The Audiophile Cat
In this month’s Birds Eye View Linette discusses audiophiles and their cats. Yep…cats! We fully expect this to break the internet!
Author: HifiPig
The Fall – Wise Ol’ Man (Cherry Red)
Marc E. Smith’s The Fall divide opinion perhaps like no other band I can think of. On the one hand you have a devoted to the point of obsession fanboys, whilst on the other you have folk that just don’t get them. I fall (no pun intended) somewhere in the middle which is a bit […]
Silvia Telles – Young Love – The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim (él)
Continuing what has been a particularly cosmopolitan set of review CDs this month we have this album from the él stable. Nope, I’ve not come across the singer before and this is part of the reason I love él; never afraid to dig out the obscure and interesting and release it on the unsuspecting music […]
Renaud – Renaud
This has been an absolutely huge record in France achieving the highest week one sales in fourteen years and going Double Platinum in its first week of sales. I wasn’t expecting this to land on my desk and when youngest son saw it he declared it rubbish…though I strongly suspect he’s only heard snippets, or […]
Another Splash Of Colour: New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-1985 (Cherry Red)
Between 1980 and 1985 Britain was experiencing a bit of a psychedelic revival and Another Splash Of Colour expands on the original album A Splash Of Colour issued in’82 and highlights many of the bands of the Nu Psych scene from that era. All the tracks from the original album are present and correct and […]
MS HD Audio MS-E02SS Mains Block
Submitted for review to Hifi Pig we have this MS HD Power MS-EO2 SS, Star Wired mains block with surge protection and external earth point unit costing £369. Dominic Marsh takes a listen.
The RCA Tape Cartridge
Hifi is an odd bod. We get great ideas, and then go backwards in sound quality before going forwards again. I mean, look at the resurgence of the LP, or the backwards philosophy of MP3. Most will say the CD was a bit of a white elephant. Of course we all remember the cassette tape, […]
Exposure adds DSD to 2010S2 DAC
Exposure Electronics has just announced an upgrade to the 2010S2 DAC, enabling the latter to handle DSD music files. The new upgraded edition, available now, is able to handle single-rate DSD (DSD x64 or DSD 2.8mHz) through the USB input, as well as PCM support up to 24-bit / 192kHz. There are also three coaxial […]
I Think I’ve Changed My Mind !
More piff and waffle from Stuart after a bit of a bar room psychology lesson courtesy of Auntie Beeb.
T Rex – Electric Warrior
Fearing that the world is heading to hell in a handcart, John Scott takes refuge in T Rex’s Electric Warrior.
Chord Electronics Hugo TT DAC/Headphone Amp
Dan Worth has a listen to the £3000 Chord Hugo TT for Hifi Pig.
Clones Audio Announce Shaar
Clones Audio have been in touch to let us know abut their latest product. The SHAAR is an audiophile grade PCIe to USB audio gateway. Ultra low noise regulators for digital chips, clock, USB power. Power input noise filters. Extreme low noise master clock module with the precision 1ppm TCXO. -USB portUSB 3.0 controller -Support […]
EAT C Major Turntable Arrives Stateside
VANA, Ltd. has announced that the European Audio Team C-Major turntable, the company’s first complete analogue playback solution, is available now through a carefully selected network of US dealers. The C-Major turntable has been engineered and manufactured in Prague to deliver superb performance with a sleek “super-flat” industrial design and comes ready to play right […]
Code Acoustics Launch At North West Audio Show
Code Acoustics will be launching their brand new ‘SYSTEM-1’ at the North West Audio Show – Sunday 26th June 2016, Cranage Hall AND Wychwood Park Cheshire. . This consists of TOP-1 and BASS-1, which combine to create a high quality 3-way speaker, and CONTROL-1: A 6-channel amplifier, pre-amp and DSP crossover unit rolled into one box. […]
Dean’s Top Ten Records Of All Time – North West Audio Show
Following the success of his talk about vinyl at last year’s show, Dean Brissett – record Guru – will be presenting his Top 10 records of all time at this year’s North West Audio Show taking place on the Sunday 26th June 2016 at Cranage Hall AND Wychwood Park Cheshire. . The presentation will take place in Baird […]
NuNu Expand NuForce Audio Range Across UK
NuNu Distribution Ltd and Optoma launch a new partnership today to expand the NuForce audio range across the UK. Anne Duhig-Reader, Managing Director of NuNu Distribution said: “We pride ourselves on supplying only the best audio brands and Optoma NuForce has a great reputation borne out by the glowing reviews the products receive. Combining our […]