With over 30 years of experience, EES Showhire provides a complete in-house sound system installation service near you. From our base in Nottinghamshire, our expert team—including qualified electricians and specialist sound and lighting designers—delivers professional AV solutions across a 75-mile radius, including Sheffield, Lincoln, and Derby.

We specialize in well-engineered, high-quality systems that stand up to the rigours of daily use. Whether you require premium brands like Bose and Sennheiser or a budget-friendly solution, we design systems tailored to your specific venue and budget. Our installers are fully compliant with current health and safety regulations, ensuring a safe and reliable setup every time.

Trusted by sectors ranging from Education and Houses of Worship to Hospitality and Healthcare, our clients include Barnsley Premier Leisure, Kinema In The Woods, Engie, and the NHS. At EES Showhire, we pride ourselves on technical excellence and a service you can rely on to deliver exactly what we promise.

We Consult, Design, and Install AV Systems for:

• Hearing Loop & Assistive Listening Systems

  • Expert Advice: Compliance with the Equality Act is essential for public spaces. We design and install assistive listening solutions that integrate seamlessly with your main PA, ensuring crystal-clear audio for hearing aid users and full accessibility for your venue.

• Church & House of Worship Audio

  • Expert Advice: We prioritize speech intelligibility and “invisible” cabling. Our designs ensure every member of the congregation hears clearly while respecting the aesthetics and acoustics of historic and modern buildings.

• School Hall & Education PA Systems

  • Expert Advice: We focus on “teacher-proof” simplicity and durability. From integrated wireless mics and Bluetooth connectivity, we build systems that are easy to operate for daily assemblies and school productions.

• Hospitality, Bar & Restaurant Sound

  • Expert Advice: Success in hospitality is about “Zoned Audio.” We design systems that allow you to have high-energy sound in the bar areas while maintaining comfortable background music levels in dining zones, all controlled from a single interface.

• Leisure Centres & Gym Audio

  • Expert Advice: In high-moisture and high-volume environments, hardware longevity is key. We specify sweat-resistant headset mics and high-SPL speakers designed to keep pace with fitness classes and large-scale sports hall acoustics.

• Village Halls & Community Hubs

  • Expert Advice: These spaces need versatile, “all-rounder” systems. We provide user-friendly setups that allow local groups to plug in and play safely, with locked-off limiters to protect the equipment from accidental damage.

• Commercial Office & Retail AV

  • Expert Advice: From boardroom video conferencing to retail paging and background music, we focus on seamless integration. We ensure your AV tech works reliably with your existing network to improve communication and customer experience.

• Outdoor & Public Space Audio

  • Expert Advice: Weatherproofing and coverage are the primary challenges here. We use specialized IP-rated horn and cabinet speakers to ensure clear announcements and music coverage for sports grounds, car parks, and public walkways.

• Bespoke Residential Home Systems

  • Expert Advice: For high-end residential projects, we focus on the “Clean Look.” We integrate premium audio and home cinema tech into the fabric of the home, offering high-fidelity sound that is felt, not seen.

Sound System Speaker Installation

When designing a sound system for your space, we generally require a visit to the site to assess its acoustic qualities, look at what you are trying to achieve and match the sound system to suit the task. For example, in a shop, we have access to speakers which are designed to allow people to talk over the music (Perfect for restaurant sound installations) in specific frequencies thus making their experience more comfortable. In sports hall we can design systems to reduce echo by targeting the sound at the intended audience. There are many solutions for your venue which can be discussed.

Restaurants and pubs may require complex systems which route sound to desired locations within the building and can have different audio in different spaces. Generally this is called multi-zone and we can supply systems which change the zoning matrix with the press of a button on a touch screen, meaning it’s very simple for the user to operate. From setting up a Hi-Fi in your living room, through to complex multi-zone systems and large arena filling sound, we can deliver your audio needs.

Once we have looked at the space we are designing for, we will produce a quote for you. You can discuss the quote with our designers to ensure you are happy with the system before proceeding with the work. We install systems we are happy to put our name against and believe in giving our customers the correct solution which has been designed to perform to a high standard for many years. We can also make systems flexible for the venue giving local volumes and local inputs to different zones within a building.

Lighting System Installation

We specialise in theatrical and architectural lighting for venues and public spaces. Using DMX and controllers we can give you colour schemes, ambient and functional lighting control at the touch of a button. Our electricians are capable of replacing existing lighting or installing a new system from the ground up. We do both indoor and outdoor lighting. At Kinema In The Woods we installed colour changing LED tape, spot lights and LED wash lights to make the cinema really stand out as an attraction. In the intermission guests enjoy music from an organ which rises from the ground in front of the screen, this is lit using our lighting hung from a pre-wired bar in the ceiling. We also used colour LED washes for the curtain in front of the screen and matched the colour to their scheme. Guests can also see where they are going at the end of the film thanks to our installation of LED tape.

We have also installed large antique chandeliers, outdoor sign illumination and floodlighting to ensure venues get noticed around town. All of which can be tied into a lighting touch screen controller.

Electrical Installations

We have undertaken several projects where our staff install electrical circuits from the ground up. We can work with the electrical supplier to ensure you have the correct amount of power for your project coming into the building, then we manage the install of mains fuse boards through to completion of second fix. We are happy working with your builders, consultants and other contractors where necessary. We have installed electrical systems for industrial cookers/kitchens, fridges, air conditioning and other large scale commercial items.

Audio Visual Installations

We can install multi screen systems where you want different shows playing on different televisions. We spec and install projectors and screens for domestic and commercial ventures. We have installed cinema screens and audio in some local theatres who run cinema nights.