When the First United Methodist Church in Canon City, Colorado, decided to upgrade
their sound reinforcement system, they called in Colorado Springs-based DK Audio
Video. One of the challenges the company faced was to design a system that would
meet the church’s intelligibility and sonic requirements while also working within
rigging restrictions placed on the building, which is listed in the Colorado State
Register of Historic Properties.

“The room has a lot of reflection issues with a really high reverb, so intelligibility
was important,’ explains Lucas Lafferty, DK Audio Video. “Plus, we had to work with
the same hanging points of the original cluster — no new drilling allowed.
Fortunately, I was familiar with EAW’s Anna line array. I knew it would allow us to
place sound on the seating area, keep it off hard surfaces and, because of its
compact size, could be installed exactly where the old cluster was.’

Lafferty ultimately specified a centre, small array, made up of two Anna modules.
Anna modules, part of EAW’s Adaptive Series, utilize a high resolution array of
discretely powered and processed acoustical devices along with EAW Resolution 2
software to create optimized coverage for the space.

Each Anna module includes eight HF compression drivers; four 5-inch MF cone
transducers; and dual 10-inch LF cone transducers employing Offset Aperture
loading to extend horizontal pattern control. Fourteen built-in amplifier and
processing channels enable independent power and control of each speaker
component. Resolution 2 software controls the processing of each acoustic cell
individually to generate the ideal coverage pattern for the venue

“We needed to throw 120 feet to the back of the sanctuary and cover 140 feet
across. Once we plugged those specifications into Resolution, along with where the
cluster had to be hung, we were set. We used the built in DSP and had the system
optimized in no time,’ Lafferty concludes. “No other product could have done what
Anna has accomplished. People come up to us amazed that they can actually hear
the service. The church is beyond pleased with the end result.’