--- title: Latest Gear News and Reviews - GearSource 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. --- # Welcome to the GearSource Blog Your source for news, reviews, and the latest insights from your GearHeads team! [![Flat blue and grey illustration of two warehouses holding stacks of road cases, joined by a dashed route under a shield with a check mark, with a box truck between them and a calendar whose final weeks are highlighted](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_26_vet_cross_rental_partner_holiday_rush_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/vet-cross-rental-partner-holiday-rush-2026) ## [How Do You Vet a Cross-Rental Partner?](https://gearsource.com/blog/vet-cross-rental-partner-holiday-rush-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Cross-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/cross-rental) [GearShare](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearshare) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Sub-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/sub-rental) October 29, 2026 By Marcel Fairbairn, founder of GearSource. 24 years buying, selling, and brokering pro-AV gear... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/vet-cross-rental-partner-holiday-rush-2026) [![Two white directional RF antennas and a paddle antenna clamped to aluminium truss at the side of an outdoor festival stage at dusk, with an empty field and delay towers behind](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_25_wireless_spectrum_squeeze_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/wireless-spectrum-squeeze-rental-planning-2026) ## [The Wireless Spectrum Squeeze Is Now a Rental Planning Problem](https://gearsource.com/blog/wireless-spectrum-squeeze-rental-planning-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Industry News](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/industry-news) [Live Events Industry](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events-industry) October 23, 2026 By Marcel Fairbairn, founder of GearSource. 24 years buying, selling, and brokering pro-AV gear... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/wireless-spectrum-squeeze-rental-planning-2026) [![Clean, well-lit rental warehouse aisle with racked road cases and speaker cabinets, and a mixing console on a workbench being checked between seasons.](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_24_sell_or_hold_idle_fleet_year_end_v2_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/sell-or-hold-idle-fleet-year-end-2026) ## [Should You Sell Idle Gear Before Year End or Hold It Through Winter?](https://gearsource.com/blog/sell-or-hold-idle-fleet-year-end-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [GearSource](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearsource) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) October 14, 2026 By Marcel Fairbairn, founder of GearSource. 24 years buying, selling, and brokering pro-AV gear... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/sell-or-hold-idle-fleet-year-end-2026) [![Black road and flight cases with colored labels stacked on a grassy park lawn under a summer evening sky, waiting between shows](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_23_gearshare_cross_rental_idle_inventory_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/cross-rental-partner-idle-inventory-ai-2026) ## [Is Your Next Cross-Rental Partner Sitting Idle in Another Market?](https://gearsource.com/blog/cross-rental-partner-idle-inventory-ai-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Cross-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/cross-rental) [GearShare](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearshare) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) October 9, 2026 By Marcel Fairbairn, founder of GearSource & GearShare 24 years connecting pro-AV gear globally. [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/cross-rental-partner-idle-inventory-ai-2026) [![A used line array of large black loudspeaker cabinets flown low on a chain hoist in an empty warehouse test bay, a buyer and a technician with a laptop standing at a folding table listening, numbered inspection tags on stacked cabinets nearby](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_22_used_line_array_touring_health_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-line-array-market-touring-health-2026) ## [Is the Used Line Array Market the Best Read on Touring Health?](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-line-array-market-touring-health-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Used Gear](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/used-gear) [Touring](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/touring) [GearSource](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearsource) [Line Array](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/line-array) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Live Events Industry](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events-industry) October 2, 2026 Yes, for most of the business it is. Headline box office measures the biggest tours, while the used... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/used-line-array-market-touring-health-2026) [![Evening view down a long rental warehouse aisle where one half is packed with older mixed flight cases and hand-labeled shelving and the other half holds uniform new cases with matching labels, a single operator standing between them holding a clipboard](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_21_rental_consolidation_independents_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/rental-house-consolidation-independents-2026) ## [Consolidation Is Coming for the Mid-Size Rental House, and Doing Nothing is Risky](https://gearsource.com/blog/rental-house-consolidation-independents-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Industry News](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/industry-news) [Live Events Industry](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events-industry) [Consolidation](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/consolidation) [Private Equity](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/private-equity) September 24, 2026 Every few weeks another name on a shop truck changes. Sometimes it is a logo swap; sometimes it is... