Houses of Worship

Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia, San Francisco, (415) 431-9990.
A beautiful art-deco building run by some pretty wonderful people. The acoustics are tremendous, probably a NC-5. Flown left, center, right are 3 Community SLS960's with 2 flown surrounds of Community CPL46's. All powered by Crown K-2's. The Community SBS25 subwoofers are custom fitted into the stage powered by a Crown MA-3600. System control is by a Crown IQ USM-810. Custom stage pockets are by Ace Backstage and custom patch panels are laser engraved by Rapco. Power sequencing is by Furman. The mixing console is a Mackie SR24 VLZPro. Shure UC wireless's.


Buddhist Temple of Marin. 390 Miller Ave., Mill Valley
Even small buildings deserve nice sound systems. 4 Community CSV8 loudspeakers on OmniMounts with Crown power. A Mackie mixer controls the Crown PCC-170SW and LM-201B microphones with Rane eq's. Rack by Raxxess. A Furman power center and a Denon cassette deck complete the system.


Buddhist Monastery of Berkeley
A very nice little system with high quality componets. Shure microphones and wirelesses and a DFR11EQ5 digital processor, Community CSV800 loudspeakers, QSC power and a Rane MLM82A mic mixer that feeds the PA and a Rane SM26B splitter. The splitter provides for isolated feeds to the various recording equipment and web casting. A Raxxess rack and a Furman power center complete the installation. The main technical person and great guy, John Hall, owns and operates Sausalito Networking, Inc.
Calvary United Methodist Church 1400 Judah, SF (416) 566-3704
Shure wireless with Countryman E6 microphones & Phonic Ear assitive listening devices

Chinese Congregational Church, 21 Walter A. Lum Place, San Francisco Located in San Francisco's historic Chinatown, overlooking Portsmouth Square, the church was built in 1863. Wonderful sound system with Community CPL42's for the mains and CSV8's flown for the monitors. All Crown K series power with Symetrix EQ's, a Mackie console, Shure UC wireless's and Crown LA-201 lecturn microphones. All equipment housed in beautiful cabinets by Omnirax.

Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, 290 Dolores, San Francisco (415)861-6932
Bay Area's leading lesbian & gay synagogue. (construction picture) New sanctuary has Community SLS915's with Crown Com-Tech CT-410 power. Two OmniRax oak racks hidden under their Ark house a Rane RPM2 digital processor, along with a Rane MLM82 mic/line mixer and distributed audio to the rest of the facility with Oxmoor DA's and Anchor Audio powered monitors. Power conditioning/ sequencing by Furman. All microphones are Crown LM300AL's. Their Oneg room has an older Community system with RS Jr.'s and Carver power. Home of the klezmer band Gay is Mir.

CrossWinds, 6444 Sierra Ct., Dublin, CA (925)551-3300
Six Community RS 660's in stereo clusters of three, Community VBS415's. All Carver PM1201's & PT2400's power. Rane GE30's, Oxmoor DA's, Symetrix Limiter/Compressors, Crown CM-700 microphones and Community XLT41E stage monitors.Lobby system includes video & six Community CSV8B's with Symetrix 422 AGC.

First United Presbyterian Church, 1740 Sloat Blvd., San Francisco, (415) 759-3700. Sanctuary has 4 Community SLS915's with CSV28M monitors. All powered by Crown "K" series amps. Mackie mixer, Shure wireless and Crown LM300's microphones. Power conditioning/ sequencing by Furman. Their social hall has Community CSV28M's with a Rane MLM82 mixer and a Crown CE1000 amplifier. Other equipment includes Niles volume controls, OmniMounts, and Community CSV8's.


Holy Angels Church, 107 San Pedro Rd., Colma (650) 755-0478
Beautiful church and nice people! 2 Community CSV800T's augment the existing main system. We've installed another system just for the choirs and music groups. 2 Community SLS 915's fill the church powered by a QSC CX1102 amplifier.The equipment is housed in a rolling, lockable cabinet by Raxxess and features a 16 channel Mackie mixer, a Furman power center and an automatic feedback reducer from Shure.
Holy Child and St.Martin Episcopal Church 777 Southgate Ave., Daly City
Community CPL42's loudspeakers, QSC ISA750 amplifier, Rane MLM103 mixer and RPM2 digital processor, Monster PRO2500 power conditioner/ sequencer, Shure ULXP wireless with a Countryman E6i microphone.

Holy Spirit Church, 1050 North Texas St., Fairfield, (707) 425-3138
A very nice church with great people. Beautiful sound system with a Community SLS920 in each of the 3 soffits. Powered by a QSC CX1102 and digitally controlled with a Shure DFR22. All priests are now using the Countryman E6 ear worn microphones, which sounds fantastic!


