With facilities for soccer, basketball, conferences and other functions, Marlton Field House recently extended its availability beyond its role with the Marlton Assembly of God in Marlon New Jersey to the greater community.
‘The Marlton Field House project’s goal was to expand the campus and outreach activities,’ confirms Horizon AV CEO, Joshua Kell. ‘Not only was the intention to offer a space for youth programmes, but for the community as well. This new complex is cutting edge in every aspect, and the sound quality had to be every bit on par.’
Horizon AV is a full-service audiovisual integration firm that specialises in worship, performing arts and sports facilities, and was contracted to provide the sound system for the campus. The system the company installed is based around TrueLine and Wave Series systems from WorxAudio Technologies. ‘We’ve always been impressed with the performance, build quality, and value of WorxAudio systems, so we knew their loudspeakers would be a great fit for this job,’ Kell explains.
In the Youth Auditorium, Kell and the Horizon AV crew placed two WorxAudio TrueLine X2 compact all-in-one line arrays, over the left and right front edges of the stage. With two medium-format 1-inch exit compression drivers coupled to a proprietary FlatWave Former mated with four 8-inch cone transducers coupled to the (AIM) Acoustic Integrating Module, the X2 provides a Horizontal pattern of 160° and a Vertical throw of 30°.
Low-frequency support is achieved with the use of a single TrueLine TL118SS High SPL Sub Bass Loudspeaker System. The TrueLine TL.118SS uses a direct radiating 18-inch 2kW cone driver in a tuned enclosure, which provides maximum output with minimal distortion for smooth extended low frequency response.
On the soccer field, Kell and his team placed two outdoor rated WorxAudio TrueLine X3 compact all-in-one line array systems facing the width of the field so as to ensure even coverage across the entire area. Similar in design to the TrueLine X2, the X3 incorporates three medium-format 1-inch exit compression drivers mated with six 8-inch cone transducers. Dispersion characteristics include a horizontal pattern of 160° with vertical throw of 40°.
For the basketball court, Kell elected to place two WorxAudio Wave Series 12A point source loudspeakers. These enclosures were positioned centre court to ensure consistent coverage. The WorxAudio 12A has a one-inch exit compression driver coupled to a 75° x 75° wooden waveguide horn reproducing high frequencies. The HF complement is mated with a twelve-inch cone transducer in a tuned enclosure for the low frequencies.
‘The WorxAudio X2 and X3 have unusually broad horizontal throw that enables them to cover a considerably wider area than competing systems,’ says Kell. ‘Not only is speech intelligibility excellent – these enclosures are also very musical. There’s a Marlton Assembly of God youth service that is high energy thanks to a talented group of young musicians. Church management was looking for that concert-grade sound without breaking the budget. The WorxAudio X2s deliver that and more.’
The Marlton Field House project commenced in March 2015 and entered service almost immediately. Kell reports the loudspeaker systems have received numerous compliments: ‘Everyone has been very impressed with the sound quality of the WorxAudio equipment,’ he says. ‘Senior Pastor Jon Wagner recently took a close listen to the loudspeakers and has asked for his main sanctuary to have WorxAudio installed. When one project leads to another, it doesn’t get any better than that.’
