House of Worship

Modern media technology is needed for modern church services. This includes loudspeakers that guarantee speech intelligibility, but are also suitable for powerful music. With our product portfolio of nearly 300 loudspeakers and amplifiers, just about any requirement can be met - whether it's a concert in church, portable solutions for processions and outdoor events, or permanently installed, slimline loudspeakers for optimal reproduction of speech - so that every word is heard.
 

Especially in hybrid services, in which church communities are on site and the service is also recorded on video or made available via live stream, it's important to use technology that is easy to use for those involved and which can be invisibly integrated into the room whilst still offering the best possible sound quality for both the community on site but also for those at home. This is the type of use case where loudspeakers from Fohhn might be a great solution.

The demands on the sound reinforcement system in a church could not be higher. The imposing naves with enormous ceiling heights and smooth facades of stone and glass generate extreme reverberation times. In order to do justice to these room acoustics and the protection of these historical monuments, special loudspeakers are needed. 

Planning of a church sound system is an obvious challenge. Practically all sacred buildings have in common that loudspeakers cannot be placed just anywhere. Here it is particularly important that loudspeakers are visually inconspicuous. In reality, this leads to the quality of the acoustics suffering way more often than necessary, which means stress for the preacher and especially for church community. The goal should always be to enable a fatigue-free listening experience even in the acoustically demanding architecture of a worship hall, church oder mosque. The participants of any religious event will be grateful.

Whether church or cathedral, mosque or synagogue, temple or small chapel: Fohhn has been meeting the challenge with great success for many years with its renowned loudspeaker columns (so-called line source speakers). Fohhn has already equipped countless houses of worship all over the world. The excellent directivity of Fohhn columns is usually the optimal solution for difficult acoustics.

The sound then hits the audience in a directed manner and is not spread throughout the room as with conventional loudspeakers. Disturbing reflections are thus avoided and speech in particular is well understood throughout the nave. In more complex projects, audio signals are now also transmitted digitally. We are a pioneer in this technology and have been at home in digital technology for decades.

Historic preservation and inconspicuous sound reinforcement of church interiors are no problem with special colors, Fohhn Texture Design, scalable cabinet lengths and with Fohhn Beam Steering technology. This allows the loudspeakers to disappear visually, as they can be painted in wall colors or integrated into niches. They can also be positioned more freely and do not need to be tilted mechanically. The radiation pattern can be easily adjusted digitally.
 

The story of Fohhn Audio AG began around 30 years ago, when the founders played music together in a church band and faced the challenge of improving sound quality and speech intelligibility in the complex acoustics of a church. Over time, this grew into a company with 140 employees and decades of experience. Today, we provide sound solutions not only for local churches, but also for complex international projects such as churches, houses of worship, and devotional halls. All loudspeakers and amplifiers are developed, manufactured, and serviced at our headquarters in Nürtingen, Germany. For every project, you will have a dedicated Fohhn contact person who supports you with advice and hands-on assistance, including system tuning and calibration.

Especially in churches, a loudspeaker cannot necessarily be placed where it makes the most sense acoustically. In churches, mosques, chapels or monasteries, one would not want a technical device to obscure the view of the elaborately decorated altar, the listed windows or the beautiful Romanesque or Gothic architecture. However, if you completely ignore the acoustic properties of these sacred spaces, you get problems especially in rooms with high reverberation times: a sermon is no longer understandable and the service becomes a challenge for the ears. What to do?

Fohhn Beam Steering technology provides valuable help here. With this loudspeaker technology, it is possible to direct the sound to where it is needed. And without having to tilt the speaker itself to do so. Both the vertical aperture angle and the sound tilt angle can be controlled with these loudspeakers using intuitive software. This makes it possible to mount loudspeakers in chapels, cathedrals, cathedrals and other listed rooms in places where they do not visually interfere. Nevertheless, the sound reinforcement quality is crystal clear and the preacher's speech is easily understandable.