Month: July 2017

Live Music Music News

Procol Harum – The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

It doesn’t seem that long ago that the idea of rock stars in their seventies seemed ridiculous; rock and roll was a young man’s (and occasional woman’s) game.  The boring old farts that punk had come to blow away in 1976 were barely in their thirties, and the punks themselves are now pensioners.  Over the […]

Hifi News

Harbeth Summer Of Sound Competition

Are you or do you know a young, talented and enthusiastic music-maker who would love the chance of owning a pair of Harbeth speakers? If so, keep reading, Harbeth are running a competition to win a pair of their speakers this summer.

Hifi News

Chord Electronics At CanJam London 2017

Chord Electronics will be exhibiting at CanJam London this weekend, demonstrating its range of proprietary technology headphone amps/DACS, including the new Hugo 2 and Mojo/Poly DAC/streamer combo.

Industry Insider

Kronos Pro Turntable At KJ West One

GadgetyNews’ Jay Garrett pops along to London’s West 1 and the high-end emporium that is KJ West One for Hifi Pig for a session with the Kronos Pro turntable, Reference phonostage and power supply.

Live Music Music News

Martha Wainwright – The Caves, Edinburgh

Martha Wainwright is a songwriter.  Her father, Loudon Wainwright is a songwriter.  Her mother, Kate McGarrigle was a songwriter.  Her brother, Rufus Wainwright  and half-sister Lucy Wainwright Roche are songwriters.  Her aunts, Anna McGarrigle and Sloane Wainwright are songwriters. Her cousin Lily Lankin is a songwriter.  There is a picture developing here; although not so […]

Hifi News

Goldring Release New MM Cartridges

Goldring is starting to ship its new E Series Moving Magnet cartridges which, they say, are “a range of high performance, premium quality, British designed products for the resurgent turntable market”.

Hifi News

G Point At Audiophilia Edinburgh This Weekend

The lovely Carlo at Audiophilia in Edinburgh has been in touch to tell us about an event in conjunction with G Point Audio that will take place this coming weekend. G Point Audio recently won the Hifi Pig Loves you at The North West Audio Show and so it should be a great day out. 

Hifi News

VPI Cliffwood Turntable Launched

Good friend of Hifi Pig, Mat Weisfeld, of VPI got in touch to tell us about their new, entry level turntable, the Cliffwood: “For 40 years we have built turntables in American and kept it in the VPI family.  For almost 30 of those years we have built our turntables in Cliffwood, New Jersey”.