EAW Versatility Highlighted At Resurrection Life Church
Resurrection Life Church in Grandville, Michigan continues to grow at a steady pace, as evidenced by a brand-new 200,000-square-foot worship campus facility offering several sound reinforcement systems that all feature a variety of EAW full-range loudspeakers.
In the new 4,200-seat worship center, where seating has a fan-shaped arrangement and is backed by a large balcony, the sound team elected to use EAW AX396 full-range coaxial loudspeakers in tandem with the main loudspeaker arrays to provide dedicated frontfill coverage.
These loudspeakers are flown with special AX Series hardware developed by Polar Focus to facilitate maximum adjustment with minimal effort. A compact EAW MQ1364 full-range loudspeaker also mounted with the main loudspeakers serves to bolster reinforcement to seating areas at the far right of the room.
Above the balcony, mid-high presence is reinforced via more EAW AX396 loudspeakers positioned far up by the ceiling catwalks (pictured at left). This location renders them virtually invisible, with their output precisely time-delayed with that of the main loudspeakers.
In addition, the rear half of the seating rows under the balcony, shadowed from main loudspeaker coverage, receive mid-high reinforcement from a dozen EAW UB82 low-profile loudspeakers. These are mounted in “slots” cut into the balcony ceiling to further minimize their impact on sightlines. (shown at right)
The Communications Division of Parkway Electric of Holland, Michigan, handled the installation of the A/V systems in the sprawling, multifaceted facility, which is headlined by the worship center hosting contemporary services. Parkway worked closely with Cliff Rosenberg, technical director for the church, as well as Dallas-based A/V design firm Acoustic Dimensions, in implementing the numerous systems within a tight timeframe.
This project is a real testament to the depth of the EAW loudspeaker line,” notes Parkway Electric Sales & Marketing Director Gary Zandstra. “Regardless of the situation, invariably it seems that they’ve got at least one, if not more, loudspeaker models with the right coverage capability and cabinet footprint capable of fulfilling the needs of a particular application.”
The new campus also includes a separate chapel as well as a dedicated rehearsal facility for the church’s choir groups. Both of these rooms are served by EAW MK2394 compact two-way loudspeakers as well as EAW NTS22 dual-12-inch-loaded subwoofers.
In the chapel (shown at left), four MK2394 loudspeakers are mounted in their horizontal cabinet position above the platform, where they blanket the room with solid front-to-back and side-to-side full-range mono coverage. Meanwhile, for the choir rehearsal room, two MK2394 loudspeakers are positioned vertically left and right.
Each of these systems offers enhanced low-end with the addition of two NTS22 subwoofers posted discretely on the floor. And, both systems are also outfitted with two EAW SM200 stage wedges to meet all monitoring needs.