Ashly Audio

Valley United Methodist Church

The historic Valley United Methodist Church offers plenty of charm, though its dated sound system was in need of an upgrade. Wichita-based audiovisual integration firm, McClelland Sound, remedied that with the design and installation of a new sound reinforcement system, including a pair of Ashly Audio nX-Series multi-mode amplifiers. “The sanctuary seats around 200 people, but their ageing sound system was not adequately serving them,” explained Paul Colella, Vice President at McClelland Sound. “Intelligibility was a big issue, as was consistency from service to service. They needed an overhaul, and we were careful to design a system that would allow them to expand the elements included in their services in the future.” Paul used an Ashly Audio nX8002 two-channel 800W amplifier and the four-channel model nX1504 150W amplifier to power a Community Pro IP8-1153 three-way loudspeaker, supplemented by three smaller Community Pro IC6 loudspeakers and two surface-mount Community Pro DS8 loudspeakers. Paul concluded. “It’s been in place for several weeks now, and everyone is thrilled with the improvement.”

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Rothchild Performing Arts Center

The Harker School completed construction of the Rothchild Performing Arts Center on its Saratoga campus. A paging system installed by local audiovisual integration firm PCD and built on an Ashly nX8002 multi-mode amplifier ties the different spaces in the venue. Devcon Construction served as the general contractor on the project, while the Shalleck Collaborative served as the audiovisual design consultant. “Although the design of the paging system is straightforward, it was important that it should work well on day one and and reliably into the future,” explained Christian Velasquez, Contracts Manager at PCD. A two-channel Ashly nX8002 amplifier delivers 800W per channel to an expansive system consisting of 24 Electro-Voice Evid c4.2 and 17 Evid c8.2 in-ceiling loudspeakers. The loudspeakers cover the classrooms and the common areas throughout the new space. A BiAmp Tesira processor links an Audio-Technica paging microphone with the rest of the system.

Gilmore Car Museum

For automobile enthusiasts, the Gilmore Car Museum is the place to go. Local audiovisual integration firm, Crookston Audio, installed a paging system a decade ago centred on an Ashly amplifier that is still going strong. They were called back again to extend the system after expansion at the museum. A new Ashly Pema 4125.70 accepts output from the original system, and its four 125W networked amplifier channels power nearby outbuildings. The Pema’s builtin 8×8 Protea matrix processor allows to do complex digital signal processing on each channel. Crookston ordered the Pema with optional Dante output, which feeds a fibre line that had already been installed to a more remote outbuilding. There, a new Ashly nXp752 dual-channel 75W multi-mode amplifier with Protea DSP and optional Dante picks up the signal. As the museum prioritised voice-over music, it decided to go with basic Atlas voice-range horns. Crookston used the Ashly Protea DSP to condition signals for maximum intelligibility and musicality and to delay each building.