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description: Stay up-to-date with the GearSource blog, featuring the latest news, insights, and trends in the world of professional audio, lighting, staging, and video equipment.
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# Welcome to the GearSource Blog

 Your source for news, reviews, and the latest insights from your GearHeads team!

[![Large digital audio mixing console at a front-of-house position in an empty arena during soundcheck, three touchscreens showing waveform meters and level bars, illuminated faders and encoders across the surface](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_12_console_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/console-upgrade-cycle-2026)

## [How should rental houses handle the console upgrade cycle in 2026: when to replace, when to refurbish, when to sell?](https://gearsource.com/blog/console-upgrade-cycle-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

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 July 23, 2026

Replace only when the rider actually demands it. Refurbish when the workflow still holds up but the...

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[![A row of matte black LED moving-head fixtures clamped along an aluminum truss in an arena, seen from truss level with empty seats in soft blue and amber haze behind](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_09_lighting_truss_hero_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/lighting-design-after-fixture-revolution-2026)

## [What has actually changed on the truss since the LED-hybrid and IP-fixture wave?](https://gearsource.com/blog/lighting-design-after-fixture-revolution-2026)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

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 July 2, 2026

By Marcel Fairbairn, founder of GearSource, 24 years in pro-AV marketplaces.

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/lighting-design-after-fixture-revolution-2026)

[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/gearsource_hero_me_q4_shortage.png)](https://gearsource.com/blog/middle-east-q4-2026-gear-shortage)

## [Will There Be a Live Event Gear Shortage in the Middle East in Q4 2026? What Production Teams Need to Know](https://gearsource.com/blog/middle-east-q4-2026-gear-shortage)

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[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

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 May 7, 2026

Yes, there will be a gear pinch in the Middle East in Q4 2026.

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[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/Say%20No%20To%20Capex%20(2)-1.png)](https://gearsource.com/blog/cross-rental-is-becoming-the-default-for-rental-and-production-companies)

## [Cross-Rental is Becoming the Default for Rental and Production Companies](https://gearsource.com/blog/cross-rental-is-becoming-the-default-for-rental-and-production-companies)

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[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

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 December 30, 2025

The Rental & Production Industry Is Rethinking Ownership For decades, success in the live events...

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## [GearShare® is the First-Ever AI-powered, B2B Cross-Rental Platform](https://gearsource.com/blog/gearshare-is-the-first-ever-ai-powered-b2b-cross-rental-platform)

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 October 14, 2025

If you’ve ever struggled to find that one piece of gear you need to pull off a show, you already...

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[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/GearShare%20site%20image-v2.png)](https://gearsource.com/blog/gearshare-launches-the-worlds-first-ai-platform-for-live-events-equipment-cross-rental)

## [GearShare Launches the World’s First AI Platform for Live Events Equipment Cross-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/gearshare-launches-the-worlds-first-ai-platform-for-live-events-equipment-cross-rental)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

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 September 8, 2025

\[Miami, Florida - September 6th, 2025\] -- - GearNet Holdings announces the official launch of...

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[![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/GearShare_logo-stacked-blogv1.png)](https://gearsource.com/blog/transforming-gear-rentals-introducing-gearshare-for-smarter-cross-rentals)

## [Transforming Gear Rentals: Introducing GearShare for Smarter Cross-Rentals](https://gearsource.com/blog/transforming-gear-rentals-introducing-gearshare-for-smarter-cross-rentals)

![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) 

[Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn)

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 July 22, 2025

For years, live events professionals have accepted a painful reality: cross-rentals are messy,...

[Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/transforming-gear-rentals-introducing-gearshare-for-smarter-cross-rentals)

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