South Hill Christian Center, USA

Venue: South Hill Christian Center
Location: Payallup, WA
Venue-type: House of Worship
Loudspeaker system:
6 x TCS-56 enclosures
3 x TCS-30 fills
2 x TCS-118 subwoofers
2 x TCS-215 subwoofers
4 x TCS-20 delay speakers

On completion of their new church's construction, the parochial committee of the South Hill Christian Center agreed with the sentiment "We cannot have poor sound quality in our new church", which had been expressed by Pastor Batterson. This directive pre-empted the search for a manufacturer of high calibre speakers, which culminated in the appointment of Oklahoma-based RSI to supply a Turbosound system.

The understanding that extensive planning would be necessary before committing to any one sound system became apparent whilst the new church building was still under construction. Pastor Batterson's 250-strong congregation had made use of a large rented hall with inherent acoustic design faults, into which a new sound reinforcement system was promptly installed. From that point forward the complaints of the shrill noise emanating from the loudspeakers was unending.

Dennis Cummins, co-pastor at South Hill, was responsible for the final selection, purchase and installation of the sound reinforcement system (and the larger framework which included lighting and video projection systems). Once enlightened to the existence of Turbosound, he was shocked by the fact that a system of such intelligibility and warmth would be affordable to the coffers of his church.

Dennis Cummins commented: "We have a broad range of sound requirements within the church: live bands, CD playback, public speaking and use of AV and multimedia devices. After hearing the Turbosound Contractor series, I was more than pleasantly amazed that we could afford it. The cost was only slightly greater than the previous contractor speakers we had purchased, but the sound was incomparable. The TCS series really is the answer to our prayers, as it was designed with churches in mind."