"I wish to express the friars' satisfaction. Following the good results achieved, they intend asking the supplier to provide a similar system for the Sanctuary of Santa Maria Delle Grazie, where the mortal remains of Saint Pio are kept. I must say that the faithful and pilgrims, who previously had difficulty understanding sermons in the new church, have also expressed their appreciation of the tangible difference."

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The 125 - year old Sacred Heart Church, in Springfield, Massachusetts, has a visually breathtaking, yet intensely acoustically reverberant, sanctuary. Richard G. O'Connell of AV DesignBuild asked to resolve a fundamental problem: parishioners were unable to hear eulogies and sermons, and there was occasional radio breakthrough. His solution comprised new control equipment - and a pair of Iconyx digitally steerable arrays.

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Two ceiling-mounted PN212-SUB subwoofers supply the low-end impact that the younger members of the congregation enjoy. “The subs are configured as a central cardioid array,” Roda says, “to focus the sub-bass reinforcement into the nave and avoid exciting the clerestory space. We continue to be impressed by the very ‘musical’ full-range punch of the Iconyx/PNX212-SUB combination.”

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Parish Administrator Jim Herrel. “The new system has helped us reach our goals completely”, he said. ”The music is as powerful as it ever was, and the spoken word is crystal clear anywhere in the church. We have clearly seen an improvement in participation in our liturgies with the use of this completely coordinated system. This was a partnership where everyone came together to make it happen.”

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It also works well enough that in the Sunday services, the church is able to have children participate at the altar, almost directly in front of the Iconyx, on lavalier microphones. “For the first time ever,” comments Mike, “the congregation can hear the children’s choir properly, so they’re very happy with that.”

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“With the new ICONYX system, St. Patrick’s now sounds as good as it looks,” says Don Beyer, “The congregation has grown enormously as a result of restoring the building and enhancing its functionality. They now average 800 people at Sunday services, which had fallen as low as 80 in the 1980’s. In addition, St. Patrick’s is one the most frequently rented churches in the Toledo area for weddings, baptisms and other family events.”

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Simon Cooper, Head of Projects for Northern Light, says: “The Iconyx loudspeakers were specified by Peter Mapp for several reasons, including the fact that the size of the unit allows them to fit ideally into the space either side of the pros arch. During the design process Peter also wanted to have more control over directivity from the main loudspeakers, rather than fit delay loudspeakers.”


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Minister of Music and Worship D. J. Bullsis also pleased with the outcome: “It has far exceeded our expectations in every way,” he says. “It brings a new energy to our worship space; the sound is crystal clear, intelligible, and adds a great deal of vibrancy to both the spoken word and our music, with each vocal part extremely clear.” He adds: “ I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Iconyx, Curt Taipale or the guys from Summit to anyone.”

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“In dealing with this central but acoustically very difficult space,” we needed the spoken voice to be totally intelligible everywhere. But we also wanted an audio solution that could handle music properly, including occasional small concerts.” said Malherbe.




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“They're ideally suited for a project like this,” continues Northwood, “a nice compact little box that's quite unobtrusive. We had to work from the walls, so at that point you want something that gives you as much of a fighting chance as possible, and having arrays that are steerable gave us a lot more control to play with. Each speaker effectively covers its own quadrant of the room, but the pair opposite the entrance passage are a little more centered to feed down into a corridor where the main bar is located – it’s great to have that kind of focusing precision within each cabinet.”

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The Senate chamber has now reopened and, adds Myerscough, its users are extremely happy with the end results: “The Iconyx system has addressed all the acoustic problems that used to characterise the room, and the AV system and touch screen control provides the Senate with a University of Birmingham - Senate Building level of functionality that transforms the way they can use the space – a pretty successful outcome.”

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Novita’s Senior A/V Designer Christian Bechard says, “ We had worked with ICONYX in several other venues and had been impressed with their steerability, in other words, their ability to aim the audio exactly where you want it. In this case we needed to be able to avoid getting sound energy up into the ceiling, so we chose the ICONYX to steer the sound directly to the audience without any splashing into the ceiling.”

