DaonSD designed and installed a KV2 audio system for the new build Tongyeong Juklim church in Tongyeong, South Korea.
The Seoul pro audio specialist and distributor was called in when the church, that was founded in 1990, outgrew its worship facility and moved to a new, modern campus in the port city of 140,000 people. Located at the southern edge of the Goseong peninsula, Tongyeong is a UNESCO City of Music and hosts an international music festival.
John Parks, project manager at DaonSD, said: “As the main hall – which seats around 400 people – is less than 25m front to back, and there is no balcony to contend with, there was absolutely no need for a line array system which would have been cumbersome and expensive.
“We recommended a classic ES system comprising a single ES1.0 combined with an ES2.5 high output subwoofer per side, driven by a pair of EPAK2500R control and amplification units. By aligning the mid-high frequencies toward the rear of the congregation, the main speaker delivers natural and warm speech reinforcement throughout space without the need for a separate downfill or frontfill speaker.”
Parks continued: “We recommended that the reverberation time was kept to near one second and that special attention be paid to the speech band frequencies to ensure that the church leader’s speech and the choir could be discerned with clarity. The interior construction team were happy to accept the advice and were able to minimise any potential acoustic issues with careful choice of materials and skilful construction techniques.”
A large LED screen was installed behind the pulpit, and Parks added: “Many churches in Korea are choosing to augment their worship experience with large LED screens, and Tongyeoung Juklim church is no exception.
“However, these large, highly reflective surfaces can often play havoc with gain before feedback. Fortunately, it wasn’t a problem here as the sound from the KV2 system is so beautifully detailed that we never have a problem achieving the gain required for the services to sound fantastic.”
DaonSD also supplied a pair of KV2’s ESD Cube, which sit on the beautiful crystal lectern on the stage below the LED screen. Supplied in white to blend seamlessly with the environment, the Cubes act as monitors for the service leader.
