​ Generally these bands will be offered to you with a very small PA supplied by the lead singer. If you want the best sound for your audience of 200 + PX be sure to ask for a Glenn Smith Sound system to suit your event! #PAhire #SoundSystemhire #Bakerboys #Bandhire #SubWoofer #soundsystemhire

​ Should you use the Inhouse team or Glenn Smith? There is often a lot of pressure from venues to use the in house supplier. And often they can supply a wide range of AV services for your event that outside suppliers do not have access too. And usually it is expensive! In many cases, and particularly with sound for your entertainment, Glenn Smith can offer a great alternative. Not only are we much more economical, but usually will supply a superior service. We specialize in l

What are the best speakers for your event? Well this depends on the size and shape of your room! If your room is long and/or very reverberant (like a town hall for example) you will need long throw speakers with a narrow audio pattern of 40 degress (e.g. St Kilda Town Hall) which which will help to reduce reverbaration and extend clarity to the back of the event space. You should use our EV ETX 35 p speakers. To enhance clarity at the back of the room you may need to add ext

This is probably the biggest Pro Audio Question ever! Great gear and/or a great sound guy? This is what I think. It is great to have incredible gear but if the sound guy is crap its game over! No doubt, there is a minimum standard a good guy needs to get a good sound for you act. And the gear needs to be appropriate for your act/venue. At Glenn Smith Event Production Hire we strive to find a balance between great gear and price but the sound guy will always get you there! I h

My view on this is that if you can hand craft products there are some great advantages. I have 15 x Behringer 18 in sub woofer speakers and my main complaint is that while the speaker drivers are great the boxes are are not as well made as they could be. I have built some heavy duty boxes (but light wieght due to advanced desigh) based on thier design and the results have really been really pleasing. These boxes use loads of 45mm screws, proper slotted joints, 3mm aluminium

Is Behringer gear good or bad? This is a very hotly debated question throughout the audio world. I have used a lot of Behringer gear and the answer is yes, and no. In days gone by, and in my experience, the biggest problem with Behringer gear was low quality switches and speaker box construction. The design of the gear was always innovative and high quality. The quality of speaker components and amplifiers was always quite good. Keeping in mind that Behringer mostly only make