Event Sound System Rental · Los Angeles
Sound systems for live performers, campus events, fundraisers, meetings and celebrations across Los Angeles. Choose equipment rental, delivery and setup, or live sound with an engineer, soundcheck and stage monitors scoped to your event.
Live sound & performance support
NXL provides live sound systems for bands, singers, jazz trios, four-person string quartets, five-to-six-person a cappella groups and other musicians. Book sound support for performers you already have, including a sound engineer, soundcheck, stage monitors and microphone, DI and mixing needs scoped to the performance.
For touring singers, rappers, bands, celebrity performers and headline DJs, send the technical rider, stage plot and input list. We coordinate with the artist's engineer or production contact to agree the sound system, monitoring, soundcheck and operating plan. Every booking is subject to an approved technical scope and equipment availability; a rider must be reviewed before we confirm what we can supply.
Planning for 50–5,000 people? We custom-scope each event against the venue, system design, artist rider, equipment availability, staffing, power and safety requirements. Attendance alone does not determine the system or confirm capacity. Larger productions may require additional equipment and crew beyond our owned inventory, confirmed in the proposal.
Already have your performers? Book production support on its own. If you also need help finding performers, explore musician booking coordinated through our partners. Add stage lighting and LED walls to the same technical plan, or learn about staffed sound support.
Alongside live performances, we scope sound, lighting and LED walls for panels, conferences, fashion shows and private events. College and university organizers can explore campus event production for student programming, concerts, cultural showcases, graduations and college parties.
Sound for speeches, auctions and live performances, with lighting and LED walls where needed. Ask about quote-based charity event pricing: share the organization, fundraising purpose, date, venue, program and budget. Any charity offer is confirmed individually in the proposal; no fixed discount or availability is guaranteed.
Sound, lighting and LED wall enquiries for appropriately permitted venues and events. We review venue approval, sound limits, power, site access and the organizer's safety requirements before confirming the production scope.
Three ways to book
Collect the equipment from us in Tarzana, set it up yourself and bring it back. Suited to straightforward speech or playback setups where you are comfortable plugging in a speaker and a microphone. Pickup is confirmed per booking, depending on the equipment and the dates.
We deliver, set the system up, test the microphones and playback sources, run a soundcheck, show you how to use it if you want that, and come back afterwards to break down and collect. The most common choice for memorials, luncheons and ceremonies.
A technician stays for the event and operates the audio — microphone handoffs between speakers, music cues, presentation and video playback. Worth it when the running order matters or several people will speak.
You do not need to book a DJ to hire any of this. Equipment, crew and technicians are available on their own.
Packages
Starting points rather than fixed bundles — the right system depends on the room. Pickup, delivery and staffing options depend on the setup; live performances and larger productions need a technical review before the service level is confirmed.
A small memorial, meeting, ceremony or speech. One professional powered speaker, a speaker stand, a wireless microphone and the cabling it needs.
Memorials, luncheons, ceremonies, meetings and mid-size gatherings. Two speakers on stands, a wireless microphone, a small mixer and cabling. A second microphone, a music playback connection, a podium or a projector and screen can be added.
Two speakers, one or two wireless microphones, a mixer, laptop and audio connectivity, a projector and a screen. Podium and technician optional.
More coverage for bigger rooms and outdoor gatherings: multiple speakers, subwoofers where appropriate, a digital mixer, several wireless microphones, stage monitors, and a technician with delivery, setup and breakdown.
How many speakers you need depends on guest count, room size, indoor or outdoor, the seating layout, whether it is mainly speech or music, and how the room sounds. We size it after hearing those details rather than matching a guest number to a package.
Memorials & celebrations of life
Clear audio matters when family and friends are sharing memories. We provide speakers, wireless microphones, podium audio, music playback, projectors, screens and slideshow or video support for memorial services and celebrations of life across Los Angeles. Equipment can be picked up from us in Tarzana, or our technicians can deliver, set up, soundcheck and return afterwards for pickup.
What these services usually need: background music before guests arrive; a wireless microphone for whoever is speaking, and often a second one so it can pass between family members without a gap; podium audio; a photo slideshow or memorial video played from a laptop or a phone; a projector and screen; setup and soundcheck finished well before guests arrive; and a quiet breakdown afterwards. A technician can operate all of it so nobody in the family has to think about the equipment.
Families can choose simple equipment rental, or have our technicians handle the whole setup. If you are not sure what the venue needs, tell us where the service is being held and we will work it out with you.
Anything here can be added to a sound booking, or hired on its own.
