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The Bristol Show 2026: A Quarter Century in the Wilson Benesch Glass House

Since our foundation in 1989, Wilson Benesch has pursued a singular idea: that music is both an art form and a physical event, and that sound, when engineered with care, can communicate emotion, scale and presence with remarkable realism.


Today, Wilson Benesch is recognised internationally across Europe, the USA and Asia as the reference British high-end audio export in loudspeakers and analogue playback, with a design and manufacturing process that remains almost entirely in-house at our factory in Sheffield, England.


The Bristol Show has been a constant companion on that journey.


Since 2001, we have curated high-end audio presentations in the first-floor Conservatory at The Bristol Show. The 2026 exhibition marks the 25th year that we will present a system in this room — a space that has hosted countless listening sessions and shared musical experiences over more than two decades.

This year, our focus is on the two loudspeakers that form the entry point to the Fibonacci Series: Discovery 3zero and Horizon. Both are built around entirely bespoke drive units and tweeters, advanced composite structures and the same engineering principles that define our reference systems, all in service of musical coherence and expression.


Rather than presenting multiple systems, our demonstration has been designed to remove variables and allow the loudspeaker itself to be the focus. Working with Trilogy amplification and Computer Audio Design (CAD) digital playback and grounding, we will maintain a single, carefully resolved system throughout the show, with the loudspeaker as the only changing element.


We look forward to welcoming you to the calm surroundings of the first-floor Conservatory at The Bristol Show, where we will share the latest expression of Wilson Benesch’s evolution in music, sound and loudspeaker design.


One system. One variable.
Two loudspeakers. One musical intent.


🕙 Discovery 3zero: show opening – 13.00
🕐 Presentation & changeover
🕜 Horizon: 13.30 – show close

📍 First-floor Conservatory, The Bristol Show

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