Hope Presbyterian Church of San Francisco, 3201 Ulloa St. San Francisco
Very nice church with a new soundbooth with a HSA Roll Top Desk, Community SLS915 loudspeakers for mains and Community CSV8s for rear fill. Digital processing is a Rane RPM 2. Custom stage panels by Ace Backstage. Monster Pro-2500 AC power conditioning.
Jerusalem Baptist Church, 398 Sheridan, Palo Alto, (650) 325-9022
All it took was 2 Community SLS920 loudspeakers to transform this church into a building that really sounds great. Powered by a Crown CL2 with a Rane ME30B equalizer.

John Knox Presbyterian Church, 7421 Amarillo Rd., Dublin, (925) 828-1846
Growing young congregation, recently remodeled with all new sound system. Mackie Designs SR24 mixing console, Crown 800CSL amplifiers, loudspeakers by Community: XLT-43's with OmniMount brackets and hidden CSV8 choir monitors, Furman power conditioning, Crown and Shure microphones and Shure wireless systems, Ace Backstage floor pockets, Anchor Audio AN100's for the nursery and stage monitors.

Korean Central Presbyterian Church, 50 Northridge, Daly City
A Crest HP-8/40 mixing console commands a Left, Center Right array of Community SLS960's (in birch). Community SB25 subwoofers in stereo. Custom 42 channel snake, Community CSV8 and XLTE41U monitors and all of the priests with Shure ULXP wireless with Countryman E6's. All amps are QSC CX1102's. Pwer sequencing is by a Furman ASD-120. Digital processing by a Community DXP4800. Each loudspeaker has it's own amp channel and each amplifier has it's own 20 amp circuit.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 134 Hemlock, Redwood City, (650) 368-5705
Great choir with a dynamic pastor. Rane system processor, Lab Gruppen amplifiers, Mackie mixing console, Shure wireless microphone systems, Community CSV8 loudspeakers, Ace Backstage floor pockets, and a real Hammond with Leslie's! Recent upgrades include a Countryman E6 microphone for Pastor Campbell and a Monster Pro-3500 power conditioner that really reduced the noise. Recording with aTascam CD-RW700 and an Octave 7 disc duplicator, they're road-ready with some beautiful cases from ASA.


Pine United Methodist Church, 426 33rd Ave. SF (415) 387-1800
Architectually stunning acousticts in the church. Community Cloud 6 loudspeakers run at 8 ohms with a QSC CX502 amplifier. Rane MLM82a mixer and Shure ULXP wireless mics with a Countryman E6 microphone.

Salinas Church of the Nazarene,331 North Sanborn, Salinas (831) 424-5294
Very nice church with Community CPL42's, Crown amplifiers, Shure wireless mics, a Mackie SR24 mixing console, lots of custom wiring and Ace Backstage floor pockets.

San Mateo Buddhist Temple, 2 South Claremont, San Mateo (650) 342-25412
Incredible ornate temple with delightful staff. Three Community SLS915 loudspeakers, Crown CT-410 amplifier, Crown mics, Furman AC conditioner, Shure Wireless microphone system, Raxxess sectional wall rack, Anchor Audio AN100powered monitor.

San Ramon Valley Christian Fellowship, 12700 Alcosta Blvd., San Ramon (925) 830-0113
A lovely sound system with Mackie Designs CR1604VLZ mixing console, four Community CSV8 loudspeakers for the mains and three Community CSV28 monitors, Anchor Audio AN100 powered monitors, Crown CM-700's for the piano and Shure handheld and wireless microphones, Crown 800CSL power amplifier, custom built snake by Rapco and stage boxes by Ace Backstage. Equalization by Rane.

St. Andrew, 1571 Southgate Ave., Daly City (650) 756-3223
Very nice church with an 8 ohm distributed system. Control from a Crown IQ USM-810. Power sequencing by Furman. Amps by QSC CX series. Racks from Raxxess. Microphones from Shure. Loudspeakers are Community, with a center SLS915 and 3 rings of CSV800's. Lobby and overflow room are also CSV800's. Under the altar, a CSV28M stage monitor. CD-RW's and cassette by Tascam. Choir has their own sub system.

St. Augustine's 3700 Callan Blvd., South San Francisco
A beautiful sound system with the Crown IQ USM-810 as the centerpiece. The USM-810 acts as the primary mixer with Crown PCC-170SW & LM-201B microphones, Shure UC wireless and a Mackie mixer submixed from the choir. The USM-810 outputs to 3 Crown K-2's controlling the main sanctuary (Community CSV8's and a SLS915), the hallway (JBL Control 24C), the cry room (CSV8), the roof (Community R.5), the narthex (CSV8), the small altar outdoors (Niles OS10) and the ALD (Phonic Ear) system. The choir has their own system with a portable rack from Raxxess, a Mackie 1402 mixer, a Crown K-1 power amp and 2 Community CSV28M loudspeakers. We also provided a custom patch panel for quick and easy set-ups and breakdowns. The choir uses Crown LM-300AL microphones.
St. Bartholomew's 600 Columbia Dr. San Mateo (650) 347-0701
Shure wireless with Countryman E6 microphones

St Catherine's, 3450 Tennessee St., Vallejo
We rescued a crippled and dying sound system and transformed it to a better system than it was when it was brand new. A Rane RPM26z digital signal processor replaced boatloads of 1980's graphic equalizers, compressors, delays. 2 Shure SCM810 automatic microphone mixers completed the system. Now the sound sparkles and is reliable. A very beautiful church. Shure wireless with Countryman E6 microphones.

