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Our range of both services and equipment that we are able to offer in conjunction with our sound and lighting hire is quite extensive, and expanding all the time. We are able to offer everything from a small (100W) D.I.Y public address system for only £30.00, through to a full 7K sound system, as well as a comprehensive lighting rig, to cover almost all applications.

Our sound and lighting systems are available both on a D.I.Y basis, or complete with an operator, so if it's the experts you need to call in to cover your Product Launch, Conference, Exhibition etc, let us take care of it for you.

We are also able to offer these items for D.I.Y hire. These items can, if desired, be hired by an individual item, or grouped together to make a large a show as you wish.

For larger shows etc. where you may wish Dick Ropa Entertainments to set - up and operate sound / lighting equipment, then please contact us.

Unless specified, all equipment is supplied with relevant cables, adapters etc. to plug into a normal 13amp domestic type electrical socket. Bulgin will need a sound/ light unit.

Visit our designated site specifically for more information, package deals & full listings on sound/lighting & av equipment, including large screen entertainemnt & mobile disco's.

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Lighting & Special Effects

	Item	Daily	Weekly
	Strobe. Small linear type. Ideal for home use or stage lighting	£4.00	£8.00
	4 Jumbo strobes mounted on T bar and all synchronised	£30.00	£50.00
	Projector, Solar 250, plus one cassette. Projects rotating images & effects on hall walls, floors etc	£10.00	£18.00
	Animated Solar 250, plus one cassette. As above but repeats to the beat of the music	£15.00	£20.00
	Cassettes, Safe Wheels and special effects for solar 250 range, from	£4.00	£6.00
	4' UV Tube & Reflector. Metal Case with protecting grill front	£6.00	£10.00
	12" Mirror Ball & Rotator. Floor standing type	£6.00	£10.00
	F70 Pin spot (narrow beam of light) ideal for mirror balls	£4.00	£6.00
	Scanner. Par 36 retro lighting	£5.00	£10.00
	Nodding Scanner. retro lighting	£8.00	£12.00
	Star Ball ( multitudes of small beams of light from one giant sphere) Leaves the mirror ball in the dark	£10.00	£15.00
	Tripod Stand & Star Ball Platform (for above) optional	£3.00	£5.00
	Rope Light 15m. Bulgin connection. retro lighting	£20.00	£35.00
	Harvester(16 rotating par 36 pin spots) free standing,can be filtered retro lighting	£15.00	£25.00
	Sound to Light Unit (3/4 Channel)	£5.00	£8.00
	3 Channel Dimmer System	£5.00	£10.00
	lightboxes, patterned per pair (2ft X 2ft) Bulgin	£10.00	£20.00
	lightboxes, patterned per pair (4ft X 2ft ) Bulgin	£15.00	£25.00
	reflectorboxes, 3/4 channel spots. Bulgin connection. Per Pair	£10.00	£15.00
	Infinity Light Box (4 channel, Bulgin approx 2ft 6") An almost never ending tunnel of light	£8.00	£15.00
	Pebble Convex , 4 Channel Bulgin, 4 Focusable 500W Floods mounted on a T bar	£35.00	£50.00
	Pebble Convex As Above but terminated with 13amp Plug	£20.00	£40.00
	Stage Cans, 4 channel. Bulgin…four 300W flood lights. Mounted on a T Bar Stand. Can be coloured	£15.00	£25.00
	Par 64 cans...short, medium and long throw available, with various powered lamps	£10.00	£20.00
	Par 64s. Floor standing version	£12.00	£25.00
	Stage Can……as above but with a 500W lamp	£20.00	£30.00
	Martin Robocolour Mobile, ultimate in mobile stage lighting. Controller allows instant colour change, flash beat etc …lamps 4 x 250W . Superb lenses make this a very efficient light	£40.00	£70.00
	Hire 2 of the above, with a free Martin DMX controller for	£60.00	£90.00
	Laser System. Complete with controller (red 5mw, with loadsa patterns.	£10.00	£25.00
	Bubble Blowing Machine. Complete with stand, machine & liquid	£15.00	£25.00
	Portable Smoke Machine (inc smoke liquid)	£10.00	£20.00
	Flame light. 1.4m high flame. superb lighting effect	£50.00	£99.99
	Haze Machine (allows the light to be seen without dense smoke, like a smoke machine)	£20.00	£40.00
