Christmas Party — Võrumaa

A Christmas party in Võrumaa usually means a manor hall, a farmhouse, or something by the lake — and that means the nearest mains hookup is in a different room, the floor's uneven, and the crew is twenty minutes from anywhere if a cable dies. Budget follows logistics. The further the kit has to travel and the less infrastructure is waiting when it arrives, the more time and diesel it costs to make the room work.

Decide power early. If the venue does not have three-phase or the distribution board is the other end of the building, that is either a generator or a very different rig, and both cost more than adding a third speaker.