The Evangeliums Christen Baptist congregation is a congregational chapel with its own house of prayer in the German city of Paderborn. For a recent renewal of its audio system, audio service provider Musik Aktiv Musikequipment tested several available systems before recommending an HDL series line array system from RCF.
The church accommodates 600 people, and is the centre of the church community. The system was planned and designed by the German department of the RCF Engineering Support Group and installed by the community members themselves. ‘We used RCF because we appreciate the competent support from their sales department – a decisive point we have experienced with many other projects,’ says Frank Schallenberg, owner of Musik Aktiv.
‘The RCF engineers are very conscientious and detail-oriented in all they do plus the quality of the components, no matter in which category, is very high. When using RCF equipment, we experience practically no complaints or repairs. If there should be a difficult situation, the flexibility of the RCF team always gives you the feeling you are in good hands.’
The HDL 10-A is an active two-way system and is installed as a stereo full-range line array with two hangs of nine modules, flown from the ceiling. Since multicore cabling already existed in the house of prayer, the decision to use RCF’s HDL 10-A plus the construction work was straightforward in terms of its cabling. While the previous system was located in the middle of the ceiling, the new RCF system uses a two hangs located to the right and left of the stage to achieve better coverage. Special suspensions were installed in the ceiling to mount the line arrays.
During the installation and calibration of the system, structural conditions such as balconies and different surfaces had to be taken into account. In such demanding environments, the HDL 10-A offers many adjustment possibilities regarding radiation angle or coverage – quickly to implement using the RCF Shape Designer. The active system is extremely reliable, especially in fixed installations, and offers 1400 Watt peak power leveraging the integrated, efficient digital power amplifier.
During its liturgy, the church places particular importance on choral support of the sermon, so great attention was paid to audibility and intelligibility at various positions within the hall. Besides the sermons, choirs, orchestras and further musical contributions are used in the services. Additionally, a simultaneous translation of the service into Russian is available for the parishioners, and all sermons are recorded and made available for download.
