Built in 1917, and situated in the village of Hamilton, New York, Colgate Memorial Chapel provides the centerpiece of Colgate University’s campus activity.
Since it is a multi-use facility—incorporating a range of on-campus activity from University interfaith church services to lectures, presentations and orchestral concerts—it was vital that the public address system was sufficiently flexible to reproduce spoken word and full dynamic range alike, with absolute clarity.
The Chapel’s long-term AV contractor is Syracuse-based TSH AV, who specialize in the House of Worship sector. They recently met the University’s requirement for a loudspeaker upgrade by specifying Martin Audio’s award-winning O-Line micro line array, with scalable resolution. This was designed not only to optimize the sound in the challenging space, but with its compact footprint also sit discreetly within the Chapel’s beautiful aesthetic, set behind the building’s equally stunning façade, with its gabled pediment...