	LED Multiplex disco effect	£20.00	£0.00
	Star cloth, multicloured, ideal for front of disco	£25.00	£50.00
	Abstract Hypermoon. Superb effect.rotating beams of light spin around the room to music	£10.00	£20.00
	Abstract Monstermoon. As above but larger & brighter	£15.00	£25.00
	Shooting Star. 8 tight shafts of light dance around to the beat of the music. White or colour. retro lighting that still looks good today.	£15.00	£25.00
	retro lighting, sweeper Par 36's can be filtered	£30.00	£50.00
	Acme Goboflower. projected.rotating patterns yet all different colours at once. Great effect	£15.00	£30.00
	Acme Terminator -Fills room completely with spiral lighting effects	£20.00	£40.00
	Polaris DMX LED effect with sound activation	£20.00	£30.00
	Martin Ministar 250 (Optional Colour Wheel Available)	£15.00	£20.00
	Skytec Scene Setter. DMX controller. 24 channel dimmer controller	£20.00	£30.00
	Coemar helicopter. Retro lighting 150W lamps	£50.00	£99.99
	Abstract VR8, High powered intelligent scanners	£35.00	£90.00
	VR8 DMX controller for Abstract VR8's	£5.00	£10.00
	Four VR8s with controller and two Powerdrive stands	£99.99	£99.99
	Shimmer Curtains	£3.00	£5.00
	Follow Spot. complete with stand & colour changer	£20.00	£45.00
	Gobo Scan. Have your own greeting projected onto a wall / floor! Twists & scans	£20.00	£30.00
	Coemar Antares..1000W and 2000W versions available	£25.00	£60.00
	Martin DMX Controller	£10.00	£15.00
	Microset 8ch dimming desk	£15.00	£20.00
	Microset 20s Channel Lighting Desk. 20 channel X 3 lighting desk	£25.00	£50.00
	Microset Dimmer Packs -4 Channel, 32 amp (Single Phase Adapters Available) 3 Phase 32amp plug	£10.00	£20.00
	8 Channel switching units. Switching lighting effects on/off	£5.00	£8.00
	Snow Machine	£30.00	£50.00
	Foam Machine	£30.00	£50.00
	Abyss...water and fire effects, rippling colour mixing 4 colours, or remain on just one. 250W	£20.00	£30.00
	Effect changer.....automatically switches over the power from one effect to the other	£5.00	£10.00
	Oil Effect projector...Classical oil wheel projector...Timeless funky effect	£10.00	£20.00
	NJD Quartet....4 X 300W lamps...Ideal for bands, mood lighting etc..complete with contoller/fader etc	£40.00	£60.00
	Additional NJD Quartet units...utilising same controller	£30.00	£50.00
	TAS Swing...ideal for the larger venues	£25.00	£40.00
	Star Cloth...LED Curtain............complete with stands.....a most superb backdrop etc	£50.00	£99.99
	Stage Wash Par64 LED can. DMX controllable or stand alone.	£15.00	£25.00
	FC1 Par Can Foot Control - Can Control Up To 50 ParCans. Individual colour selection and blackout with three different programmed modes	£10.00	£15.00
	Fuzz light 240V. different colours available. Retro lighting, or for special effects.	£10.00	£15.00
	Laser. Scatter type, lots of moving colours laser beams. superb effect.	£30.00	£50.00
	UV Par 64 can. DMX controllable or stand alone	£15.00	£20.00
	Laser Red. 80mW. A wow effect, nice and bright	£35.00	£70.00
	Smoke machine. vertical ejection of smoke with light!	£15.00	£25.00
	LED rocket light DMX or stand alone	£15.00	£25.00
	Star Ray 400AL. An effect light for larger venues, coloured beams oscillating in and out in a circular motion.	£25.00	£40.00
	WTEX FC-8 Foot effects switching unit. Ideal bands theatre. IEC output	£5.00	£15.00
	Ryger FootLight Cotroller. Bulgin. Band par cans light controller	£5.00	£10.00
	6 channel DMX dimmer pack 10A per channel.1 or 3 phase selector	£15.00	£25.00
	4 channel Dimmer, sound light unit, ideal for cans etc. Bulgin output.	£10.00	£20.00
	4 x Vexin lighting effects... 100W & different gobo in each. Inter-linking & sound activated	£25.00	£50.00
	Acme LED Dynamo Scanner Effect	£15.00	£0.00
	Acme LED Dyanrock Scanner Effect	£20.00	£0.00
	Dry Ice - Low Lying Fog Machine	£35.00	£0.00
	400w UV Canon -Ideal for large venues & events	£30.00	£0.00
	UV LED Stage Wash. DMX or Stand Alone	£20.00	£0.00
	Monster Bubble machine. Twin fans, twin rotating bubble wands.	£30.00	£50.00

