Duy Hoa Phat Corp has installed n new sound system in the Binh Thuan Roman Catholic Church in Ho Chi Minh City to overcome its highly reverberant acoustic.

Established in 1966, Binh Thuan church is a notable religious site within Vietnam’s Catholic community, and one of the largest churches in Ho Chi Minh City. Since its construction, the church has undergone several renovations and expansions. As the building has grown, however, its earlier sound system –selected more for aesthetic than acoustical properties – has become increasingly inadequate.

The church sought a new system that could deliver high-quality sound across the whole chancel with absolutely no delay or echo – a challenge, since the reverberation time there is more than four seconds. In addition to this, the loudspeakers needed to blend into the church’s bright interior design to be visually unobtrusive.

The answer was found in white versions of models from the Electro-Voice EVC family of compact installation loudspeakers. A pair of EVC-1122-VI Vari-Intense 12-inch, two-way loudspeakers address the main congregation seating, supported by seven EVC-1082 8-inch, two-way loudspeakers. The EVC-1122-VI has an asymmetrical horn design which allows uniform coverage of rectangular spaces, ensuring sermons can be heard clearly by every member of the congregation during services. In addition to the EVC models, a pair of Evid S4.2TB and a further two Bosch LB2-UC30-L1 compact installation cabinets complete the installation. Power for the audio system is provided by five Dynacord L1300FD DSP amplifiers.

Electro-Voice microphones ensure equally high audio quality at the input end of the signal chain. Four wired ND96 dynamic supercardioid vocal mics are joined by an equivalent number of RE3 UHF wireless systems featuring ND96 handhelds. Completing the microphone selection are 12 RE92HW cardioid hanging mics to serve the choir.

This combination of equipment addresses the church’s needs, especially in delivering the high voive clarity for both the spoken word and singing. Importantly for a worship application, the durability and quality of Electro-Voice and Dynacord products mean that Binh Thuan Roman Catholic Church can rely on its new solution for the future.