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First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs
Colorado
Clair Brothers Systems was contacted by the churches representatives to design and build a system that exhibited good intelligibility in the highly reverberant sanctuary. This installation featured the CAT-114 ( Curved Array Technology) loudspeaker system and was the first installation at a house of worship to feature the Contour digital signal processor by Lake Technologies.

A view of the two CAT/CS18 clusters above the altar.
In this highly reverberant space the controlled directivity of the CAT clusters provides very good intelligibility of the spoken word and more than sufficient levels for music reproduction.

A side view of one of the clusters. The finish was matched up in our paint shop to blend in with the existing interior.
Clair CS-18 subwoofer with custom rigging frame before being dressed up in one-of-a-kind enclosure and grille that matches the looks and color of the CAT cluster.
Two close-up views of the CAT/CS-18 clusters.

Along with our CAT/CS-18 clusters we used Clair UB2003 under-balcony loudspeakers to provide additional sound reinforcement in areas where the ratio of direct to reverberated sound from CAT's was not acceptable to the system's designers.
Amplifier and electronics racks at the First Presbyterian Church. Lake Technologies Contour and BSS Soundweb provide all signal processing and routing.
Crown CT-s amplifiers were used in this installation.

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