Bag End Speakers Help a Church Give Teens Their Own Space
First Baptist Church in Longview, Texas wanted to give its teen youth group its own space––a dedicated area where they could congregate, interact and worship together as teens. When the bank across the street became vacant, the church bought it and designed a youth center within it––christened The Hub––that included several Xbox stations, a café, a lounge area and a worship center with a state-of-the-art Audio Video Lighting system––a teen dream.
Project Manager Brent Mullett of CSD, which installed the system, was the lead designer. He began by specifying low profile Bag End PD12E-DA subwoofers for the space because of the limited stage height in the space. As he learned more about Bag End’s extensive experience with smaller club-type venues, he recognized that would make their speakers the perfect choice for The Hub. He specified three Bag End powered TA2000-I speakers for the main speakers and two powered TA1200-Is for the side fill speakers.
“We wanted to make sure the subs were on the floor, so the low-profile subs were ideal,” he says. “And their experience with compact spaces like this led me to choose a total Bag End solution. It has performed flawlessly.”
Other challenges to the sound system besides the stage height included large windows on both sides of the room and hard reflective acoustic surfaces all around. Benton Brothers Solutions helped solve those by installing Acousticore-Digital Art Murals over the windows and walls. These themed, graphic-covered acoustical wall panels eliminated high reverberation times and covered the blacked-out windows with trendy graphic decoration.
“I was impressed,” says Mullett, “with the church’s level of commitment in developing this space for the youth. There were budget constraints, of course, but the church was willing to invest a considerable amount in this effort, to ensure the future of their youth.”
As a result, the space and its sound system has created a buzz not only among the teens in the church, but their peers outside the church as well. The youth group is really excited to have its own high-quality space.
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