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Title: Church Sound: Gear Snobs
Post by: M. Erik Matlock on January 11, 2019, 08:15:33 AM
Church Sound: Gear Snobs (https://www.prosoundweb.com/channels/church/church_sound_gear_snobs/)
Never feel bad about choosing the best option for your church, even if it’s not what the "cool kids" are using...
By Mike Sessler • January 11, 2019


Editor’s note: This one obviously goes back a few years, but the information is worthy of repeating.

Audio folks can be snobs when it comes to gear. But the reality is, we can’t always have our favorites.

Sometimes, it’s a simple budget issue. At Coast Hills (my church), we didn’t have the budget for Meyer Sound, d&b audiotechnik or L-Acoustics loudspeakers. If I had held out for those brands because they have more cachet, we would not have a new PA at all. The money is just not there.

But the church can afford Bose RoomMatch—and having heard it, and after some considerable evaluation, I’m convinced we haven’t sacrificed that much...

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