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Meyer Boosts Sound for Upbeat Worship
DENTON, TX (October 2001)
Denton is the home of the University of North Texas, which just happens to offer one of the leading jazz music
programs in the country. It’s hardly surprising, then, that many Denton churches have developed worship styles that
appeal to young people with an interest in lively music--including Denton Bible Church, a fast-growing nondenominational congregation. Unfortunately, Denton Bible came to realize that the high-decibel services were
pushing the limits of the existing sound system in its 2000-seat house of worship.
"We put in that system for them when the building was completed in 1992," says Tom Fowlston of Texas-based
AV Pro. "Back then the music was piano and a few vocalists. Today they call it a contemporary praise service, but
as far as the system is concerned, it’s straight ahead rock ’n’ roll."
The church brought in an independent consultant, Jim Burnett, who developed plans to augment the current system
with additional conventionally-powered full-range speakers and subwoofers. When AV Pro came on board and
began to work on a final system configuration and installation, initial cost estimates were over budget.
"The conventional approach raised a lot of problems with adding more amp racks, more power circuits and
constructing a place to put them," recalls Fowlston. "That’s when we suggested looking into using Meyer selfpowered cabinets instead."
At that point, Burnett modified his design by substituting equivalent Meyer cabinets. They re-crunched the numbers
and the Meyer solution came out substantially under the original figures.
To minimize the cost of loudspeakers, existing conventional cabinets were retained but moved to the back on delay
lines to cover the rear seating and balcony areas. The new main loudspeaker clusters now comprise four Meyer CQ2 cabinets, with a pair of 650P subwoofers below for the low end.
To provide signal to the Meyer cabinets and the existing amp rack, AV Pro augmented Denton Bible’s matrix
system, expanding capacity from 10x12 to a full 24x24 matrix. The additional outputs are set up to feed church
corridors, the cry room, video monitors and three hearing-impaired systems–one for the main sanctuary and two for
adjacent buildings. Chris Chandler of AV Pro supervised the system installation and performed the matrix
programming.
"We would have preferred to start from scratch and give them an all-Meyer system, delays included," admits Tom
Fowlston. "But that simply wasn’t in the budget. Still, we are pleased with the outcome. The Meyers project very
well to the back of the room, which is nearly 160 feet deep. By carefully EQ’ing the old speakers and adjusting
levels to fill in ambience, we found the sound blends very well. Sitting in the back, you’d almost swear it was an
all-Meyer system."
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