READING · AUDIO SYSTEMS
Audio Systems in Reading
Professional audio for venues, lecture theatres, atria, hospitality and worship — engineered for clarity, intelligibility and reliability.
Trusted by leading UK organisations
Audio Systems installation in Reading
QUICK REFERENCE
Strive AV designs, installs and supports audio systems across Reading from a locally-based engineering team. ISO 27001, 9001 and 14001 certified. Fixed-price quotes after a free site survey.
Strive AV specifies, installs and tunes professional audio systems across every environment — from ceiling-distributed background music and paging in retail and hospitality, to high-fidelity speech reinforcement in lecture theatres and worship spaces, to immersive environments for experience centres and atria. We work with QSC, Shure, Sennheiser, Crestron and Biamp.
Professional audio for venues, lecture theatres, atria, hospitality and worship — engineered for clarity, intelligibility and reliability.
AT A GLANCE
- Local presence
- Reading engineering team
- On-site response
- Same day
- Certifications
- ISO 27001 · 9001 · 14001
- Sector focus
- Corporate & Finance
AUDIO SYSTEMS · WHAT’S INCLUDED
What a Strive AV audio system install covers
Specified, supplied, installed and supported by one team.
QSC, Shure, Sennheiser, Crestron and Biamp DSP-driven systems
Speech reinforcement, background music, paging and emergency announcement
Acoustic measurement and calibration for every space we install
Optional sound masking for open-plan offices and confidential spaces
READING AUDIO SYSTEMS · COSTS & TIMELINES
Audio Systems costs and timelines in Reading
Indicative ranges for a fully-installed audio system in Reading. Strive AV provides a fixed-price quote after a free site survey.
PRICING
Typical Reading audio system budgets
Small distributed audio (4-8 ceiling speakers) typically £5,000-£15,000. Conference rooms with DSP £8,000-£25,000. Large venues, lecture theatres and worship spaces £25,000-£100,000+.
TIMELINE
Typical Reading install times
Small-room installs 1-2 days. Mid-size venues and lecture theatres 1-3 weeks including acoustic tuning and commissioning.
Pricing for Reading audio system projects, indicative ranges only. Final scope and price confirmed after a free Reading site survey.
Since 1999
27 years delivering AV across the UK
WHY STRIVE AV
Why Reading teams choose us for audio system
Reading is about 55 miles from our East Grinstead base, around an hour and a half by road via the M25 and M4.
Reading engineering team
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Built for regulated sectors
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Audio Systems specialism
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End-to-end accountability
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READING AUDIO SYSTEMS · FEATURED PROJECT
Recent audio system work
FEATURED PROJECT
Fujifilm – A Picture Perfect Experience Centre
Professional audio for venues, lecture theatres, atria, hospitality and worship — engineered for clarity, intelligibility and reliability.
Read full case study →OUR PROCESS
How we deliver audio system in Reading
Four steps from first call to fully-supported AV. Fixed price, no surprises.
Free site survey
We visit your Reading site, audit the space, sketch the audio system brief and agree the scope. No charge.
Design & fixed-price proposal
Detailed CAD drawings, equipment list and a fixed quote, with no scope creep and no surprises.
Installation & commissioning
Our certified team handles cabling, mounting, network integration and full commissioning to AVIXA standards.
Training, handover & support
We train your team and stay on as your AV partner, with remote helpdesk, monitoring and engineers on call.
LOCAL COVERAGE
Audio Systems engineers on the ground in Reading
Our Reading-based engineering team handles audio system surveys, installation and snagging across the area. Same-day surveys, emergency call-outs and warranty work without long lead times.
Registered HQ: Unit 4C, Birches Industrial Estate, East Grinstead, RH19 1XZ
CLIENTS
What our clients say
We're delighted with the final outcome of the project and we've also been very, very pleased that Strive AV have been part of that journey. From the outset StriveAV helped us with our designs and helped find the technology to ensure it suits our vision and is a perfect complement for the school's teaching.
Gareth Atkinson
Director of Operations, Kensington Prep
Strive AV team work really closely with us to ensure that we were able to deliver the building in the new revised time scale [due to covid] having worked with Strive AV on this project for the past two years now and I would definitely recommend them across the industry.
Iain McCracken
Deputy Director of IT, CCCU
The team at Strive AV listened to our needs and effectively tailored a solution that could work across all three of our sites and supports the educational journey from pre-school to higher education.
Richard Bowles
IT Services, ORTU Federation
CUSTOMER ROSTER
Trusted by 114+ Reading organisations
A selection of the Reading businesses, universities, NHS trusts and public-sector teams Strive AV works with.
