DayTech Consulting selects EAW’s AC6 for St Jude’s

St Jude’s Catholic Church has partnered with DayTech Consulting and Rat Sound Systems, EAW’s dealer for the region, to replace the church’s ageing sound system. The Southern California house of worship required a new solution to deliver clarity, consistency and long‑term reliability for its 5,000–6,000 parishioners. The previous setup had served the parish for more than two decades, but the centre cluster obstructed a stained‑glass window, resulting in inconsistent coverage.

“The AC6 with its ADAPTive technology delivers,” said Andrew Day, DayTech Consulting’s owner and operator. “It’s not a secret sauce; it’s real engineering that you can rely on. We could tell that during commissioning, when we made even tiny adjustments in the software, you could instantly hear the difference.”

The solution centres on four AC6 ADAPTive column loudspeakers, two per side, forming dual 2.1m arrays with a compact 12-inch x 12-inch footprint. These are supported by a pair of EAW 18‑inch subwoofers, one on each side, positioned just outside the AC6 arrays to provide balanced low‑frequency reinforcement.

The AC6’s compact footprint and ADAPTive coverage control allowed DayTech and Rat Sound to eliminate the centre cluster entirely, preserving the church’s architecture and highlighting its stained-glass window, while improving coverage. “They wanted that centre cluster gone,” Day explained. “To do that, we had to bring the speakers in a bit and find the right compromise. But once they were up, the results spoke for themselves.”

During commissioning, EAW’s Resolution software was used to make micro‑adjustments to the system’s coverage pattern. At one point, reflections from a rear glass window were causing unwanted energy in the space. “He snapped a line in the software and lowered it less than a foot,” Day added. “We could hear the difference instantly.”

Beyond sound quality, long‑term serviceability was a major factor in choosing EAW. The AC6’s modular design allows the system to continue operating even if one module fails. “One of the biggest selling points was that if one module goes down, the other two make up for it,” Day noted. “You can keep going and not have to take the system down immediately.”

Parishioners have commented on the clarity, musicians are more confident and the music director reports a noticeable reduction in stress. “People enjoy being there more,” Day continued. “The parish is energised.”

The success of the installation has sparked new ideas for how the church can use the space. “They want to do jazz quartets and special performances,” Day concluded. “When you have singers who can take the roof off the place, it’s great to finally have a system that lets them shine.”