Month: December 2013
World of Twist – Quality Street: Expanded Edition
Another band I missed first time round as I was in full on house and techno mode in 1991 when Quality Street, the band’s only album, was first released. This re-release on the 3 Loop Music label is a two CD package with the original album, a CD of selected B sides and two Radio […]
Hifi Review – Pluto Ultimate Loudspeakers
In his first review for Hifi Pig Richard Joyce takes a listen to the interesting looking and cleverly designed Pluto Ultimate loudspeakers. “The finish on the speakers is impeccable, and the gloss lacquer flawless. Their bases are made from a single piece of aluminium, machined from billet into which the adjustable floor spikes are screwed. […]
ifi nano iDSD DAC and Headphone Amplifier
After making its debut at RMAF and the Tokyo Headphone Festival, the nano iDSD from ifi is now almost ready for shipping. The portable battery powered DAC (with headphone amp) plays ALL hi-rez formats including PCM (44.1-384kHz, DSD (5.6/6.2MHz) and DXD (352.8/384kHz) on pretty much any pad, iphone or computer operating system you can mention. […]
Magna Audio
We got a message from Surrey based Magna Audio to tell Hifi Pig they are now offering a range of bespoke products and services. Their range of services includes making Tannoy GRF-R and GRF-R reduced footprint version replica speaker cabinets from top quality Scandanavian ply with choices of finish and with crossover customisations being available […]
Hifi Review – Waterfall Audio ‘Victoria Evo’ Loudspeakers
Many of our readers will have seen and perhaps seen these beautiful looking loudspeakers made from glass at the various hifi shows around the world and were really pleased when we were asked to review them for French manufacturer Waterfall. “Perhaps not surprisingly, both the design and the manufacturing process for Waterfall Audio’s range of […]
New Reviewer – Richard Joyce
Hifi Pig is immensely pleased to welcome our newest reviewer to the team, Richard Joyce. Richard often says that he started to learn to read music before he could read the written word, and whilst at Infant School took up the Clarinet, aged 6 and then Piano when aged 9. In 1979, aged 13, he […]
Sennheiser Headphone Circle
For two days Custom Cable of New Malden, Surrey will feature a “Sennheiser Headphone Circle” where five models from Sennheiser, including the range topping HD800 and popular Momentum models will be available for you to try. Connected to the company’s HDVD800 headphone amplifier and playing high-resolution music from computer or audio CDs, this will be […]
Berkely Audio Design Alpha DAC Reference
Berkely Audio Design have announced their latest DAC, the Alpha DAC Reference Series. The Alpha DAC Reference has been three years in development and uses bespoke components which the company says gives an “immediacy and presence of music reproduction that is simply real” Weighing in at over 40lb the unit is precision machined from a […]
The Polyphonic Spree – Sounds of the Holidays Volume One – Holiday Dream
Let me go on record by saying that I’m a bit of a fan of The Polyphonic Spree. Let me also say that I’m a bit of a sucker for all things festive. So I was quite excited when “Sounds of the Holidays Vol One Holiday Dream” dropped through the letterbox recently.
Geneva Announce Model L Wireless
Swiss sound system designer Geneva has now added the Model L Wireless to its range – its most complete all-in-one system to date. The new model offers the same compact dimensions as Geneva’s original Model L, but DAB/DAB+ radio, Bluetooth apt-X streaming and touch-sensitive cabinet-top controls, all driven by an up-rated sound system. There’s also […]
New Free Hifi Magazine
Yesterday saw the launch of the all new FREE Hifi Pig Magazine. The magazine will be a digest of the months reviews presented in a handy PDF format PLUS we’ll be adding lots of exclusive to the magazine content. In this months 60 page launch edition we’ve got nine great reviews, a dealer’s system profile, […]
