HBBC is a tool that offers boundless opportunities for the congregation to be “connected”. The video projection system can also be used for video display on the church website.

Major Renovation or Minor Upgrades

Clearly this particular church sound and video project was a substantial undertaking. At Power Sound and Video we are experienced in church audio visual projects of all sizes and scopes. Whether a small chapel just need clearer sound or your church is undertaking a major A/V renovation we have the experience that has guided churches for more than 40 years.

Sound for Worship - a church audio system design for a Boston area Seminary from Power Sound of New England

The Project:
Saint John Seminary in the Boston suburb of Brighton asked us to consult with them and to design a church audio system for their chapel. Designed to offer the clarity for both the spoken word and the music - which is a vital part of their liturgical celebrations – the new Power Sound church audio system answers the call. The chapel had a great system for its generation. After fifteen or so years it was time for a comprehensive church audio renovation. Working closely with the seminary project coordinator and clergy, we designed a system that met some of their specific needs and we recycled some of the good equipment for use elsewhere.
 
Church Audio:
In front of the altar at the chapel we mounted Bose Panaray loudspeakers – an integral part of many church sound systems designed by Power Sound – on the marble walls. The speakers emit clear even sound throughout the space. The Cantor sings from the back of the chapel, so we fitted a portable podium with a pencil style microphone that transmits, wirelessly, through the church audio system. The podium can be moved as required while maintaining its amplification capabilities. Small speakers that were part of the older audio system were cleaned, repainted and wall-mounted behind the altar so celebrants and lectors can hear and follow the Mass.

 
Sound clarity meets aesthetic quality in our audio visual systems:
We care about the visual impact of our A/V systems. You care about the visual integrity of the sanctuary. We colorize speakers to blend with their environment. The photos to the right show how easily the speakers almost disappear into their surroundings.  Since some of the wall surfaces are marble, we ran matching raceways form the speakers to cover external wiring on the wall. We also repaired surfaces when old equipment was removed in order to maintain aesthetic integrity. Church sounds systems should be heard far more than seen.

Highlight: Customized sound for each Celebrant’s style.
At St. John’s Seminary there are many Celebrants.
We designed a church audio system with a ‘sound scenario selector’. It allows our technical team to preprogram settings for a host of sound scenarios and individual sound settings for the unique liturgical style of each primary Celebrant including the Rector and Cardinal O’Malley.  Settings may also be programmed for daily Mass, full Mass or any sound scenario church sound systems need to accommodate. A single dial offers easy switching from one setting to another. 
 
Recycle, Re-Use, Save:
The bottom line matters. Re-utilizing parts results in financial savings. We reconfigured many of the former audio system parts into a portable church audio system. With a rolling case and speaker stands, the portable sound system can be used anywhere. At Saint John’s Seminary they plan to use it for outdoor services!
 
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