Sound equipment hire in Barcelona with technician and set-up

Hire includes the equipment, delivery, set-up, sound check, a technician for the whole event and take-down. There is no separate charge for the van or set-up hours: it is all in one fixed quote.

The truth is that most of the quotes people send us to compare don’t include the same things. Some price the equipment very low and then add delivery, set-up and overtime. At Alquiaudio we prefer the figure you see to be the figure you pay, with every item listed.

If your event doesn’t need a technician —background music in a small venue, for example— you can also collect a simple system from our warehouse. We hand it over tested and show you how to connect it in five minutes.

The set-up depends mainly on whether there will be dancing and whether it is indoors or outdoors; the number of guests fine-tunes the rest.

Speeches, ceremonies and presentations

Two 12″ speakers on stands and one or two wireless mics. The priority is speech intelligibility, not bass. For civil ceremonies we add a headset mic for the officiant.

Background music and dinners

Two or four speakers spread out at low volume sound better than two at the back at full volume. Guests can talk at the table and the music reaches every corner.

Dancing and parties

From around 100 people dancing, a subwoofer makes all the difference. With one or two 18″ subwoofers the floor feels full without raising the overall volume, which is what usually bothers people.

Concerts and town festivals

Full 6,000 W system with 2×15″ columns, 32-channel desk and monitors. It is what we set up for live band sound and open-air dances in town squares.

Yes, for simple set-ups you can collect the equipment from the Alquiaudio warehouse in the province of Barcelona and return it the next day.

We recommend it for small parties with music from a phone or laptop, with no mics and no heavy dancing. You get the equipment tested, with every cable labelled and a one-page connection guide. If anything doesn’t work, call us and we’ll help by video call.

For weddings, corporate events or anything with speeches, we prefer to be there: the difference between a well-tuned system and a badly placed one shows in the first minute of microphone use. You can compare both options in the guide hire or buy a sound system.