Audio Analyst's Robert Langlois says his main requirement for the system was that it be "flexible enough for the spoken word, yet have the impact required to handle the demands of a strong praise and worship team." He adds that the client also needed "a system that he could turn on and forget it is even there. The nature of Meyer's self-powered systems is such that an engineer, sound mixer, or volunteer doesn't have to have a working knowledge of power amplifiers and crossovers to run it. You just turn it on and it works. In this case, it rocks."
While the congregation is no doubt more focused on worship than on technical issues such as phase coherence, the benefits of the Meyer Sound system are readily apparent to members of the church. "There has been a tremendous outpouring of appreciation for the clarity and the balance," says JFC's Jeff Johnson. "Especially noticeable is the separation of the voices, and the presence of instruments that had been absent in our previous room. The M1Ds allow a precise presentation of harmonies and vocal ranges, while the USW-1Ps highlight the bass and drums in a way that was totally absent before. In many cases, the congregation did not know what they were missing until they heard the Meyer Sound system."
(Jim Evans)
