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As a facility provider (hire, repair and sales) to the Broadcast, Commercial, Corporate, Entertainment and Film industries, we have always aimed to maintain our reputation of excellence for the service we provide our customers.

This is achieved by continuously reviewing our supply procedures.

Before leaving our premises, all equipment is subject to control checks, which themselves are subject to regular inspection.

Although our main activity is the hire of professional sound equipment, we continue to build our sales department and aim to meet any requirements you may have – from spare parts and equipment accessories to complete sound kits.

As our in-house repair department maintains and services these items to their respective manufacturers’ standards, we offer a fast and efficient repair service for customer’s equipment, giving the department a renowned reputation for reliable maintenance and efficient servicing.

Our hire fleet comprises over 700 radio microphone and in-ear monitor (IEM) products, over 1000 microphones, 50 recorders, 35 mixers, 40 specialised PA systems and 140 walkie-talkies.

Securing the Future

Radiomicrophones and IEMs use radio frequencies (r.f.) to operate. Those parts of the r.f. spectrum were licensable from Ofcom and were interleaved, primarily, with the frequencies used by analogue TV signals.

An independent review regarding Radio Spectrum Valuation was presented to Ofcom in 2003.

It stated that the advance in technology, i.e. switching TV signals from analogue to digital, would produce a huge dividend to the UK. In the process, a large quantity of low-powered signal r.f. products had to be relocated to other frequency areas or scrapped.

Part of this dividend encouraged the manufacturers of these products to start making digital units and/or more (spectral) efficient analogue devices.

And these are part of the technological systems that Better Sound is now upgrading to secure our future for our customers.

BEIRG

In 2004, Better Sound’s Brian Clarke, and a freelance sound engineer, John Turnock, formed this trade association to meet the challenges faced in this ever-evolving technical and legal environment.

We consider its success in dealing with Ofcom on behalf of all those that use low-powered r.f. devices as part of our service to our clients and the entire industry.