Our Commitment

RK Sound Engineering Ltd is a specialist sound engineering company based in St Albans, Hertfordshire and its founder, Jon Raper, has worked in the professional sound industry for many years.

We have observed that the most expensive sound system can be severely compromised by the room acoustics in which it operates. We believe that what is needed is an equal commitment to both the acoustics and the sound system design in order to achieve the best possible results.

To this end we are happy to engage with end users, architects and sound engineers in order to make the environment and system suitable for good speech intelligibility and musical appreciation.

Our ultimate focus is the quality of the end result and our ability to provide a successful service is dependent upon accurate attention to your requirements.

Jon Raper MinstSCE
Jon was trained in the telecommunications industry and installed one of the country's first digital telephone transmission links as well as video links between defence establishments. He used his technical knowledge to service the recording studio business as the equipment began to get smaller and the number of studios increased.

In 1982 he was a founder of Raper & Wayman Ltd, a company which supplied and installed all levels of professional audio equipment. As technical director his responsibilities were many and varied from cable design to broadcast studio installation.

In 1986 Jon's focus moved towards the design and installation of sound reinforcement systems. During this period the company was involved in many projects ranging from boardrooms to theatres; the range of installations steadily expanded.

In 2002 Jon formed R K Sound Engineering Ltd to focus on the engineering aspects of sound system design & installation.

Jon is a Council Member of the Institute of Sound and Communications Engineers (ISCE) and has given technical seminars for the ISCE as well as master class seminars at PLASA, the industry exhibition. Jon has tackled some challenging projects both abroad and in the UK.

Supporting staff
In nearly all cases, Jon is personally involved in each project supplemented by a number of contract engineers with whom we are pleased to maintain a long term relationship. All work is undertaken to the highest industry standards and customer satisfaction is our highest concern.