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MarkBarl

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    I.T. Manager by day, do some freelance sound teching and engineering when I can.
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    Mark Barlow

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  1. Dry hire of PA equipment isn't very lucrative and ROI takes quite long. I do know some that have a reasonable business of renting decent PA speakers with Subs and essentially an iPod lead for people that want decent sound for their Party.
  2. The K & M 21302 stands are hard to beat.
  3. +1 for MLEC. Have used them very happily in the past.
  4. Although it does have monthly rental, I found that the Worldpay offering is quite good. There are no minimum fees or minimum transaction amounts. I would say though, that if you are going months at a time without taking card payments do you really need the facility?
  5. MarkBarl

    Solo singer PA

    Have a look at the Yamaha Stagepas range.
  6. For simplicity, Track Live has to win.
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    Radio mic hire

    £65 per week for Sen G3 and Headset.
  8. Unless the branch fell as a result of neglect or a mistake (such a poor workmanship by someone cutting branches down) branch falls are seen as an "act of God" and if the land owner could not reasonably foresee the branch falling,
  9. I think that is it a bit unfair of the staff to dump this on you. There are so many facets to consider and you are neither experienced enugh or paid to take responsability for this. I would be surprised if senior management of the institution are aware that you have been put in this position. My best recomendation would be for you to come up with a recomendation of people or companies that can give professional advice. To this end, I have sent you a PM with details of someone in your area who will be able to give an independent balanced viewpoint that is based in 20+ years in the industry.
  10. Couple of my observations. You say that they want lots of bass, but the examples you give are not bass heavy. By saying that you want it to be easily packed away, it would suggest that a ground stack system is going to have to be what yuo look for. £10,000 is not a lot of money for an install of this size. How often do they want to use it? would hiring when required be more cost effective? If someone has said some Bose 802's would do the job, they are not really that knowledgable. Consider the second hand market. The money will go a lot further. I might suggest looking at something like Nexo PS15 tops with LS18 subs, they are good quality boxes that throw very well. You would probably do well to have some decking to put the stacks on. Height is you friend to keep inteligibility for the distance. Don't forget to include the amps and cables in your budget too.
  11. For a portable one, I use this it is dual band which is a must in my opinion.
  12. +1 for the Sennheiser. You only mention 1 pack, but if less than 4 I would suggest that you go for Band E. They cover the license exempt frequencies at the begining of channel 70. If they expand in the future, they also cover the Channel 65 & part 66 that is included in the shared license. The location of the receiever and aeriels will also be important, as those old TOA units (If they are the ones I am thinking of which were very popular for churches) are VHF which are a bit more forgiving that the UHF kit for obstructions to the RF (Longer wavelength with VHF kit)
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    Tilting Speakers

    Not sure if you are asking about hardware as well, if so, these can be useful. Tilting speakers is usually about the dispertion of the HF. The specs for the cabinets should say what the horizontal and vertical dispertion of the HF drivers are. This will put you in the ball park. Then use your ears and wal around the auditorium to listen to how even the distribution is. You will probably want to also look at something for front fill, as you will probably not get very good HF at the front. Some little 6" or 8" boxes would probably fill nicely.
  14. I believe that this is different from factoring, which as I understand it is more to deal with cash flow, this can work for businesses that have to pay out before a customer pays up. I know of somone back in the day who started a contracting recruitment firm, they would have to pay the contractors before their customers' invoices were due, factoring enabled them to do this. I don't think that factoring passes the responsability for the debt, it just helps with cash flow for a percentage of the invoice. If the customer is deliquent, the factoring company still want their money from you and will charge you for late payment.
  15. We have a Beyerdynamic Opus system which is a 1U Quad radio system that uses 1 pair of aeriels. Really useful kit as such a small form factor for 4 wireless systems. Unfortunately it is in the 700MHz band which is being phased out next year. As Ofcom are helping with replacement costs, we are looking for something similar to replace them with. Unfortunately, it looks like Beyer have stopped producing this kit. Although I have found a few cheap knock offs of this system from the likes of IMG or W-Audio Does anyone know of a similar 1U quad system from a pro audio manufacturer?
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