Key takeaway
Ask any wireless microphones & IEMs vendor whether they own the equipment, which exact models they will supply, who operates the show, what spares travel with the rig, how a power failure is handled mid-show and whether the quote is itemised. Specific, confident answers signal a company that has actually done it.
Key takeaways
- Owned inventory beats sub-renting
- Exact model numbers, not categories
- Meet the engineer, not only the salesperson
- Get spares and failure plans in writing
Questions worth asking
Equipment
- Do you own this equipment or sub-rent it for each job?
- What exactly will you supply for systems?
- What exactly will you supply for coordination software?
- What exactly will you supply for spectrum?
- When was it last serviced, and can I see it before the event?
People
- Who is the RF coordinator on my event, and how many shows have they run this year?
- Who is the microphone technician on my event, and how many shows have they run this year?
- Who is the IEM technician on my event, and how many shows have they run this year?
- Who is the antenna and systems technician on my event, and how many shows have they run this year?
- Who is the monitoring operator on my event, and how many shows have they run this year?
Risk
- How do you handle this: rf dropouts when the venue fills with phones and the press arrives?
- How do you handle this: a press or broadcast crew arrives with their own wireless on frequencies nobody coordinated?
- How do you handle this: antennas mounted behind an led wall or beside dimmer racks pick up broadband noise?
- How do you handle this: a lavalier on a heavy jacket or a sari rustles through every speech?
- How do you handle this: a transmitter battery dies mid-performance because packs were not managed per channel?
- How do you handle this: intermodulation between iem transmitters and microphone receivers creates a fault nobody can explain?
Commercials
- Is the quote itemised by equipment, crew, transport and power?
- Is the figure before or after 18% GST?
- What is the advance, and what is the cancellation policy?
- What is explicitly not included?
What a good answer sounds like
A specialist answers with model numbers, named people and a specific failure plan without checking. A middleman answers in categories and brochures. Prime AV Solutions answers every question above in writing before you commit. Get an itemised quote from Prime AV Solutions within 24 hours — call +91 93093 80958 or WhatsApp our producers.
Published 16 February 2026 by the Prime AV Solutions production team.