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Designed by the celebrated architect Arthur Gilman, the Arlington Street Church was the first public building in Boston’s Back Bay. The 2000-seat church is home to the Unitarian Universalists.
The natural reverberation of the church made controlling sound, particularly voices, quite challenging. Congregation leaders hired design team Cavanaugh-Tocci & Associates to provide clear sound reinforcement throughout the church without detracting from its pleasing historical interior.
BL&S sound engineers worked alongside the design team, installing a church sound system consisting of distributed overhead speakers mounted in the ceiling above the upper-level side pews as well as two Dutch manufactured Intellivox loudspeakers, which flank the left and right side of the pulpit area. These thin, column-style speakers are steerable in the vertical plane, allowing the sound operator to steer the sound down onto the seating area to minimize audio reflections off the ceiling and back wall.
With the new system, voices can be heard clearly throughout the entire church so the entire congregation can enjoy rich, clear sound.

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