Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Tuesdays Top Ten (on Wednesday...) Ways Your Church Sound System is Out of Date

Tuesday screamed by me in a mad rush, so belatedly, here's Tuedsay's top ten on Wednesday...


The Top Ten Ways Your Church Sound System is Out of Date

Many larger churches have state of the art, up to date audio equipment. But for some smaller congregations, it may be time to upgrade the equipment. Here are the top ten ways that you may be able to tell if your system is out of date:

10.  If you have to wait for the tubes to warm up before hearing anything…
9.      If your microphones all have those little color coded foam rubber windscreens that were so popular in the 70’s…
8.      If the brand of your system is Silvertone, Truetone, Sears, or Realistic…
7.      If half the inputs in your system are broken, but the other one still works just fine…
6.      If the speakers look like miniature skyscapers covered in cheap naugahyde…
5.      If the person that purchased and maintains your sound system remembers what naugahyde is…
4.      If you ask visiting singers for performance track formats such as 8-tracks, 78’s, or Edison wax cylinders…
3.      If the entire compliment of microphones in the sanctuary consists of one chrome ten pound monolith sitting on a short stand in the middle of the pulpit…
2.      If your sound booth looks like the radio set of Amos n’ Andy, Jack Benny, or The Shadow…
1.      If your system picks up CB transmissions from Smokey and the Bandit…

…it’s time to upgrade the sound equipment.

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