PA Hire in and around Gloucestershire

PA Application Guide

If you know what kind of event you are having (but not exactly what kind of equipment you want), a suitable system may be easier to find using this section.

We provide systems for most indoor and some outdoor applications, including:

•  Weddings

(For Speeches, Dance and Disco or Live Music)

•  Private Parties

(Birthdays, anniversaries or special events)

•  Conferences, Lectures or Presentations 

(Conference PA Systems and Audio-Visual Equipment)

•  Live Entertainment

(Concerts, Comedy or Cabaret)

•  Outdoor Events

(Festivals and Live Music, Special Events, or School Sports Days

We'll also be happy to offer any help or advice we can if you give us a call.

PA Systems

We have a number of complete packaged systems to meet common PA Hire applications. These are detailed in the PA Systems section.

We design our systems to provide:

•  High quality audio

•  Comprehensive facilities

•  Excellent value

We believe our charges are very competitive: we aim to provide fillet steak for burger prices. While the proof of the pudding is in the eating (happily, most of our first-time customers are surprised to find how good our systems sound), you can at least use this section to check out the ingredients: links to relevant manufacturer pages are given for everything we supply. Full industry-standard specifications are available for anything and everything we use (if you want to find out about any item of equipment, click on its picture).

PA System Power Ratings 

A brief discussion of PA System power ratings (and power specifications for our concert systems according to some of the standards that can be used).

We think it is good business practice to operate as transparently as possible, so we don't disguise or exaggerate what you will get from us. Manufacturers - as well as PA Hire companies - use a bewildering repertoire of technical and pseudo-technical terms to describe their products.

We only supply equipment for which full industry-standard technical information is available, and we encourage you to understand what that information means.

Also, we tell you exactly what you will get. We don't say British Beef* knowing most people won't bother to follow the asterisk and discover - right at the bottom in the smallest typeface available - that we're being a bit generous with the truth. If it says Martin Audio (or QSC, or Allen & Heath) on our web page, it means you will get Martin Audio (or QSC, or Allen & Heath) equipment and original components when you hire it.

*Made from reprocessed meat from more than one country and packaged for Astralsound in the UK.

PA Hire Equipment

Any system includes a variety of items, and these are individually detailed here.

PA Hire Prices

A guide to hire prices of manned PA Systems (including common variations) is available here, although we recommend that you ask for a specific quotation for any hire.

Our primary pricing structure is based on the hire of complete delivered systems, although any combination of sound and lighting equipment can be supplied - with crew or without crew - for your particular requirement (please ask us if you need a special combination of equipment).

We are able to organise the sub-hire and supply of additional equipment for larger productions, subject to individual quotation.

Generally, you should find our hire rates competitive if compared with other PA companies on a like-for-like basis. However, there are so many variables that make up any single package that a simple "price matching" policy would be very difficult to apply. Where system comparison is relatively straightforward we may nevertheless be able to offer a matching quotation if you ask us.

Equipment Dry Hire

We can provide any stocked item or combination of items to order (either for collection, or delivered). This section details dry-hire charges for most of our stocked equipment.

Stage Lighting

Although we are not a lighting company, we do own some stage lighting equipment (par cans, profiles, bars, stands, dmx controller and dimmers), and can provide this for hire. We can also provide basic Disco Lighting. Even if we don't have everything you need, we can still arrange lighting for your show, or put you directly in touch with a lighting company if you prefer.

Small Print

Some of the legal stuff. This is not an exhaustive statement of terms and conditions, but covers some of the common important points. Additional terms apply to Dry Hire, and there may be other express or implied terms in any hire agreement you make with us.

We will in any event endeavour to deal with you fairly and openly, and as long as you deal with us in the same way (and take care of our equipment if it is under your control) nothing you agree with us should give you cause for concern, but please take independent advice if you are in doubt.