The old system’s speakers, installed by another company, had improper hardware and were not installed properly. We removed the old system and put in properly rigged 4 high-powered JBL speakers in its place. The new speakers are powered by a Crown amplifier and digitally processed with a DBX processor. Our installation also included a new mixer, processor, microphones, and rack system.
The photos below were taken during installation, so both the old and new speakers are shown.
The Race Street Connector is the first example of how DRWC plans to connect Philadelphia and Old City to the waterfront and the new Race Street Pier. A combination of design elements will be unveiled to show connectivity to the river and to improve the pedestrian and bike experience, including a dedicated bike lane, signage, benches, bollards, curb realignments, increased sidewalk widths, crosswalks, plantings, and a dramatic light screen along the right-side wall of the underpasses. A new public art project will also be installed, entitled Marquee, an LED Work by artists Richard Tochia and Greenhouse Media. Marquee is comprised of a 60′ by 4′ horizontal LED screen mounted on the west-facing side of the I-95 overpass over Race Street in Old City. This LED screen displays live-feed images of the surface of the Delaware River, captured by cameras at the water’s edge, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Several officials connected to the project spoke at the opening, including Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter. It was a pleasure to be a part of this project to improve the Race Street Connector.
Originally, the chapel had a significant amount of existing equipment in good working order, provided by another company. However, our design team determined that reuse of the existing equipment was not recommended; the existing loudspeakers had a conical/round wave guide, which is made to disperse audio in a circular pattern and is commonly used in outdoor and open environments. The existing equipment caused each audience member to hear the same sound up to 10 different times, ultimately resulting in an unpleasant listening experience. Proper acoustics in a house of worship call for a much more controlled and focused dispersion pattern, allowing our design engineers to focus the output of a speaker to a very specific part of the audience.