Retro lighting...........We hold a good range of retro lighting if you are looking to create a 70's feel. please email for for further details PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ALSO PROVIDE SPECIAL LIGHTING RIGS FOR HIRE WITH HIGH-TECH LIGHTING EFFECTS WITH OPERATOR FOR SPECIAL EVENTS (NOT AVAILABLE FOR D.I.Y HIRE) PRICES START FROM £200.00

Sound / AV & Karaoke Equipment

	Item	Daily	Weekly
	Microphone SM58	£5.00	£10.00
	Radio Microphone System (handheld)	£15.00	£30.00
	Radio Microphone System (headband)	£20.00	£40.00
	Radio microphone system (twin hand held) two radio microphones off the one system	£25.00	£45.00
	Radio microphone system (tieclip)	£20.00	£40.00
	Boundary Microphone	£10.00	£15.00
	200W/200W Stereo Slave Amplifier	£15.00	£25.00
	300W/300W Stereo Slave Amplifier	£20.00	£30.00
	1200W + 1200W Beringer Europower... built crossovers	£35.00	£75.00
	100W PA Amplifier	£10.00	£15.00
	Microphone Mixer. 8 Channels	£10.00	£15.00
	Behringer VMX 1000 Professional DJ Mixer with Skytec TEC2500 Dual CD Player, all flight cased.	£30.00	£75.00
	Microphone	£3.50	£8.00
	450W 15” full range speakers, complete with stands, per pair	£15.00	£30.00
	200W-250W 12” full range speakers, complete with stands (ideal for smaller venues) per pair	£15.00	£30.00
	300W Bass Bins. per pair	£20.00	£40.00
	Stageline Mak15 powered monitor speaker. 15” 340W, each	£35.00	£70.00
	Peavey MaxSys 115 105 db SPL 6 OHMS A base shaker..350W Cont 1400W peak per pair	£50.00	£99.99
	Peavey MaxSys 215. another Bass shaker. 700W cont’ 1400W peak…per pair	£55.00	£99.99
	Peavey Hysis 115. smaller Bass cabinet 350W cont’ 1400W peak …per pair	£30.00	£60.00
	Peavey MaxSys 1 350W cont’ 1400W peak, full range cabinet per pair	£30.00	£60.00
	Bose 802s for those who know!……………..per pair	£65.00	£99.99
	Bose 302 Bass bins...awesome bass......hired inpairs	£60.00	£99.99
	HZ PM mix. powered pa speaker 200W, with 2 mics and 1 audio input	£35.00	£75.00
	HZ slave speaker. (optional for above) 200W	£10.00	£20.00
	Portable PA system.. 2way Rechargeable battery/radio microphone & cd system. ideal out of doors	£45.00	£65.00
	Crossover 2-3 way Beringer Super X pro	£10.00	£15.00
	Beat Keeper. Numark BCM13J	£10.00	£15.00
	Line Splitter Stageline LS-280 SW	£10.00	£20.00
	Digital Reverb. ..Peavey univerb 11	£10.00	£15.00
	CD Player	£10.00	£17.00
	CD/Tape Player	£15.00	£25.00
	CD/Mini Disc player	£15.00	£35.00
	Twin CD Player unit with mixer. Flight cased	£30.00	£50.00
	Turntables....pitch control with Digital read out. Fully flight cased , fitted with Stanton's	£30.00	£60.00
	Yamaha 20 channel stereo mixing desk- Complete with inbuilt reverb, echo etc..	£35.00	£70.00
	Bose system controller. (free when hired with Bose speakers)	£15.00	£25.00
	8 channel powered mixer desk ( 200 + 200W ) flight cased	£30.00	£50.00
	CDG/video player with microphone inputs	£15.00	£25.00
	Karaoke kit for hire. With/without PA, songs included,prices start from £35, see almost at bottom of this section for full karaoke details.	£35.00	£55.00
	8 channel microphone mixer. 6.35mm input. connects up to 8 microphones with one common output.	£10.00	£15.00
	Stageline PMX-100 4ch Powered Mixer with Reverb. 100W	£12.00	£20.00
	DIY complete karaoke system for hire. See further down this listing for complete karaoke set ups for hire.	£50.00	£0.00
	Pulse PMX1604 12 channel 1000w powered mixer with effects	£45.00	£60.00