Chiltern Way Academy Trust (Formely Catch 22 Multi Academy Trust)
Education
Coeo
Other / Unknown
Easthampstead Park School
Education
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Other / Unknown
Garth Hill College
Education
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Education
Kendrick School
Education
Maiden Erlegh Trust
Charity / Non-profit
Reading Borough Council
Government
The Henley College
Education
University of Reading
Education
Valmet Automation Ltd
Corporate / Commercial
View all 114 Reading customers+
Including the 12 featured above, plus:
- AVSS Ltd (AV Interactive Services)
- Aldryngton Primary School
- Alfred Sutton Primary School
- All Saints CofE Infant School
- All Saints Junior School
- Basingstoke Community Link
- Basingstoke Day Services
- Battle Primary School
- Binfield CofE Primary School
- Birch Hill Primary School
- Bishopswood Infant School
- Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
- Bramley Primary School
- Buryfields Infants School
- Castle Hill Infant School
- Caversham Park Primary School
- Charles Kingsley's Primary School
- Cheam School
- Chiltern Way Academy Futures (Formely Ashwood Academy)
- Churchend Primary Academy (Now Part of Orchard Learning Alliance)
- Cliddesden Primary School
- Coley Primary School
- College Hall (This School is Closed)
- Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Ltd
- Crown Wood Primary School
- Crowthorne CofE Primary School
- DMS Custom Install Ltd
- Dove House Academy
- E P Collier Primary School
- Emmer Green Primary School
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
- Fox Hill Primary School
- Geoffrey Field Junior School
- George Palmer Primary School
- Great Binfields Primary School
- Great Hollands Primary School (Part of the Maiden Erlegh Trust)
- Greenfields Junior School
- Harmans Water Primary School
- Hatch Warren Junior School
- Hawkedon Primary School
- Holly Spring Infant and Nursery School
- Hook Junior School
- Katesgrove Primary School (part of The Kennet Federation)
- Kings Furlong Infant School
- Limington House School
- Loddon Primary School
- Long Sutton C of E Primary School
- Manor Field Infant School
- Manor Field Junior School
- Manor Primary School
- Maple Ridge Primary School
- Marnel Junior School
- Meadow Park Academy
- Meadow Vale Primary School
- Moorlands Primary School
- New Christ Church CofE Primary School
- New Town Primary School
- Oakridge County Junior School (part of Oakridge Schools Federation)
- Oakridge Infant School (Oakridge Schools Federation)
- Oakwood Community Pre-School
- Oakwood Infant School
- Old Basing Infant School
- Oxford Road Community Primary School
- PTR Associates Ltd
- Polehampton CofE Junior School
- Project Audio Visual
- R K Infrastructure Ltd
- Ranelagh School
- Ranikhet Academy (REAch2)
- Redlands Primary School
- Rivermead Primary School
- Rucstall Primary School
- Sandy Lane Primary School
- South View Infant School
- Southcote Primary School
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School
- St Edward's School
- St Gabriel's School
- St John'S Church Of England Primary School (part of the Oxford Diocesan School Trust )
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
- St Mark's CofE Primary School
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School
- St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School
- St Michael's Primary School
- St Michaels CE VA Primary School
- Thameside Primary School
- The Brakenhale School
- The Clere School
- The Emmbrook Junior School
- The Emmbrook School
- The Harewood PBS Centre
- The Hawthorns Primary School
- The Hill Primary School
- The Pines Primary and Nursery School
- The Ridgeway Primary School
- Warfield CofE Primary School
- Wildmoor Heath School (part of The Greenshaw Learning Trust)
- Wildridings Primary School
- Willow Bank Primary
- Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School
- Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School
Customer relationships shown with permission per our terms and conditions. Project specifics shared on request under NDA.
BUYER GUIDE
How to choose a audio system integrator in Reading
Eight criteria most procurement and facilities leads use when shortlisting AV partners for audio system. Strive AV passes all eight.
Locally-based engineering presence
A Reading-area engineer reaches site the same day. A supplier driving from a distant base does not.
Strive AV: Engineering team based in Reading
Independent ISO certifications
ISO 27001 (info security), 9001 (quality) and 14001 (environmental) are the minimum bar for any regulated-sector buyer.
Strive AV: Certified to ISO 27001, 9001, 14001 and 45001
Public-sector framework supplier
Crown Commercial Service supplier status removes the procurement risk for public-sector buyers and works for many corporate buyers too.
Strive AV: Crown Commercial Service supplier
AVIXA member
AVIXA is the global trade body for AV integration. Membership signals adherence to standards procurement teams can verify independently.
Strive AV: AVIXA member since founding (1999)
Audio Systems specialism
Look for an integrator with documented audio system deployments at the scale you're commissioning, not generic AV experience repackaged.
Strive AV: Documented audio system case studies, certified hardware partner
Fixed-price quoting after a free survey
Anything else is a budget-creep risk. The site survey, design and fixed quote should be at no charge.
Strive AV: Free Reading site survey, fixed-price proposal
Ongoing SLA-backed support
AV is a multi-year commitment. Confirm 24/7 helpdesk, remote monitoring and on-site response SLAs are in scope, not a separate vendor.
Strive AV: 24/7 manned helpdesk, on-site engineers
27 years of trading history
Founded 1999. Long-trading suppliers carry installation backlogs and warranty obligations honoured across that time, which short-trading suppliers cannot.
Strive AV: Founded 1999, East Grinstead
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