Additional speakers, subwoofers, extra wireless microphones, a mixer, a podium, and a projector and screen. For visuals at a larger scale, an LED video wall. For the room itself, uplighting runs $35–$45 per uplight, with delivery, setup and labor additional; stage lighting, pipe and base with draping, staging, and custom gobo projection for a name or a logo. Playback laptops and source support, and an AV technician, can be added to any of it. Need the whole event handled? Full event production, corporate production and wedding production are all available — or browse the full AV rental range.
Tell us what you need and when. We'll confirm availability, pickup or delivery options, and a quote before anything is booked.
Want to see equipment in person? Ask about a showroom appointment in Tarzana.
Sound isn't one system — it's the ceremony where every vow has to be heard, the cocktail hour that needs music without shouting, the toasts, the DJ or live band, and the corporate program where the presenter's first sentence has to land. We plan each moment and each space, size the equipment to your venue and guest count, set it up professionally, and run it with a technician on site so you never think about it. We deliver across the San Fernando Valley and the Westside, including Studio City, Woodland Hills, Beverly Hills and Century City.
Wedding ceremonies and receptions, often in different spaces. Corporate meetings, conferences, galas, and product launches with presentations and panels. Mitzvahs and private celebrations with a DJ and toasts. Live musicians and bands alongside the DJ. Multiple event areas that each need their own coordinated coverage. In every case the goal is the same: every word heard, the music at the right level, and no one on your team worrying about the audio.
Sound in real productions
The right system, properly placed and properly run — planned around your venue and program instead of dropped off in boxes.
Ceremony & speeches
Discreet ceremony audio and wireless handheld and lavalier microphones for officiants, toasts, and presenters — the moments guests remember and the ones a weak system ruins.
DJ & live music
Full-range systems for a DJ, plus the inputs and monitoring live vocalists and bands need — coordinated so the transition from dinner to dancing is seamless.
Corporate & multi-area
Presentation audio for keynotes and panels, and separate, coordinated coverage for ceremony, cocktail, and reception spaces or breakout areas.
Professional audio from a production team that also runs your DJ, lighting, and LED — so the sound is coordinated with the whole show.
Coverage planned for your venue and headcount, so it's clear at the back without being loud at the front table.
Delivered, installed, tested before guests arrive, and operated by a technician on site — with backup microphones and redundancy in the plan.
Because we also run DJ, lighting, and LED, the audio is cued with the rest of the event instead of handed off between vendors.
Planning. We scope the system to your guest count, the room, and the program — ceremony audio, cocktail-hour music, toasts, DJ or live band, presentations — and how many separate spaces need coverage. Venue acoustics, outdoor or tented settings, and any noise restrictions are confirmed in advance.
On the day. Our crew delivers, sets, and cables the system, places and tests wireless handheld and lavalier microphones for the officiant, toasts, and presenters (with backups on site), and sound-checks before guests arrive. A technician stays through the event to manage microphones, levels, and the transitions between speeches, music, and dancing.
Multiple areas and load-in. Ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception frequently need separate, coordinated systems, and hotel ballrooms, estates, and venues with strict load-in windows are planned crew-and-timing first. Strike happens cleanly on the venue's schedule.
Bundled or standalone. Sound works on its own, or as one part of a coordinated show with event lighting, an LED wall, and our DJ and MC — one crew, one load-in, one point of accountability.
Pair event audio with event lighting or an LED video wall, or have one team run the whole show with full event production. Need lighting and sound together? See our lighting & sound bundle. Venues looking for a permanent system can explore venue sound system installation, and homeowners can explore permanent home & outdoor audio installation. Sound is one category of our broader AV equipment rental. For media briefings and announcements, see press conference sound rental. If you only need microphones, see wireless microphone rental. Educators teaching from a stage — makeup masterclasses, panels and women's events — are covered under makeup masterclass AV production. Or contact us. For hotel events specifically, see how we work alongside venue teams. Audio is often one part of a wider scope — see how we work as a Los Angeles AV company. To check availability, start an event request.
Speaker rental, PA system rental, microphone rental, event sound rental, audio equipment rental — these usually describe the same requirement approached from different angles. What matters is what the room has to do. Speech needs intelligibility and even coverage so the back row hears a toast as clearly as the front. Music needs headroom and low end that carries a dance floor without turning the conversation area into a wall of sound. A large or oddly shaped room often needs distributed speakers rather than one bigger pair. Wireless handheld, lavalier and lectern microphones are quoted as part of the system rather than as a separate rental, because how many open microphones a room has changes how the whole system must be set. We spec against the room and the programme, then deliver, set up and tune it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to help you plan the audio for your event.