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Adds Rutten: “In the end we had two weeks to devise a solution and design and install the system. The theatre’s management is very happy with the end result and for us the Iconyx provided the only workable solution, as well as being more cost-effective than a traditional system.”



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A new audio installation designed to transform the PA/VA intelligibility on the concourse of Stockholm’s historic, 19th century Central Railway Station is the latest phase in a multi-million-Kroner upgrade of the country’s national rail network passenger information systems.



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The front of house system for the main stage is a line array system, a pair of Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC24 systems mounted just outside the proscenium with two Renkus-Heinz PN112 subwoofers. This system isn't really used as much for concerts, as most touring acts bring in their own systems or use local rentals, but they are perfect for large corporate events that utilize the entire space, and of course can be used for entertainment that is not touring with their own system.

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With the visual & mounting hurdles surmounted, Design Sound Northwest turned to the acoustic problem. “We did a basic EASE model in order to optimize the coverage,” says Leppert. “The wide 140 degree horizontal pattern works well in this application, even though the two light poles are very far apart. With the digital steering we can mount the arrays flush on the poles, yet aim the sound downward so it covers the seating area well without annoying the neighbors.”

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Because the loudspeakers are designed to be heard and not seen, so when the managers of Eleven Madison Park entered the restaurant following the sound system installation and heard the music for the first time, their first question was “wow, sounds great, but where are the speakers?”. And that’s precisely how the nature of sound was intended – cherished unseen.

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“Shortly after the speakers were hung, our organist walked in and asked, “Where are the new speakers?’ He didn’t see ‘em.” Says Breshears. “The challenge was that the facility didn’t lend itself to sound reinforcement. One of the architects’ criteria was that the speakers could not impose on the facility architecturally. We considered a tradition cluster, but nobody really liked that idea, and then ICONYX, which gave us the option to make good sound in the balcony and on the floor. So we put that idea to the guys at the church and they liked the concept of it."

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“For so many years we’d watched manufacturers of loudspeakers improve their products, yet this kind of space remained unsolvable,” he says. “But ICONYX has finally made it happen in a remarkable way. It’s a major change of direction for us as integrators, too. Higher performances can be achieved with less equipment, less wiring and shorter installation time. You could say the technology we waited so long for is finally available.”

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Frode Bye concludes: “We’ve had a lot of positive feedback from users since the new system went in as well as people working there or people visiting from other churches. Even those with hearing loss comment on the sound quality; they can finally hear what is said.”

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It may be Florida’s oldest retirement community, but Advent Christian Village (ACV), founded in 1913 as a unique intergenerational community in north central Florida, boasts a spacious modern church at the heart of its campus. The church recently became the proud owner of a state-of-the-art Renkus-Heinz ICONYX digitally steerable array sound reinforcement system.

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Jean Giroux concludes: “Two Renkus-Heinz ICONYX IC32s have replaced a large system of loudspeakers, amplifiers, crossovers, EQs, racks and cabling – and perform far better!”




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The beautiful 19th-century St Peter Cathedral in Erie, PA is among the first of many acoustically challenging buildings to reap the benefits of an ICONYX installation.

The new system’s designers, regional integrator Fact AV Technologies Inc., faced the kind of challenge that ICONYX has already proved to be a world beater at overcoming.

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In a new addition for the event, Renkus-Heinz Iconyx loudspeakers were also put to use. Sockey observed, "We have two Iconyx IC16s and one Iconyx IC32, and actually, an interesting point to consider is that this job used to be over 100 loudspeakers and now just three arrays of Renkus-Heinz Iconyx has eliminated around 30 loudspeakers."

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During the Nasher’s Grand Opening, events included live bands and CD playback as well as speeches and lectures. “The ICONYX system passed all these tests with flying colors,” Foulkrod reports. “The client has told us that the Nasher Museum’s atrium sounds far better than they ever thought it would.”

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