SOUTH AFRICA'S MORELETA DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH COMMISSIONS NEW JBL VERTEC^® DP SERIES POWERED LINE ARRAY SYSTEM

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, July 11, 2006 -- The Moreleta
Park Dutch Reformed Church in Pretoria, South Africa recently
commissioned a new JBL VERTEC DP Series powered line
array system with JBL DrivePack^® technology and HiQnet™
networking for their new 7,200-seat auditorium. The church
serves a growing worship community that now includes over 17,000 members. With three balconies and a new presentation
stage nearly the size of the congregation's entire previous church
building, a sound reinforcement system was required to
complement the unique modern design of the venue and to
serve a broad variety of applications, including worship services,
live broadcasts and contemporary music concerts. Chris Leeson
of Claasen Auret Inc. Consulting Engineers and Chris Jonker,
Technical Director for the Moreleta Church, collaborated on the
design specifications for the networked audio sound system.

A group of 20 JBL VT4888DP-CN midsize powered line array
elements, arrayed in two sets of ten enclosures, is supplemented
by 12 JBL ASB-6128 subwoofers to ensure complete coverage
of the entire auditorium. The system design is focused upon
clarity and vocal intelligibility as well as the full frequency
response and highest audio fidelity required to accurately
reproduce contemporary gospel music.

"A compact, yet powerful line array system able to provide both
clarity and overall coverage was essential in this application,"
advised Gustav Teitge, engineering project manager for Wild &
Marr, whose engineering team put forth the successful proposal
for the new Moreleta Church system installation in response to
the specifications from Claasen Auret Inc. JBL's Line Array
Calculator software and EASE (Enhanced Acoustic Simulator
for Engineers), simulation software programs that enable system
designers to predict in advance the performance of a sound
system in a given venue, were used. "The sound system team
was impressed by the accurate correlation of the theoretical
performance and the results achieved upon testing and
commissioning of the system," noted Teitge.

The VERTEC DP Series system with JBL DrivePack technology
features integral power amplification designed and engineered in
cooperation with Crown International. Featuring Crown's exclusive
BCA (Balanced Current Amplification) technology, the DrivePack
modules incorporate Class-I circuitry for lower noise and distortion
specifications than other high-power switching amplifiers.
Onboard precision bandpass limiting, pre-equalization filters and
automatic self-test functions ensure optimized performance.

The optional networked DPCN (Cobranet™-compatible) input
modules enable the JBL VERTEC DP Series systems to link
seamlessly with other audio products with Harman Professional's
HiQnet™ system, providing remote access to system
functionality and digital speaker presets with HiQnet System
Architect™ software. Configurable software panels for remote
control and monitoring address not only the JBL DrivePack-equipped loudspeakers, but also other HiQnet-compliant audio
products from Harman Professional companies integrated into
the sound system. These include Crown I-Tech 6000CN power
amplifiers to support ancillary loudspeakers in the sound
reinforcement system. Signal processing facilities include BSS
Soundweb London BLU-80's, BSS DPR-504 quad gate/
expanders and dbx 1066 dual compressor/ limiters along
with Lexicon effects processors.