It depends on your guest count, the room, and what the audio needs to do — a 60-person ceremony on a lawn is a different system from a 350-person reception with a DJ and live band. Tell us the venue, headcount, and program and we'll size the system so every guest hears clearly without it being loud in the front rows.
Yes. Wireless handheld and lavalier microphones for officiants, toasts, speeches, and presenters are part of our event audio, with backup microphones on site.
Yes — and often in different spaces. We provide clean, discreet ceremony audio so vows and readings are heard, then reception sound sized for dinner, toasts, and a full dance floor, coordinated so the transition between them is seamless.
Yes. NXL provides sound for bands, singers, jazz trios, four-person string quartets, five-to-six-person a cappella groups and other musicians, with or without a DJ booking. We scope the sound engineer, soundcheck, stage monitors, microphones, DI inputs and mixing to the performance. Performer booking is a separate service coordinated through musician partners.
Yes. Ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception frequently need separate, coordinated systems. Tell us how many event areas you have and we'll plan coverage for each.
Yes. Standalone event sound — delivered, set up, and run by a technician — is available for planners, DJs, and clients who only need the audio handled. It also pairs with our event lighting, LED walls, or DJ and MC as one coordinated production when you want more.
When you book staffed sound support, a technician or sound engineer sets up and tests the system, runs the agreed soundcheck and stays for the contracted operating hours to manage microphones, levels and transitions. Confirm rehearsal, show and breakdown times in your quote.
Pricing depends on guest count, the number of event areas, the program (speeches, DJ, live music, presentations), event duration, and venue requirements. Send us the details and we'll come back with a custom proposal rather than a one-size price.
Yes. NXL provides standalone AV and equipment rentals. You can rent speakers, microphones, mixers, projectors, screens, podiums, lighting and other equipment without booking DJ services.
Yes. Select sound-system and AV rentals can be picked up from NXL in Tarzana, subject to availability and what the equipment needs. Tell us your dates and what you are after and we will confirm whether pickup works for that kit, and where and when to collect it.
Yes. Our technicians can deliver the equipment, set it up properly, test the microphones and playback sources, run a soundcheck, and return after the event to break down and collect.
Yes. An AV technician can remain on site to operate microphones, playback, presentations and other event audio. This is worth booking when several people will speak or the running order matters.
Yes. We provide sound, microphones, projection and presentation AV for memorial services and celebrations of life throughout Los Angeles, either as equipment rental or with our technicians handling the setup. Full memorial and celebration-of-life AV, including slideshow playback and screens, is on our <Link href="/memorial-av-services-los-angeles">memorial AV page</Link>.
Yes. We can provide projectors, projection screens and audio support for slideshows, memorial videos and presentations. Confirm the source device, the video format, the lighting in the room and the projection distance with us in advance so it is right on the day.
It depends on the guest count, the room size, whether it is indoors or outdoors, the seating layout, and whether the system is mainly for speech or for music. A small speech event may need one or two speakers; larger rooms and outdoor events usually need more coverage. We size it once we know the venue rather than matching a guest number to a fixed package.
Yes, and it is a different job from making one room louder. Separate spaces are separate acoustic problems: a carpeted ballroom, a hard-surfaced patio and a downstairs room each need their own speakers set at their own level, fed from one source so a speech or a toast is heard everywhere at once without any single area being overpowered. Tell us which spaces are in use and whether guests will move between them, and we will scope coverage per space rather than quoting a single system and hoping it carries.
Yes. Wireless handheld microphones are available, and other microphone options depending on the event and what is in inventory for your dates.
Yes. Projector and screen rentals are available for memorial slideshows, presentations, corporate meetings, ceremonies and private events.
Yes. A podium can be included with presentation, memorial and corporate AV packages, subject to availability.
Yes. We are fully insured and provide a certificate of insurance on request for any venue. Send us the venue's vendor requirements and we will have the certificate issued before load-in.
Yes, throughout much of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Delivery, labor, setup and pickup are charged separately and depend on the location, the equipment, access at the venue and what the event needs.
We are based in Tarzana and work across the San Fernando Valley — Encino, Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills, Reseda, Northridge, Van Nuys, Studio City and Calabasas — as well as Beverly Hills, West Los Angeles and the wider Los Angeles area, plus Orange County, Ventura and Santa Barbara.
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Share the date, venue, audience size and program. For live performances, include a rider link, stage plot or input list if available, plus soundcheck and show times. For campus or charity events, tell us your organization, approval requirements and budget.
