John Willett is the Managing Director of Sound-Link ProAudio Ltd. who are the official UK distributors for Microtech Gefell microphones, ME-Geithain studio monitors, AETA Audio codecs, Håkan Pop Killers, True Phantom, the Maier Sound "Turtle" boundary microphone adaptor and HUM Audio Devices ribbon microphones. He purchased Sound-Link from the previous owner in 2012. He is also a freelance consultant, writer and classical music recordist. He established Circle Sound Services (his recording business) in 1978, initially as a "spare time" business. He has recorded a number of CDs including one in Classic FM's "Full Works" series and is well regarded for his solo piano recordings. He recently recorded the inaugural concert for "Sono Vivo", a charity that performs classical music concerts to raise money for cancer charities.
Microphones have always been his passion as is also his desire to "capture the performance". He has been recording digitally since 1983 and (according to "Music Week") was the first to produce an album by digitally overdubbing using a pair of PCM-F1 units. He has been using digital microphones since 2006 and is regarded as an expert on the subject. He has written for several publications including Sound On Sound and Line Up and has presented several papers at AES conferences as well as one to the Institute of Acoustics. He is a past President of the International Federation of Soundhunters and was Chairman of the British Sound Recording Association for many years. He is on the Executive Committee of the Institute of Professional Sound. He is also a member of the APRS, ISCE and is a Life Member of the AES. In a past life he was Technical Manager at Sennheiser UK
2012 onwards - Director, Sound-Link ProAudio Ltd.
1990 to 2010 - Technical Manager, Sennheiser UK
1985 to 1990 - Technical Support, Hayden Laboratories
1978 onwards - Owner, Circle Sound Services (mostly part time, but full time between 2010 to 2012)
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