A big thank you for all your help and assistance on the Peter Pan concert. The audience reaction was great and we have had some very positive feedback, so we will be continuing the road to Neverland.
Gary Withers - Imagination - Peter Pan concert-Royal Festival Hall - 2001
I just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thanks. If you could also thank Dave Guerin and Ali Viles and all the chaps who did the Battersea Power Station gig. It all went very smoothly and they were all excellent. Everything was beautifully prepped and thanks for dealing with the Digico SD7 upgrade to version 3. Thanks again.
Seamus Fenton - Monitor Engineer for Rihanna - June 2011
We would like to share with you an e-mail we received from Stuart Williams, Marketing Director at Sony - Huge and sincere thanks to you and the team for a simply stunning job last night. It truly was the best premiere experience I have ever had. The feedback from everyone in the industry, competitors, studio executives, talent was amazing. Everyone was knocked out by the whole experience. It was an amazing job and one we should all be proud of.
Caroline Lockyear-Nibbs - Nibbs Events - Skyfall Premiere 2012
I just want to add my personal gratitude to that of the Duke (of Devonshire) to thank you for all the efforts you made for Devonshire 300. So many people put in an effort that was above and beyond what could reasonably be expected and yours was a very special part of this. This effort shone through and helped so much to give delight to the thousands attending the event.
Avril Lethbridge - Director - Devonshire 300 1994
Thank you for your very perfect support this year at Tate Modern. You were our sound supporter No. 1, with a perfect prepared team and well-maintained equipment. Hope to see you next time.
Winfried Blank - Production Manager - Kraftwerk 12345678 Tate Modern 2013
A huge thank you for all your hard work on Cricket in the Park - we got there in the end! London really was a great success and the client is thrilled. Thanks to everyone for sticking with it and for working tirelessly in sometimes challenging conditions (remember Liverpool) to produce a great site not just the once or twice but five times!
Claudia Connelly - Technical manager for innovision on The Ashes 2009 - Cricket in the Park series
On behalf of everyone here at Fisher I would like to say a huge big thank you to everyone at Dobson Sound who was involved at the Elton John party on Sunday. I hope the next job will be just as much fun!
Victoria Swift - Elton Johns 50th Birthday Party - Hammersmith Palais 1997
Amanda and I would like to thank you all for a fabulous event on Tuesday, and for turning everything around at such short notice. The venue looked stunning, the food was delicious and arrivals and departures ran smoothly, despite the best efforts of the weather! The fact that we had to encourage the “talent” out at the end is testament to a good party!
Caroline Lockyer-Nibbs & Amanda Davis – Nibbs & AD Events – Star Wars : The Last Jedi – December 2017
I just wanted to say thank you for your ongoing support of Festival of Trees. You are a very reliable and professional resource, which I found invaluable, especially this year with Bryan Ferry. I very much appreciate that you continue to provide such a quality service to us.
Lizzie Lleshi - Save the Children - Festival of Trees 1993 - 2009
May I add my thanks to those of the Bamfords, and all the guests, for your special contributory efforts for the events at Wootton and the 50th Anniversary Celebrations in particular. We - and they - will long remember them and I hope you will be able to bask in the pleasure and joy that all of us as a team, but you in particular, gave to so many. It was certainly a difficult technical and creative task but without your input would have been impossible.
Freddie Meynell - Event Manager - JCB 50th Anniversary 1995
I would like to convey my personal thnaks to you both and your team for all your efforts and hard work in making The Rainbow Trust Ball a truly sensational evening. Your professional and technical approach at all times ensured the evening was such a success. José Carreras, James Brown, Bryan Ferry and all the other entertainment all sounded FANTASTIC! Working with Dobsons was an absolute pleasure.
Julian Posner - Banana Split - The Rainbow Trust Ball 2003
Firstly I should say that I am delighted that we switched to Dobson Sound this year. The input from your team made a significant, positive improvement to the production standard which has been noticed by many parties. It reflects your pro-active approach which was maintained throughout the project. Richard Mortimer was enormously helpful in dealing with all of the bands and meant that we hit the ground running at every opportunity.
Bruce Kirk - Musical Director - Kew the Music 2012
Thank you for everything that you did to make Greenbelt 2013 a success. We had an awesome team this year across the site and without doubt, it was our smoothest year yet. Thank you for the part you played in that - it is hugely appreciated. Please pass on my thanks to Mark Thompson and the rest of the crew - I know they worked really hard over the week.
Andy Barr - The Greenbelt Festival 2013 (Dobson Sound supplier since 2010)
I just wanted to say a massive thank you to you and your team for all the help onsite. The onsite crew were great and extremely helpful. Although there were many last minute additions / changes you were excellent from start to finish.
Will Webster - XYZ – Converse : ReImagined - April 2019
You do offer more than is required every year, and I am grateful always for the level of support and professionalism... I am always so impressed that you are prepared to stand in fields, get struck by lightning, get sunburnt, get wet, and still come back for more .. can't do it without you!
Moya Maxwell - The Royal Opera House - 2008
Despite working to ridiculous timescales and with constant changes of brief, you managed to deliver an event to an extremely high standard and left us with a very happy client. Everyone’s attitude on site very much came with a “can do” approach and everyone retaining their humour in the face of such adversity was very much appreciated.
Sam Beech – XYZ – Nike : The REACT Rooms - January 2018
I am enormously grateful to all of you for your unstinting support...throughout, the levels of commitment, professionalism and hard work with an underlying desire to make it fun, has constantly amazed and reminded me why you and this group of people are truly world leaders.
Alan Jacobi - Golden Jubilee Weekend - June 2002
I have used this system (J-Series) once before and had excellent results. More to the point, I've used Dobson Sound many times before as well. They provide the systems for our corporate shows and the occasional private functions, and I've always had excellent sound.
Clive Franks - Elton John Touring - July 2008
It was a real pleasure to work with your team at Dobson Sound, and please extend this to your crew, real professionals that made this complex project, for both Ian and myself, painless. Speak soon and look forward to working together again soon.
Kevin P. Glendinning - Justin Timberlake Touring - June 2009

