without breaking the Bank that is. Yesterday at a special Mass for a late relative, I found that I heard very little despite there being up to a dozen speakers along both walls. I knew and could see that Readings, Reflections etc. were being said but the lack of clarity of the PA meant that it remained unheard. My wife had the same experience too. Lots of volume but no definition or clarity.
So it it possible to kit out a Church with a decent (permanent) PA system? Any suggestions please (active or passive), I will write to the Parish Priest with your suggestions as the Church is due to be renovated in the very near future. Thanks.
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It's all about time, literally getting the prominant sound waves to one persons ears at the single moment in time (to avaoid the fugg of reverbaration). The ear can be fooled into hearing the sound from a source as long as that source is heard first, so you might hear the person and have it reinforced by a loudspeaker by your head at a louder volume but as long as the loudspeaker by your head is delayed a microsecond or two behind the distant direct sound you thing it comes clear from the man. The problem is getting the time delay of the speakers correct for each pair of ears scattered throughout the building.
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