Guildford Audio Annual Audio Event 2026
I would like to thank everyone who made it to my recent event at Thatchers Hotel near Guildford, it was a very enjoyable few days and the feedback I have received was that everyone I spoke to seemed to have had a great time listening to the music on some very good quality equipment. There were many old customers at the show and very nice to see and chat with them also many new faces to me, very encouraging for the industry
I would like also to thank Ricardo from Absolute Sounds for taking the time to come to the event and provide his invaluable insight into the music and equipment he was utilising. I hope my Wilson Alex V speakers have survived the pummelling by the Dan amplifiers so when I build up the strength to put them back in the studio at home, I will be pleased to have them setup. Thanks also for the attendance of the guys from dCS, I hope you got to quiz them about their stunning range of products.
The show was well attended by a large cross section of music lovers, and it was encouraging to see some younger faces in the audience, always a good sign these days with technology driving access to music in more ways than ever. What was interesting was that people appreciated the quality of recordings across the range of genera’s and formats available and appreciating earlier recordings whilst commenting the most recent popular recordings leave much to be desired. I guess the recent interest in pre used CDs has proven this to be the case.
It goes without saying that just about everyone commented on the superior quality of the master tapes we played on the Otari studio recorders, this shouldn’t be a surprise and demonstrates how good this technology still is albeit the most expensive format currently.
Once again, my thanks to the effort put in by the support staff at Absolute Sounds and I can only apologise for Gavin, he is invaluable but his taste in music is somewhat suspect so we kept him from the assembled selection.
I hope to see you all again and I will be posting details of a few smaller focussed events soon, details to be decided upon.
Regards
Trevor.
