St. John the Evangelist Church Gains Intelligibility

In Install Newsby tfwm

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Historic church improves intelligibility and coverage and conquers feedback with new sound system

Completed in 1837, St. John the Evangelist is a historic Catholic Church in Frederick, Maryland with a Grecian ionic design and a cruciform floor plan. The church has carpeted floors but its spacious marble and plaster interior and hardwood pews create major challenges for voice intelligibility.

St. John’s existing sound system had poor intelligibility and coverage and a recurring feedback issue. In 2011, Eric Johnson of Audio Video Group offered St. John’s a new system using Community’s ENTASYS column line source loudspeaker system.  Johnson performed a live demonstration that showed his design could provide intelligible sound with even coverage while minimizing audio feedback.

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