The week before last, Lin and I were in Milan for what was meant to be a much-needed break. A proper holiday where we were going to switch off, eat well, wander about, look at nice buildings and not think too much about work or HiFi or any of that.
QUAD CDT CD TRANSPORT REVIEW The QUAD CDT CD transport is a standalone CD transport that must be connected to an external DAC (or amp with onboard DAC) to make sense of its output and convert the zeros and ones to musical information. It costs £1690.
AUDIOVECTOR R5 ARRETÉ LOUDSPEAKER INTRODUCED WITH FLAGSHIP TECHNOLOGY The Audiovector R 5 Arreté the new floorstanding loudspeaker from the Danish HiFi brand, developed over a five-year period, with more than 2,000 hours of listening tests undertaken during its design.
JPLAY UPDATE ADDS HQPLAYER SUPPORT, SMART PLAYLISTS AND HISTORY SCREEN The latest update to the JPLAY app brings native support for HQPlayer libraries, allowing users of HQPlayer Embedded and Desktop to browse, control and play their collections directly within the app.
IFi EXPANDS ZEN AIR RANGE WITH THREE NEW MODELS iFi Audio has announced three additions to its entry-level ZEN Air range: the iFi ZEN Air Blue 2 Bluetooth receiver, iFi ZEN Air DAC 2 desktop DAC/amp, and iFi ZEN Air Phono 2 phono stage.
LINN DRIVE UNITS WITH PISTONIK MOTOR SYSTEM INTRODUCED FOR 360 LOUDSPEAKER Linn has introduced its first in-house designed loudspeaker drive units, now implemented in the flagship Linn 360 loudspeaker.
FIIO K17 R2R PRO STREAMING HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER ANNOUNCED AHEAD OF VIENNA DEBUT FiiO has announced the FiiO K17 R2R Pro, a compact desktop unit combining DAC, streamer and headphone amplifier functionality in a single chassis.
KIWI EARS HALCYON EARPHONES REVIEW Kiwi Ears Halcyon earphones launch today on Kickstarter, but Oscar Stewart got his hands on a set prior to launch and gives you his thoughts on this $200 (early bird price) earphone.
FYNE AUDIO HOME THEATRE MONITOR RANGE EXPANDS WITH HIGH-SPL MODELS FOR CUSTOM CINEMA Scottish HiFi Brand Fyne has announced the new Fyne Audio Home Theatre Monitor range, extending its portfolio of speakers designed for dedicated residential cinema installations.
PRO-JECT STREAM BOX E AND WIRELESS BOX E EXPAND STREAMING ECOSYSTEM Pro-Ject Audio Systems has introduced two new products to its growing streaming range, the Pro-Ject Stream Box E And Pro-Ject Wireless Box E.
EVOVINYL MUSIC WEEK AWARDS 2026 NOMINATION Evolution Music has been nominated in the Music Consumer Innovation category at the Music Week Awards 2026 for its EvoVinyl material, developed as an alternative to traditional vinyl production compounds.
AXPONA ACQUIRED BY SOUND & FURY LLC Sound & Fury LLC today announced the acquisition of AXPONA (Audio Expo North America), the largest high-end audio event in North America.
NEXT GEN MUSICAL FIDELITY M5XI AND M6XI INTEGRATED AMPLIFIERS LAUNCHED Musical Fidelity has introduced the Musical Fidelity M5xi and Musical Fidelity M6xi Integrated Amplifiers, expanding its M-Series range.
THE HiFi PiG SELECTION BOX – DIVERSIONARY STRATEGIES FOR THE MODERN WORLD APRIL 2026
NAD C 589 CD PLAYER ANNOUNCED NAD Electronics has announced the NAD C 589 CD Player, a new addition to its Classic Series designed as a dedicated source component for compact disc playback.
KLIPSCH X OJAS KO-R2 LAUNCH WITH DEVON TURNBULL AT MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2026 HiFi PiG’s Stu and Lin were recently on holiday in Italy, coincidentally at the same time as Devon Turnbull and Klipsch were launching their latest loudspeaker collaboration, the Klipsch X OJAS kO-R2.