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Adamson Debuts in New Zealand City Impact Church

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – The City Impact Church, known and respected for its positive influence throughout the community of Auckland, New Zealand, recently installed an Adamson SpekTrix Line Array System in the main Sanctuary of the brand new building.  

City Impact recently embarked on a project to build a state-of-the-art auditorium that would set a new benchmark for worship venues. “Our goal for this project was to create the best listener experience possible whilst providing technical excellence for the spoken word, theatrical productions, large scale events, concerts and performing arts.  We needed flexibility and reliability, and all within a moderate budget.”

Ian Anderson of Mitech Consulting was engaged as the primary technical and production consultant for the job. Under his direction Scott Willsallen of Auditoria mastered the audio design and Mark Hansen of Hansen and Associates was responsible for the architectural and acoustic design of the performance space.

Capable of holding up to 2,000 people, the Sanctuary needed to produce a powerful sound with excellent vocal clarity and accurate musical reproduction, despite the significant problem of reflective surfaces that existed on both the sides and the rear of the room. Extensive acoustic treatment was applied on all surfaces in order to counter the 118Hz room resonance.

“During the audio system selection process we considered Meyer, Nexo, L’Acoustics, JBL, Electro Voice and Adamson for the main speaker system. After a shootout between Adamson and L’Acoustics we were left in a quandary, as we could not fault either system.  Both systems produced an extremely powerful sound with excellent clarity and accurate musical reproduction, whilst maintaining exceptional vocal and speech definition. Adamson came highly recommended by both, Ian Anderson and Scott Willsallen, as well as Christian City Church located in Oxford Falls, Australia, which was visited during the selection process. At the end of the day Adamson was chosen and we have not regretted this selection for one moment.”  

Oceania Audio, based in Auckland, were chosen to supply, install and commission the audio system.  Oceania also supplied the theatrical lighting for the new venue. The set-up consisting of flown L and R arrays of eleven 5 degree Adamson SpekTrix enclosures with a 15 degree SpekTrix W as downfill, and a single flown T-21Sub at the center, flanked by two T-21 Subs on the ground gave them an immensely strong and punchy bottom end, providing consistent levels throughout the space.

Mark Mortlock, Executive Director at City Impact noted that “a significant effort was put into the design of the system, so the in the end it would deliver a comprehensive and purposeful solution for an environment that demands flexibility and ease of use. The Adamson SpekTrix Line Array system was able to provide the definition and clarity City Impact Church was looking for.”

The installation was powered with Lab.gruppen amplifiers, processed with LAKE, and also included 4 Yamaha IF2112AS loudspeakers as Front- and side-fills, and two digital Yamaha M7CL Consoles at Front of House and Monitors.

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