Yesterday, at the press conference in New York, Consumer Electronics Association announced the winners of the honorary innovation award. Alfred & Partners’ newly launched Estelon Extreme has been selected as 2015 CES Best of Innovation Awards Honoree in the High Performance Home Audio/Video product category. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a […]
Well, Pink Floyd’s The Endless River has certainly been a long time coming… in fact it’s some twenty years since we were treated to a studio album from the Floyd, the last was 1994’s Division Bell. It’s no surprise then that this record was eagerly anticipated by the band’s legion of followers. This copy comes […]
THIEL Audio has announced the addition of a dedicated service facility in Lexington, KY, where THIEL was founded over 35 years ago. Operated by two longtime THIEL employees Lana Ruth and Rob Gillum, the new service facility will oversee service for a long legacy of legendary loudspeakers as well as all new products scheduled for […]
Flare Audio, has launched what they believe to be the world’s first ‘fully’ open headphones. The Reference R1, aimed at the pro audio and audiophile market, uses Flare’s new approach to produce distortion free sound, even at full volume, enabling true transfer and transmission of source material. “Traditional headphone designs are based around two main formats, […]
Denon has announced the latest generation of its lifestyle Network Music systems. The new CEOL and CEOL Piccolo systems are a pair of compact and minimalist designs that offer music playback from every audio source imaginable, all controlled by an App. The CEOL provides access to your music collection via your home network, wherever it […]
“The Evolution Series from TARA Labs is truly beyond belief. It is quite simply the new watershed in the art and science of audio cable design. The Evolution Series is in a class of its own, beyond all other audio cable products in the history of the audio industry worldwide” claims the latest press release […]
KEF has announced the launch of a brand new high gloss piano white edition of its famous LS50 speaker. The original LS50 first appeared in 2012, has received numerous international awards and having heard them several times myself they sure are good. The original LS50 was designed to celebrate KEF’s 50th anniversary, and was conceived […]
In our continued attempts to bring our readers great hifi news and hifi reviews here is a concise list of October’s reviews on Hifi Pig. Graham Audio’s LS5/9 loudspeakers SLIC Innovations latest Eclispse C interconnects Signature Alpha loudspeakers from French company Triangle Beyerdynamic’s T61 portable headphones Blue Horizon’s Proburn cable burn in and conditioning machine LH […]
Naim today announced that its Uniti range of all-in-one players will now feature Bluetooth (aptX) and Spotify Connect. “Naim’s customers are music lovers and these new features add convenience and flexibility to their ability to play music from many sources” say Naim. Naim’s range of network players will also feature the new Spotify Connect functionality […]
Merrill Audio Advanced Technology Labs, LLC has announced the Taranis Stereo Power Amplifier with Ncore Technology with a price of $2,500. The Taranis Stereo Power Amplifier is powered by the same NCORE technology as the $12,000 VERITAS Monoblocks and provides “very high value to audiophiles on a budget looking towards the VERITAS as the ultimate […]
The Chord Company has launched a new entry-level interconnect cable that introduces the company’s proprietary ARAY techniques at an affordable price. “The new C-line is the most technically advanced cable at its price point and beyond” says the company’s press release. The Chord Company’s Tuned ARAY technology was originally developed for their flagship Sarum cable […]
We all thought that this was pretty interesting… McIntosh provided the audio experience for the opening of Stevie Nicks’ 24 Karat Gold photography exhibition at the Morrison Hotel Gallery, New York, in October. The opening event showcased Stevie’s 24 Karat Gold exhibition: a photographic journey into the private world of the rock legend, through previously […]
Henley Designs Ltd. got in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us they are delighted to announce the launch of Roksan Audio’s newest series of hi-fi electronics. The K3 Integrated Amplifier and K3 CD Player from Roksan Audio have been designed and built with style, performance and function in mind. Combining visual elegance with audiophile […]
The annual Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show, or TAVES, took place in Downtown Toronto from October 31st to November 2nd and whilst Hifi Pig couldn’t be there for the show we have sourced a nice selection of images from the show from our good friend Knut Skogrand from Skogrand Cables in Norway. Many thanks to Knut […]
TIDAL, the first high fidelity lossless music streaming service with HD music videos and curated editorial, has announced the launch and availability of its service in the UK and US. The service has an extensive library of 25 million-plus tracks, 75,000 music videos and curated editorial articles, features and interviews. It’s ad’ free and available […]
The SteamAmp II from Coppersteam.com is the second iteration in the SteamAmp line and we think it looked great and certainly worthy of a mention in Hifi Pig’s news section. Its circuit follows the original, and is based upon the S5 Electronics K12G Kit. The power supply caps and signal coupling caps have been upgraded, […]
Quad celebrates 78 years in business this year and with the launch of Vena: a compact integrated amplifier sporting a wide range of digital and analogue inputs, plus wireless streaming over Bluetooth with aptX support. Just 313mm wide, the diminutive Vena updates the familiar Quad aesthetic, yet remains distinctly ‘Quad’. A row of source-selection buttons […]
Anthem AVS will be launching the new range of Paradigm Prestige loudspeakers to the UK and Republic of Ireland at this year’s Hi-Fi News show on November the 1st and 2nd. “The Paradigm Prestige is adorned with smart engineering and new technologies such as the proprietary Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter Lens which protects the delicate […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched a new control app for its recently launched media streamer the MB100 Media Bridge. The McIntosh Media Bridge app allows users to fully control and operate the new MB100 Media Bridge streamer, launched in the UK in late September. The MB100 Media Bridge music streamer combinines huge internal storage with a […]
T+A, Germany’s largest specialist audio manufacturer, has announced that it has appointed Dynaudio UK as its new UK distributor. Starting with immediate effect, Dynaudio UK will be responsible for all sales and support activities across the UK specialist audio retailer network. The company says that a change in distribution signals a new period of focus […]
KEF has joined forces with Warner Bros. to promote the cinema release of the highly anticipated Interstellar, the new movie by Christopher Nolan releasing in cinemas and Imax nationwide on 7th November. From the end of October, KEF retailers will host Interstellar promotional material alongside KEF’s E series speaker range in-store. The E Series takes […]
The Clarity Alliance announces that hi-fi electronics retailer, Fanthorpes Hifi, has joined its growing number of UK members, expanding the number of retailers supporting the work of the Alliance. Fanthorpes in Hull has been trading in Hepworth’s Arcade since 1946 and took the decision to join Clarity Alliance after meeting members of the Alliance at […]
German company Clearaudio have announced the Absolute Phono and Absolute Phono Inside, a novel new phonostage solution. With current phonostages the output signal generated within the cartridge has to travel down the tonearm wiring and along the external arm lead before it reaches the phonostage, at which point it is amplified and then equalized before […]
The Pop Ambient series of albums from Uber label Kompakt has been delivering the chilled goods since 2001 and never fails to deliver. As the title suggests the style of music herein is accessible ambience and it works very well indeed. Label boss Wolfgang Voigt is the guy that puts the collection together and he does […]
