Among the fastest-growing churches in the world with upwards of 32,000 parishes in more than 180 countries, the Redeemed Christian Church of God includes the Mississauga, Ontario, House of Praise among its parishes. Guided by Pastor Wale Akinsiku and Co-Pastor Tope Akinsiku, the church recently moved to a larger location, which it has equipped with sound reinforcement from DAS Audio.

A/V design-and-build firm Ashen White Audio Visual Executives addresses the commercial, worship, and education markets and also operates a live event production division – and it was to this company that the church turned for the design and installion of the sound system. Working in conjunction with David Gardner, President of Supreme Media Distributions, which serves as the authorised distributor of DAS products in the region, the Ashen White team deployed a loudspeaker system comprising 28 DAS Event-210A powered line array enclosures augmented by 12 Event-218A powered sub bass enclosures, along with ten Event-210A powered stage monitors.

‘The old sanctuary seated 500 people and the new one seats 1,500,’ says Mike Greco, Account Executive and Production Designer for Ashen White. ‘Services are contemporary in nature and include both a praise band and a vocal team. The space measures 90ft wide by 160ft long and there is a 20ft by 40ft stage with a side wing for the praise band.’

To properly cover the space, Greco and his crew flew three loudspeaker clusters across the front of the stage. The right and left hangs each consist of six DAS Event-210A powered line array enclosures while the centre cluster employs four Event-210A boxes and is positioned to cover the immediate down fill area directly in front of the stage. Spread across the front of the stage floor, there are six DAS Event-210A stage monitors. Another four such enclosures are used by the praise band off to the side of the stage.

This set-up is completed by subwoofers and a delay system – 12 Event-218A subwoofers in specially designed recesses that position the subwoofers under the stage. The delay system uses two additional flown loudspeaker clusters, each of six Event-210A enclosures approximately 60ft back from the front of the stage.

‘Being a three-way enclosure, the Event-210A is an extremely musical loudspeaker,’ Greco says. ‘Music plays a vital role in the church’s services and the DAS loudspeakers reproduce that music with excellent detail and clarity.

‘Equally important is speech intelligibility, because without that, the congregation has trouble understanding what’s being said. In this regard, the Event-210A is terrific. Combined with first-rate hardware that makes these loudspeakers much easier to fly and position, they make a terrific set-up. Combined with the powerful, articulate low end produced by the Event-218A subs, this is one rockin’ system.’

He was equally enthusiastic about Supreme Media Distributions: ‘We have a great relationship with David Gardner and his company,’ he says. ‘They’ve helped us put together some really impressive installs over the years and we’ve developed a lot of trust between our two companies.’

‘Mike and I have developed a mutual trust that has resulted in several terrific DAS projects,’ Gardner agrees. ‘Mike has high standards, and he trusts my input. This has resulted in a solid relationship for both companies.’

First use of the system came in July 2020, with Greco reporting it being very well received: ‘We’ve has numerous kudos for the system, including from church management and members of the congregation. The music reproduction and the clear, articulate dialog this system produces have really impressed people. Simply put, it’s been a win-win for everyone involved.’