Meyer Sound Elevates Worship Clarity and Impact
at Victory Christian Fellowship in Delaware

Victory Christian Fellowship, a 1,000-capacity church in New Castle, DE, has transformed its worship experience with a new Meyer Sound system that replaces a decades-old installation. Installed by DBS Audio Systems, the ULTRA family solution resolves long-standing clarity issues while delivering balanced, musical sound for the church’s diverse programming.

For years, Victory struggled with intelligibility and uneven coverage despite upgrades to consoles and acoustical treatments. The church’s 70-foot-wide by 100-foot-deep sanctuary hosts contemporary Christian worship, touring artists, large conferences, and major productions, including Christmas plays and a New Year’s Eve celebration that fills every seat. According to Tyrone Dinkins, the church’s media director and a classically trained musician, the previous system couldn’t keep pace.

“The speakers were just tired,” says Dinkins. “It became more of an assault on my ears than a pleasure to listen to. No amount of EQ could bring back the clarity that was missing. Even a simple classical guitar performance was frustrating because the midrange just wouldn’t articulate correctly. It was time for a real upgrade.”

Dinkins, who holds multiple music degrees and brings a performer’s ear to every decision, led a competitive evaluation process, comparing proposals from several major loudspeaker manufacturers. “What really convinced us was hearing Meyer Sound systems in other venues, and knowing DBS Audio was installing them at the Academy of Music [in Philadelphia] and other world-class spaces,” he explains. “If Meyer Sound is good enough for those environments, we knew it would deliver for us.”

DBS Audio president Dave Brotman, who has worked with Meyer Sound systems for more than 30 years, recommended a point source solution based around ULTRA‑X80 versatile point source loudspeakers. “The old system had two delay zones with no time alignment, creating one giant reflection,” says Brotman. “No matter what they tried at the console, they couldn’t correct the massive underlying issues.”

The new system comprises left and right mains of ULTRA-X80 loudspeakers, supported by two 2100‑LFC low frequency control elements, four ULTRA‑X20 compact point source loudspeakers as front fills, and two delay zones of ULTRA‑X40 compact point source loudspeakers (two in each zone). Processing is managed by a Galileo® GALAXY 816 Network Platform. Installation and commissioning were completed in just five days to ensure the system was ready for Sunday services.

To guarantee optimal results on the compressed timeline, Brotman collaborated with Meyer Sound’s Director of System Optimization, Bob McCarthy, who developed the system design. “Bob’s expertise ensured everything was precisely aligned from the start,” Brotman notes. “The ULTRA-X80 is like a PANTHER in a trapezoidal box. Paired with the 2100-LFC sub, the result is the most musical low end coupled with the fidelity of a PANTHER in the new ULTRA-X80. We weren’t sure we could even get the subs in at first, but with careful measurements we slid a 2100-LFC under each stage platform with just a quarter inch to spare, and they complement the ULTRA-X80s beautifully.”

For Victory’s senior pastor, Dr. Gary Whetstone, the change has been profound.

“The difference is like night and day,” he says. “The purpose of preaching is for people to hear, understand, and engage with the word, and this system finally allows that to happen. Our congregation isn’t just hearing volume, they’re hearing clarity—and I haven’t heard a single complaint since the install.” Dinkins adds that the impact extends behind the scenes. “Our engineers really enjoy it because they’re remixing in a different way. They have true control.”

Even the congregation is responding in ways beyond words. “Watching people interact differently with the sound was more telling than what they would say,” says Dinkins. “You can see the smiles. That says it all.”