Kimberly Wyatt of Pussycat Dolls fame was recently announced as the face for the Monster iSport FREEDOM Headphones so we thought the best person to review them was Linette (with a useful addition by Harry our 16 year old and fairly active son) as clearly the other reviewers for Hifi Pig don’t really fall into […]
Audioengine has launched two new products clearly aimed at lovers of computer-based music. First up is the Audioengine D3, a 24-bit USB DAC and headphone amp. It slots into the USB socket of any Mac or PC and “instantly improve the audio output to headphones, powered speakers or any music system”. No additional power supply, […]
The Chord Company’s Epic loudspeaker cable, has been upgraded with the release of Epic Reference. The new upgraded version is said to bring “even greater accuracy across a wider bandwidth than the original and brings all the performance benefits of separately shielded conductor construction”. Epic Reference is based on 2×12 AWG 19-strand silver-plated oxygen-free copper […]
Akiko Audio, whose Tuning Sticks Danny reviewed last month, have introduced a new power block called the Powerbase Quattro. It’s built from high quality aluminium and stabilised with block connections, whereby the Furutech inlets are firmly anchored to the base. Akiko’s Aerostar wires made from eight runs of silver plated copper wire and isolated by […]
Audio cables in Hifi often split the audiophile community into believers and non-believers camps and so with no further ado here’s what Jerry thought about the Isotek EVO3 Premier mains cables. “At £95 or so for a 1.5m length, reasonably flexible and looking very well made and presented, this cable is by no means expensive […]
The Koto is the traditional 13 string Japanese instrument and Kimio Eto is widely regarded as its master. He began training on the instrument at the age of eight and composed his first work aged eleven. Amazingly he was blind from the age of five according to the sleeve notes and this makes this record […]
Van de Leur are a young and innovative Dutch company with just two products to their name for the moment. We had a look at and listen to their 002 preamplifier and the 402 power amplifier. “We first bumped into Pim Van de Leur on the last day of the Munich High end show, but […]
I stopped listening to BBC Radio 1 a long time ago but that’s not to say I don’t enjoy dipping into that totally uncool territory that is the hit parade as I believe it’s called by the younger people. We bought last year’s Live Lounge sessions and enjoyed it a great deal despite my preconceptions […]
Now Sounds have raided the vaults of Hollywood’s Capitol Records to bring us 24 slices of psychedelic pop pie from the late 60s with many of the tunes being on CD for the first time, all sourced from the original master tapes and compiled and produced by Steve Stanley. Needless to say I was a […]
VPI Industries have announced the introduction of the Nomad vinyl playback system. The Nomad is comprised of a 10-inch aluminum tonearm, and 20-pound plinth and platter assembly borrowed from VPI’s Traveler turntable, a pair of Grado headphones and a pre-installed Ortofon 2M Red phono cartridge.The Nomad also has an onboard phono pre-amplifier and headphone amplifier […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]