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Acoustic Solutions equips Derby Cathedral with KV2 system

Founded in 1943, the Cathedral Church of All Saints - better known as Derby Cathedral - is one of Derby’s most historic sites and holds many monuments of Derby’s and Derbyshire’s past. A spiritual and cultural hub for the city and surrounding areas, the Cathedral hosts eighteen services per week - that’s two or three services daily - plus special and seasonal services to celebrate important events in the religious calendar.

The Cathedral recently turned to specialist consultant and integrator Charles Brown of Acoustic Solutions to upgrade their audio solution. Brown specified and delivered a point source system from KV2 Audio. “The pandemic was a catalyst for change for many churches as they were forced into live streaming in order to continue to connect with their congregations”, explains Brown. “I’ve installed over forty live streaming systems in churches across the UK as a result, and it was whilst advising Derby Cathedral on this topic that it became apparent that their current loudspeaker system was less than adequate for the job.”

The Cathedral needed clarity of the spoken word and detailed, low-level playback that could be heard without over-exciting the acoustic of the building. Brown demonstrated several products from a number of brands, but it was the ESD25 and ESD5 from KV2 that the cathedral (and Brown) preferred above anything else.

Brown replaced around thirty 100v line loudspeakers with a total of sixteen ESD cabinets in white to blend seamlessly with the architecture. He deployed four of the larger, more powerful ESD25s at the front of the space near the altar to provide a little more bottom end. The rest of the Cathedral is covered by twelve of the more compact ESD5s.

An Allen & Heath AHM matrix mixer defines eight speaker zones allowing areas to be isolated when not in use and the levels of each zone to be adjusted for a coverage with no hotspots or dead zones.

(Photos: KV2/Acoustic Solutions)

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