I specialise in providing sound to the function band market (for weddings, corporate and similar events).

Flexible PA for live bands

With a vast experience of function events, I am able to work to tight timescales and turnarounds often encountered at events in the function market. As such I have built lasting relationships with clients based on our friendly efficient service and our flexibility with available facilities. And of course it goes without saying that the quality of the sound is superb, both on stage and in front of stage. A happy band gives a better performance! A fully-engineered PA hire ranges from £250 to £500 depending on options and timings of the event.

My equipment is fully PAT-tested and I have £2million public liability insurance (certificates available on request). For this fully-managed sound hire I cover the whole of London, the Home Counties, the Midlands and South Central England down to Dorset.

Speakers for iPod and laptops

I also provide dry hire of powered speakers (self-operated) for use with iPods and laptops if you want to play your own choice of music at a party or wedding without the cheese of a DJ... (of course if you are a DJ your mixer will work with this system too!)
Prices from £50 (2x 500W powered speakers on stands plus accessories) to £150 (full bi-amped speakers for a big bass sound) for a weekend hire. Price per event not per day and inclusive of delivery, setup and collection within a 10 miles radius of Croydon.

Microphone for speeches and ceremomies

Similar to hiring speakers for background and disco music, I can supply radio mics (clip-on lavalier or handheld) with appropriate small speakers. This could be for wedding speeches, larger wedding ceremonies (clip-on mic for the priest or registrar). This can be self-operated or attended by a qualified sound engineer. You can of course still use the speakers for playing background music.

As an alternative to booking a DJ (pricey, over-the-top or simply wrong in the wrongest sense), why not rent some proper PA speakers and play your own choice of music from your iPod or your laptop.

I can supply to you some stonkingly good PA speakers that will either be subtle background music or pumping upfront beats.

Prices from £50 (2x 500W powered speakers on stands plus accessories) to £150 (full bi-amped 2kw system for a big bass sound) for a weekend hire. Price per event not per day and inclusive of delivery, setup and collection. I can also supply a microphone for speeches and LED colour changing dance floor lights for a small extra fee (contact me for a full quotation). These prices apply to anything within about 10 miles of Croydon, South London - anything longer and the price will be a little more to account for the extra delivery and collection time. If you've had a better price or this doesn't fit your budget, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Contact Andrew Lipscombe for a quotation for your event.

For you gear heads out there here is a list of some of our equipment.

• Turbosound QLight DP front of house speakers (powered)
• Turbosound TXD monitor wedges
• QSC PLX amplifiers
• Yamaha digital mixing desk
• Various wired and UHF wireless microphones (including lapel microphones for speeches and presentations)
• Basic LED Par can stage lighting

 Contact Andrew Lipscombe for a quotation for your event

All equipment is fully PAT tested.

My system is fully capable of filling most function rooms and halls with full quality sound reinforcement

• Turbosound QLight DP front of house speakers (bi-amped, powered - approx 4kW)
• 4x Turbosound TXD monitor wedges, each with a different mix
• Yamaha digital mixing desk
• Various wired and UHF wireless microphones (including lapel microphones for speeches and presentations)
• Basic LED Par can stage lighting

I have enough mics, stands and leads to cover most band sizes, up to and including 10 piece soul bands. I have experience in engineering sound for rock, soul, funk, electro-pop, small group and big band jazz, folk, speech/spoken word, electro-acoustic, classical, pretty everything in fact. I am a musician myself and perform an engineer's job as part of the ensemble and therefore I enjoy the performance as well!

 Contact Andrew Lipscombe for a quotation for your event

All equipment is fully PAT tested.

I am based in Croydon, South London, Surrey. I operate PA and hire speakers/sound systems in London and the Home counties (Kent, East/West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Essex etc). I have experience of all types of venues from private houses (both inside and in marquees in a garden) and church halls through to Central London hotels and flagship venues. I can liase directly with event organisers or site managers to ensure that the correct space and power facilities are provided.

Delivery for dry hire items is included in the quotation if within 10 miles of Croydon.

NEW - I can now offer hire of an 88-note weighted electric piano. Perfect for civil ceremonies. Price including delivery and collection is £100 per day, with discounts for more than one day.

Need speakers for a pub gig? Need speakers for presentations for your business? Sales presentations? Thank you speech? Christmas party?

Are you DJing for a friend's wedding with your own decks or laptop, but don't have any speakers? I can help - give me a call for a price and availability.

I have basic but effective LED colour changing lights which are available with or separate to any speaker hire.

I have recently provided last minute hires to The Oval pub in East Croydon (excellent pub and music venue) and to weddings at Oaks Farm in Shirley Croydon (gorgeous venue).

Other areas covered include: Aldershot Amberley Andover Ashford Baldock Basildon Basildon Basingstoke Brighton Camberley

Crayford Crawley Dorking, East Grinstead. Fareham Farnborough Ferndown Fordingbridge

Gillingham Gravesend Guildford. Haywards Heath, Haslemere Horsham Lewes

Maidstone Midhurst Oxted Petersfield Petworth, Plumpton Green, Potters Bar Reading

Redhill Sandhurst Slough

Titchfield Tunbridge Wells, Westerham Weybridge Windsor Woking Wokingham, Croydon,

Bromley, Dartford, Greenwich, Beckenham, Wimbledon, Abbey Wood, Barkingside Barnes. Biggin Hill, Brixton Bromley Camberwell Camden Chelsea Chiswick Chorleywood Clapham, Crouch End, Croydon,

Crystal Palace, Dartford Dulwich Ealing Enfield Epsom Finchley Gerrards Cross Greenwich Hackney Hampstead Hammersmith Harrow Herne Hill Highbury Islington Highgate Hook Ilford Kennington Kensington

Kentish Town Kilburn Westbourne Park Kingston Lewisham New Cross New Malden Notting Hill Gate Orpington Peckham Putney Richmond Rickmansworth Romford Royal Oak Shoreditch South Bank Southall

Southwark Spitalfields St Albans St Johns Wood Streatham Sydenham Tooting Uxbridge Vauxhall Watford Wembley Wimbledon

Mitcham, Dulwich, Banstead, Reigate, Barking, Sutton, Kingston, Chelsea, Fulham, South East England, East Anglia, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Essex, Surrey, Hertfordshire,

Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, the Home Counties, Berkshire, Hampshire, Middlesex, East London, South London, West London, North London.

Sherborne, Dorchester, Dorset, Crewkerne, Salisbury, Yetminster, Beominster - strange as it may seem to cover Dorset and Surrey, I have family in Dorset so for weekend hires, it's a good reason to pop down for the weekend!