7 Heavenly Church Sound Systems

The 3,000-seat Trinidad Christian Center has installed a Renkus-Heinz self-powered loudspeaker system for its high-energy production-based worship services. A high, curved ceiling characterizes the wide, 180-degree, fan-shaped main hall. The main system consists of twin 4-box arrays of white self-powered Renkus-Heinz PN102/LA cabinets, with each array weighing less than 300 pounds. The new loudspeakers required a high power-to-weight ratio due to the ceiling’s restricted weight-bearing capacity and the desire to keep sightlines clear.Renkus-Heinz double-eight self-powered PN82/12 and PN82/9 cabinets are used for front-fill, with four more PN82/9 loudspeakers delayed at the back. “When we installed them, we were expecting to tweak them with EQ,” says systems engineer Clifford Beckles. “But the room measurements turned out to be almost ruler-flat; there was almost no need for EQ at all. And there’s more than enough output – we’re running the PN102/LAs well below their maximum output potential.”The system is zoned using a dbx DriveRack 260, which provides basic EQ and 6-8 dB of feedback suppression. The system is mixed on a pair of Yamaha 02R digital consoles, scheduled move to the church’s video editing suite when FOH is upgraded to a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console.