St. Charles, 88 Tamarack, San Carlos, (650) 591-7349
Nice open architecture. Crown microphones and Com-Tech amplifiers, Shure wireless, Rane MLM82A mixer and a Shure DFR11EQ. The school gym has a lovely little system with Community CPL43's, Rane MLM82, Symetrix 552E dual band parametric eq and Crown CE power in a rack by Rackman

St. Francis' Episcopal Church, 399 San Fernando Way, San Francisco (415)334-1590 Beautiful old church with a fantastic German pipe organ.
Community CSV8B loudspeakers, Shure LX wireless microphone system.
St. Gabriel's 2559 40th Ave. SF (415) 731-6161
Shure wireless microphones & a QSC CX 204V 4 channel power amp

St. James Baptist Church, 1470 Hudson, San Francisco (415) 648-5995
We udated their sound system with 2 Community CPL42 loudspeakers. Wow, what a difference! OmniMount brackets and some really nice CL3 rated 12 gauge cable in white (!) from Rapco.
Saint John Armenian Apostolic Church , 275 Olympia Way, San Francisco (415) 661-1142
Beautiful church and nice people. Community SLS915's for the sanctuary with a QSC CX702 amplifier. Control by a Rane MLM82a mixer and a Rane RPM22 digital processor. Monster power conditioning and Shure ULXP wireless' with Countryman E6 earworn microphone. Vestibule has a single Community I/O5. Here's the story:

St. John's Missionary Baptist Church, 825 Newhall, San Francisco (415)826-5639
Just completed a major sound system installation with all new equipment and a new mix position, anchored by a beautiful roll top desk by HSA. Seven Community CPL42's have been hand finished by Adrienne to match the decor of the church. They are used in a left, center, right, left rear and right rear configuration. Two more CPL42's are used for foldback. All 7 are on OmniMounts. A Crown K-2 powers the Left's & Right's, a Crown K-1 is used for the foldbacks and one side of a Crown Com-Tech CT-810A runs the center loudspeaker. The other side of the CT-810 runs their lobby loudspeakers (CSV8's). The choir uses Shure SM57's while the Pastor has a Shure UC14/84 wireless lavalier. The pulpit recieved a new Crown LM-201A microphone. A 20 channel custom snake by Rapco connects to a new Mackie Designs SR24-VLZ. Power control is by Furman. We recycled the church's old Carver amplifier to run an additional Community CSX38M wedge monitor that jacks in when needed. Note that we first suggested this upgrade over 2 years ago and the church Deacons carefully chose their legacy.
St. John's Presbyterian 25 Lake, SF (415) 751-1626
Shure wireless mics, Community SLS915's & SBS25's, Rane RPM26z & QSC CX1102's.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 415 El Camino, Burlingame (650) 348-4811
Very lovely sanctuary with an outstanding choir. We've installed a system for recording the choir with Sennheiser shotgun microphones, a Mackie 1604VLZPRO mixing console and a Denon pro CD/Cassette deck with the remote control from the pulpit. Loudspeakers are (7) Community CSV8's powered by Crown Com-Tech 410's at 4 ohms. Power sequencing by Furman. System EQ and control with a Shure DFR11EQ. Wireless mics are Shure UC's and pulpi & lecturn mics are Crown LM-201's.


St. Paul's Parish Church, 221 Valley, San Francisco (415)648-4740
Beautiful ornate old church where Whoopi Goldgerg filmed "Sister Act I & II." Symetrix 402 Digital Line Delay.


St. Peter's Parish, 1200 Florida, San Francisco (415) 282-1652
Community SLS915 and CSV8 loudspeakers, Crown CT-210 amplifier, Crown mics, Furman AC sequencer.

St. Veronica's Parish, 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco (650) 588-1455
St. Veronica built a new parish social hall and we installed a simple and easy to use sound system. It features 2 Community CPL43 loudspeakers on OmniMount's powered by a Crown CE-1000 amplifier. Equalization is a Symetrix dual parametric 553E. Custom patch panels by Rapco, locking steel equipment rack and sliding storage drawers by Rackman. Durable and all-purpose microphones are Shure SM-58's. Mixed through a Rane MLM82 mixer. Power conditioning and sequencing by Furman.


West Portal Lutheran Church, 200 Sloat Blvd., San Francisco
Shure microphones & Shure UHF wireless. Community SLS918 loudspeaker with a QSC CX902 power amplifier. Rane RPM26z digital processor with Furman PS-PRO II remote off/on. Main mixer is a Rane MLM82a.




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