Kickstart for Sales Department

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We are pleased to announce that Richard Watts has joined the company as head of sales and installations. A experienced, respected and popular figure in the industry, Rich worked for SSE Audio as sales manager for 10 years and was instrumental in the growth of their pro sales operation. 

Managing Director, Paul King comments: ‘We are excited to welcome Rich to the team and feel lucky to have such a great guy on board, we have long sensed a real gap in the south west and have been focused on finding the right person to head up our equipment sales operation. In Rich we have one of the most well-known people around who’s links with both manufacturers and clients are unsurpassed. Exciting times ahead!’

 Rich Watts adds: ‘It’s great to be part of something at ground level again and have an opportunity to put my own mark on the industry. Moving to Bristol has been a high priority for me for and I am really happy that Paul has allowed me to join the team at King, I couldn’t ask for a better start in a new city.’

King Sound Reinforcement Invests in a 15m Orbit Stage!

King Sound Reinforcement Invests in a 15m Orbit Stage!

The classic Orbit stage has long been a popular choice for festivals and large scale events. 15M wide and up to 15M deep, the Orbit’s curved roof not only looks fantastic it is also a safe and well proven design that’s well loved for its fine acoustic properties (orchestras love them!). Able to support loads of up to 6 tonnes, the roof has the capacity to keep up with modern production demands. 

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Nutcracker Christmas parties at Grand Pier, Weston Super Mare

Nutcracker Christmas parties at Grand Pier, Weston Super Mare

Christmas party time at Weston’s Grand Pier. We are busy supplying full technical production for this month long run. With a capacity to entertain up to 600 guests per night, the pier makes a great Party venue. Kit on the job includes L-Acoustics ARCS, SB18s and a beautifully warm, old school lighting rig consisting of many PAR cans and ACLs along along with some more contemporary moving head fixtures.

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DiGiCo training comes to King Sound

DiGiCo training comes to King Sound

Having recently invested in two DiGiCo SD12 touring consoles for our rental stock, we thought it was a good idea to invite DiGiCo along to get us up to speed on all the advanced features these powerful consoles have to offer. The training took place at the King Sound warehouse so we could train with our own consoles and also have other our equipment at hand, if required.

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The Ringmaster Returns

The Ringmaster Returns

Dave Stewart, known as the Ringmaster, pulls musicians from across the globe together to play two UK dates to celebrate his 65th Birthday. Guests included Bob Geldof, Jon Stevens, Johnny Borrell, Diane Birch & Candy Dulpher to name a few.

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King Sound achieves L-Acoustics Rental Network status.

King Sound achieves L-Acoustics Rental Network status.

King Sound achieves L-Acoustics Rental Network status – first in the South West! Following investment in L-Acoustics over the last 12 months, we have been recognised by L-Acoustics as ‘K’ Standard KARA Rental Network Agents. As one of only a handful of ‘K’ Standard suppliers in the UK and the sole Rental Network partner in the South West UK, we aim to become first call providers in the region for L-Acoustics systems.

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King Sound hosts L-Acoustics Training Seminar.

King Sound hosts L-Acoustics Training Seminar.

We were proud to host two day training at our Bristol headquarters marking the first L-Acoustics training to take place in the South West for many years.

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Bristol's Trinity installation - Oct 2015. L-Acoustics KARA/SB18

Day 1 of the Trinity Centre L'acoustics Installation. Boxes flown, cabling done - system working! Tomorrow is for fettling, tweaking and tidying. Yep... it sounds amazing straight out the box, you've gotta love those sb18s! 

Day 1 of the Trinity Centre L'acoustics Installation. Boxes flown, cabling done - system working! Tomorrow is for fettling, tweaking and tidying. Yep.. it sounds amazing straight out the box, you've gotta love those SB18s!

Posted by King Sound Reinforcement Ltd on Thursday, 22 October 2015

Latest shows: Bristol Summer Series 2015

Many thanks to Metropolis Music for three great shows at the Summer Series. Jessie J cancelled the last date but George Ezra, Kaiser Chiefs and Seasick Steve were all fantastic. We supplied audio production, local and stage crew and a few other bits and pieces. Utopium we on lights and a very hardworking team from Richmond Event Management looked after the site.

Seasick Steve ends the Summer Series in great style

Posted by King Sound Reinforcement Ltd on Saturday, 27 June 2015