Louisiana High School Installs Danley Loudspeakers in Stadium

The staff at East St. John High School in Reserve, Louisiana recently called on local A/V integration firm Lion’s Roar Church Audio to install Danley‘s fully-weatherproof OS-Series loudspeakers into the school’s football field and stadium.

“I know a lot of high schools in Texas have concrete stadiums, but it’s pretty rare in Louisiana,” said Lion’s Roar Church Audio owner Danny Wilson. “It shows you how seriously they take their football! However, the original sound system was just a handful of small horns mounted on the scoreboard. It didn’t have enough horsepower, and it didn’t live up to anyone’s expectations. I did my first installation with Danley loudspeakers in 2010, and every Danley installation since has not only been great, it has exceeded my expectations. And that’s saying something, because my expectations keep going up! So, I modeled the system in EASE with Danley’s weatherproof OS-Series loudspeakers and subs. It looked good on paper, and given all the good experiences I’ve had with Danley, I jumped at the chance to try out the OS-Series boxes.”

Danley’s OS-Series loudspeakers and subwoofers use famed acoustician Tom Danley’s patented technologies to deliver robust, full-fidelity sound.

“The coverage is perfect,” he said. “No seat is left behind!” A single Danley OS-80 also fires from on top of the press box, but its angle hits the field and the visitors side seating.

“I was a little anxious about covering the opposite side with that single box,” he said. “But it worked well. I walked the field and the stands and any volume differences were negligible.” Finally, to give the system a solid low-end base of support, Wilson installed two Danley OS-115 subwoofers. Stepping back, the thing that impresses me most is just how musical the Danley boxes are. Even for an outdoor system – it’s the kind of system that you really want to listen to music on.”

New Crown amplifiers power the system from a rack inside the press box. To round the system out, Wilson reconditioned an existing BiAmp Nexia processor/mixer and installed a Tascam CD200 D player with iPod dock for media playback.