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XTA DS800 ACTIVE SPLITTER BRINGS FLEXIBILITY AND VERSATILITY 
TO CHRIST TEMPLE CHURCH HUNTINGTON, WV

— A test run with the XTA DS800 self-contained audio distribution system leads to the immediate purchase of six more, giving large new worship facility the flexibility it needs to interface worship area, recording studio, and video feeds —

FARMINGDALE, NY, June 10, 2003 — Christ Temple Church in Huntington, West Virginia — a recently completed 1,100-seat church — is outfitted with a world-class audio distribution system. The church’s implementation of the renowned XTA DS800 8-input/32-output active mic/line splitter has enabled it to flexibly and easily reconfigure audio feeds from the stage to the house and monitor desks, as well as its studio, and still feed remote video trucks or any other media system. The Pro Sound Division of Harvest Gospel Studios, also based in Huntington, designed the church’s sound system and chose the XTA DS800 splitter system. The seven DS800 systems were sold by North Coast Marketing of Erie, PA.

Christ Temple Church is an excellent example of the recent trend in church design. Expanded worship areas are needed to serve constantly growing congregations, while many have also specified top-tier sound and other media systems to reflect and accommodate the increasing sophistication of congregation membership. 

“What’s remarkable about this particular church is that the entire $6.8-million-dollar construction cost was raised completely by the congregation, and the church moved into their new worship facility totally debt-free,” explains Mark Hale, Owner of Harvest Gospel Studios, which since 1981 has specialized in gospel and sacred music recordings. In 1985 Harvest Gospel Studios opened its Pro Sound Division, dedicated to designing both installed and touring audio systems for worship markets. “Everything about the design and construction of the new complex was topnotch, and they wanted that philosophy to extend to the media systems as well. Christ Temple’s commitment to excellence in every aspect of worship is so incredible. The pastor and all the staff realize and appreciate the critical role the sound reinforcement system plays in each service. With a ninety-two voice choir and fourteen musicians on stage, every worship service is actually a major concert.”

Harvest Gospel Studios was able to assure that the facility’s audio distribution system would match that demand when it chose the XTA DS800 splitter. “We had been looking at various analog splitter systems when Keith Veshecco at North Coast suggested that if quality and flexibility were the major concerns, we really needed to check out the DS800,” says Hale. “North Coast had a unit shipped to us, and it literally sold itself. We immediately ordered six more. The sound quality is exceptional, but what we especially like about the DS800 are some of its features, such as its ability to handle all the phantom power management. With an excellent microphone preamp in each channel, the whole system now runs at line level, giving us a vastly improved signal-to-noise ratio and far less loss of signal over distance. The flexibility of the DS800 means the system can grow to meet the church’s needs in the future. The DS800 was the solution to what we were looking for on all levels. We certainly plan on choosing it again in the future.”

XTA is a British manufacturer of signal processing equipment for the live sound, permanent installations, broadcasting, and recording markets, and is exclusively distributed in the U.S. by Group One Ltd. of Farmingdale, New York. Group One is also the exclusive U.S. distributor for Blue Sky International, Milab Microphones, MC2 Audio Ltd., and Celestion Professional Products, as well as a number of prominent lighting products.

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—For more information on the complete range of XTA products, contact Sue Adamson, 
Group One Ltd., 200 Sea Lane, Farmingdale, NY 11735. Tel: (631) 249-1399;
Fax: (631) 753-1020; Email: suea@g1limited.com; Web: www.g1limited.com