AV Equipment

	Item	Daily	Weekly
	Medium sized projector, front or rear projection 1600 – 2,000 lumens	£60.00	£0.00
	Sanyo PLC-XU100 projector, 4,000 lumens…front/rear projection	£95.00	£0.00
	Harkness projector screen. Front/rear projection 8ft X 8ft including height adjustable stand	£60.00	£0.00
	Standard forward projector screen ...various sizes all portable	£5.00	£10.00
	Framed front or rear projection screen.....size....6ft X 5ft	£25.00	£50.00
	Framed rear Projection screen....size.... 7ft X 5ft	£35.00	£70.00
	Front rear projection cloth...with eyelets.....size....approx 6ft X 5ft	£15.00	£25.00
	Panasonic WJ - AVE5 Digital AV Mixer. Superb sound and vision mixer with umpteen effects etc.	£70.00	£13.00
	86" forward projection screen. Pull up type.	£25.00	£35.00
	Panasonic digital production mixer WJ-MX10	£30.00	£50.00
	LG 40" Plasma Screen with stand, ideal for use instead of projecor screens	£50.00	£0.00
	Laptop / Projector Stand	£10.00	£0.00

Karaoke System

This truly superb system can be either used indoors at home or in a hotel/village hall etc. The system comprises of one TV monitor on a high wheeled stand, the player which not only plays the cdg, but video discs as well, this means that with approximately 1000 songs to choose from ranging from the 50s to this years hits not only do you get the words changing on the screens to sing along to, but some of the discs also have either original footage of the bands/singer or a video picture with the words also being shown . Some of the discs have the vocals on the track to help the singer who is not so confident, or they also encourage a good all round sing-along. The system also allows you to play your normal CD's hence you can use it just for dancing as well if you wish. The system is complete with two microphones and an option of a PA system, one small enough to fit in your house, or a larger 200W system for professional use.

Total cost for the above system for a daily hire is £50

If you require a truly large screen, impressive video Karaoke, then why not hire our large screen projection system, details for this can be found under the "Mobile Disco's and Large Screen Entertainment" section.