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/rental-house-consolidation-independents-2026) [![Two rental-house operators facing each other across a warehouse workbench with a laptop, an open rate card binder, coffee mugs, notepad, and flight cases in the background](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_20_fair_market_rate_crossrental_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/fair-market-rate-cross-rental-2026) ## [How Do You Keep Both Sides Honest on Cross-Rental Rates?](https://gearsource.com/blog/fair-market-rate-cross-rental-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Cross-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/cross-rental) [AI-powered B2B cross-rental platform](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/ai-powered-b2b-cross-rental-platform) [GearShare](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearshare) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Sub-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/sub-rental) [Pricing](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pricing) [Rate Card](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rate-card) September 17, 2026 Fair market rate in cross-rental is the price both rental houses can live with, on this deal and... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/fair-market-rate-cross-rental-2026) [![Wide dusk view of a large open-air festival main stage after soundcheck with a weatherproof line array hang above the deck, moving heads on the downstage truss, and an LED wall glowing softly against a bruised purple sky, empty barricade in the foreground and a light rain visible in the air](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_19_ip_rated_outdoor_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/ip-rated-gear-outdoor-festivals-2026) ## [Why Is IP-Rated Gear Becoming the Default in 2026, and What Does That Mean for the Marketplace?](https://gearsource.com/blog/ip-rated-gear-outdoor-festivals-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [GearSource](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearsource) [Line Array](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/line-array) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [IP66](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/ip66) [Outdoor Festivals](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/outdoor-festivals) [IP65](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/ip65) [Moving Heads](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/moving-heads) [LED Wall](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/led-wall) September 10, 2026 Because outdoor festivals and open-air productions are now a bigger, longer share of the touring... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/ip-rated-gear-outdoor-festivals-2026) [![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/post_18_freight_problem.png)](https://gearsource.com/blog/freight-problem-live-events-2026) ## [The Freight Problem Live Events Hasn't Solved](https://gearsource.com/blog/freight-problem-live-events-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Touring](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/touring) [Production Logistics](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/production-logistics) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Live Events Industry](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events-industry) [Trucking](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/trucking) [Freight](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/freight) September 3, 2026 Every summer the touring industry congratulates itself on another season that got through load-in,... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/freight-problem-live-events-2026) [![Late-night AV rental warehouse dispatch desk with an operator on the phone next to two trucks staged at the loading dock](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_17_emergency_crossrental_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/emergency-crossrental-spec-change-2026) ## [How Do You Handle a Spec Change the Day Before Load-In?](https://gearsource.com/blog/emergency-crossrental-spec-change-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Cross-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/cross-rental) [GearShare](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearshare) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Sub-Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/sub-rental) August 27, 2026 You handle it by treating cross-rental as a core operating layer, not a favor call. When the artist... [Read more](https://gearsource.com/blog/emergency-crossrental-spec-change-2026) [![](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/blog-images/post_16_stadium_vs_arena_spec_preview.webp)](https://gearsource.com/blog/stadium-vs-arena-gear-spec-2026) ## [How does the gear spec actually change once a tour crosses 20,000 seats?](https://gearsource.com/blog/stadium-vs-arena-gear-spec-2026) ![ Marcel Fairbairn](https://reverse-proxy.gearsource.com/hubfs/IMG_1339.jpeg) [Marcel Fairbairn](https://gearsource.com/blog/author/marcel-fairbairn) [Live Events](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/live-events) [Touring](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/touring) [GearSource](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/gearsource) [Rental](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/rental) [Pro AV](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/pro-av) [Lighting](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/lighting) [Consoles](https://gearsource.com/blog/tag/consoles) August 20, 2026 By Marcel Fairbairn, founder of GearSource, 24 years in pro-AV marketplaces. 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