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How to specify, install, coordinate and run a church AV system, written for the volunteer tech director and the building committee that has to approve the number.
Every page is researched from manufacturer specifications, operator manuals, FCC rules, published standards and the consensus of verified owner reviews, not hands-on testing. Every table on this site is plain HTML you can quote, and every calculator shows its formula on the page.
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An 18 inch cardioid-capable subwoofer that reaches into the low thirties. The cardioid mode is the point in a church: it keeps low end off the platform and out of the open microphones.
Best for: Contemporary worship in a large room, especially where the platform booms
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A true install amplifier with direct 70V and 140V outputs, so a distributed ceiling system needs no output transformer of its own.
Best for: Any 70V ceiling or distributed system
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The default answer for a church main speaker, and the one most rental companies own. A 2,000 watt class D amplifier, a 75 degree conical pattern that throws evenly to the back, and preset voicings that get a volunteer close on the first try.
Best for: A 150 to 400 seat sanctuary on stands or flown, for almost any service style
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The Pro with isolated recording of all four inputs plus a project file, so a bad camera cut can be fixed afterwards instead of living forever in the archive.
Best for: Churches that re-edit the service for a podcast or a highlights reel
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