Outdoor Lighting etc

	Item	Daily	Weekly
	Solar column light. lamp colour white.	£2.00	£3.00
	150W Garden Spike Light, Coloured (Ideal for shrub lighting)	£5.00	£7.00
	500W Halogen Flood Light	£5.00	£9.00
	Garden Festoon Lights. 30' of coloured lamps	£10.00	£15.00
	500W Halogen Floods mounted on tripod stands	£10.00	£20.00
	Residual Current Circuit Breaker	£4.00	£5.00
	Set of three rock with 5 ultra bright blue LED's in each. Complete with IP64 power supply & 10m of cable	£10.00	£20.00
	Pure dichroic colours to enlighten and transform your garden. Looks good uplighting your house	£10.00	£15.00
	70W sodium lighting, streetlight effect, ideal for lighting up larger areas	£15.00	£25.00
	Rock lights, discreet garden lighting, lighting up your shrubs and plants etc. Set of 6 white.	£10.00	£20.00
	Oil torch. Supplied with oil. £2 without oil.	£8.00	£0.00
	Oil torch for patios hard standing areas. priced with oil.	£15.00	£0.00
	Outdoor two way socket post with 1.5M heavy duty cable fitted with 13A plug	£10.00	£15.00
	70W White Floodlight with Intensity Discharge Lamps. Ideal for uplighting large trees.	£20.00	£40.00
	White 150W Floodlight with Intenisty Discharge Lamps. ideal for lighting lakes, etc.	£30.00	£60.00
	70W White Floodlight with Intensity Discharge Lamps on stand. Ideal for lighting up car parks etc.	£25.00	£45.00
	10W LED Flood Light - Whit	£10.00	£0.00
	10W LED RGB Flood Light With Remote Control	£10.00	£0.00

Accessories

	Item	Daily	Weekly
	Bulgin 4/Way Splitter Box	£2.00	£3.00
	Leads. All leads standard length. £1.each	£1.00	£3.00
	Leads. all leads extra long or extensions	£3.00	£5.00
	CD Case (Holds 100 CD's)	£4.00	£8.00
	Speaker Stands. (per pair)	£4.00	£5.00
	Power Drive Equipment Stand. Up to 11M elevation	£5.00	£10.00
	Power Drive T-Bar	£1.00	£2.00
	Stanz Lighting Jock. Lifts 120KG, up to 10' high	£30.00	£50.00
	Winch Stand	£10.00	£20.00
	Outdoors Distribution Panel (waterproof)	£10.00	£15.00
	Microphone Stand. (table or floor standing)	£3.00	£5.00
	Stage Box. 30m multipair cable12 inputs, 4 outputs.XLR fittings	£15.00	£30.00
	Stage units measuring 4ft x4ft, 1ft high	£25.00	£0.00

Pyrotechnics



Please note that special effects can be extremely dangerous if misused and should only be used by a competent adult person, following the manufactures instructions with great care.

	Item	Daily	Weekly
	Pyrotechnic Controller-Allows the effects to be discharged in one loading or order of choice	£10.00	£15.00
	Excalibur. A truly impressive special effect, they will capture the attention of everyone , a flame effect to beat all others. This effect gives a flame of 1.4M high. Ideal for marquees, conservatories, outdoors (if dry) etc.	£50.00	£99.99

We hold a fairly comprehensive stock of pyrotechnic effects most of the time, especially flash cartridges, streamer cartridges, coloured smoke & silver stars. It is of course, wise to book your effects well in advance to ensure your special effect is available

Let us take control

If of course you prefer to use our expertise, then why not let us do all the hard work for you? We can send in a team to set up, install, and co-ordinate as well if required, your show, product launch, exhibition etc with the lighting /sound etc to promote it to its full potential.

We are normally able to provide an estimate, absolutely free of charge, after just a brief chat on the telephone. An exact quote of course can be obtained after a more detailed and in depth look into your exact requirements.

Also, our hiring list is continually expanding in order to meet our customers requirements, if you fail to find an item you require in the list, then please let us know.

Please note that there are no exceptions to the conditions of hire.

All of the above prices are applicable for all dates other than that from 23rd December - 2nd January. For further information or advice on the hire of equipment then please contact us.

Most hire orders up to the value of £100.00 carry a £50.00 deposit, while orders over £100.00 require a £100.00 deposit, both of which are refundable on the safe return of the hired equipment.

24hrs notice must be given on all equipment