Sacred Heart Church was experiencing poor speech clarity. This was unexpected since their sound system utilized a digitally-steerable line array, designed for high speech intelligibility. The original installing sound company had made a recent system insepection; yet the issue remained. . . . KSG was called in.As a first step in addressing the issues, KSG was engaged to perform their routine on-site acoustical testing and assessment,to identify the cause and provide a budgetary cost for repair or
KSG’s Sound System Calibration Brings Amazing Improvement in Speech Clarity No-Cost Fix during Routine Sound and Acoustic Assessment at Sacred Heart Church - Waseca, MN
replacement. During the assessment, KSG, discovered that the system was incorrectly calibrated. The unbalanced calibration of the system degraded intelligibility of the spoken word in the Sanctuary sound system. The church administrator was surprised to learn from KSG’s senior engineer that many sound company engineers are not experienced at dealing with the electro-acoustic issues of highly reverberant Catholic churches, whereas KSG’s acoustic specialists excel with sound systems in such spaces. KSG’s senior sound engineer has been successful in providing excellent intelligibility in highly reverberant churches for over 40 years.
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