Looking for Secondhand Audio Equipment?

1. You've tried Google and it's friends? No, well stick 'secondhand audio equipment' into a search engine and prepare to be amazed at how many results you get. Narrow it down by adding your country, region or nearest large town.
2. e-bay is full of the stuff.
3. Failing the above, here is a list of a few regular dealers in professional audio equipment, it's by no means complete and biased towards the UK...

• 10 out of 10
• AC Lighting
• Bob Kelly
• Bonza
• Concert Systems
• Concert Trade
• Entec
• Intasound
• Larking
• LMC Audio
• Stage Electrics
• Tega
• Used StageSound

Looking for the Pin Out for a Connector?

Tom Baldwin's Site

Looking for a Sound Hire Company?

• Visit our Friends at Stagelink
• Sound Hire Listed By County - Ukslc.org

Computer Based Playback anyone?

See Computer Based Playback.

Microphones

• Shure's Theatre Guide (1.3Mb PDF File)
• Loads of other Stuff on the Shure Website

Radiomic Licensing

• JFMG who deal with licensing radio mics
• This post summarises the situation as March 2006.

Minidisc

Minidisc recorders are getting rarer and rarer. A good unit which is still available is the Tascam MD-350 and Tascam MC-CD1.

Recommended Reading

Click here to go to the Recommended Reading topic.

Also have a look in the Wiki books category and specifically Wiki sound books category.

Another relevant topic.

What sound equipment should I buy / hire for my school / college / church / village hall / other small venue or system?

A number of ideas and opinions on this subject can be found in the following threads...

• speakers and amps
• PA Advice
• Radio Mics?
• Amps And Speakers, good quality second hand stuff
• Looking For A New Desk
• Small desk, 4-5 channels, **cheap**, help?
• New Kit - Suggestions please, Merged
• Budget sound, Good sound on a small budget
• Suspending/Flying Mics
• New mixer advice, £200 - £250
• sound hire, education
• Live PA Mixing Desks?, Freind Starting out needs Advice
• PA Mxing Desk, Serious advice needed..
• A New PA, What to go for?
• Radio mic advice
• Best value dynamic wired mics?
• Recording A Choir, What kit do I need?
• PA system for school
• Live Band sound, in a 200 capacity hall
• New Pa advice needed, What do you think we need?
• 150w-200w small speakers?
• Radio Mics, Revisited
• Advice needed, FA101 and other equipment...
• Microphone help
• mixer advice, what should i buy?
• Micing for school play, just to check again
• Sound for a band, HELP
• Active speakers for a small school, Suggestions please?
• £4000 What to buy?, A new PA for my School
• Buying small PA System
• 12-16 channel mixer, Budget £400-£500 for a church
• tiny mixers
• Sports Halls
• Best value radio mic kit, What to buy?!
• Small mixer for connection to Mac, Music facility
• PA system for Contemporary church
• How much power?
• digital snake for house of worship help
• Choice of general cover mics, Overhead/Boundry/Rifles?
• All in one PA units, Wireless mic, input for cd
• UHF radio mics…, Which system for around £230 ex vat?
• Having Your Own Gear
• Church PA Equipment, What to buy to expand with 1.2k
• Small pa for solo musician
• Looking for reliable CD- Deck, for school
• Computerised Sound, What can we get for £800?
• Digital Sound desk for school, Some advice please
• Help with improving venue acoustics, Damping reflections
• Small Monitors
• what mixing desk?
• Seeking advice: interesting charity sound installation
• 70W - 120W Amplifiers
• Recommendations for installation and accoustics, Church redevelopment project will involve some serious work
• Mixing desk, which one?

Where can I get sound effects?

Users should check any relevant licensing they need is in place if planning to use any effect in their shows.

See Sound Effects.