about

Dobson Sound was first established in 1989 by Paul Dobson.

From a base providing sound systems and engineers for the live corporate market, we have grown into a business now capable of delivering high-end systems into a wide variety of live environments. Dobson Sound is proud of its tradition of providing extremely well-presented systems that have always been carefully checked and pre-patched before going on site.

It’s not only the equipment that has made our company. Dobson Sound has always insisted on using the very best sound engineers available. They tend to form long term relationships with us, providing stability, client confidence and input on how we can move forward.

people

Chris Norman<br />CEO — Chris Norman
CEO

Paul Dobson<br />Consultant — Paul Dobson
Consultant

David Lewis<br />Projects Director — David Lewis
Projects Director

Bill Woods<br />Operations Director — Bill Woods
Operations Director

Dobson Sound is led by industry professionals with many years’ experience in the live events industry. The Dobson team are committed to supplying both complete sound systems and individual items of equipment to the highest standards, fully supported and on time.

venues

V&A<br />Approved: 1989 — V&A
Approved: 1989

Tate Britain<br />Approved: 1992 — Tate Britain
Approved: 1992

Serpentine Gallery<br />Approved: 1995 — Serpentine Gallery
Approved: 1995

Royal Opera House<br />Approved: 1999 — Royal Opera House
Approved: 1999

We are preferred suppliers to some of the UK’s most important and historic venues. We understand the nature of each space we work in and know how to make it work for you, both creatively and within your budget.

hire

For the hire of the latest d&b Y, E, M and T speakers, d&b amplifiers, DiGiCo SD series, Shure and Sennheiser RF and any other hire enquiries, please contact us on 020 8545 0202 or email hire@dobsonsound.co.uk

sales

mixing desk Dobson Sound often have ex-rental equipment for sale

work

Dobson Sound are always on the look out for freelance sound engineers. We employ crew with all levels of experience and with backgrounds in all areas of the industry.