I hate Munich High End, I really do. It’s not enough that the humans subject me to endless sessions of stuff they laughably call music throughout the year but then they abandon me to go off to some place in Germany to listen to it all and, I’ve been told, have quite a nice time […]
There are certain manufacturers that can be relied upon to always put on a good show at Munich High-End.
The guys at Triangle, who we recently paid a visit to in Bordeaux, sent us details of their latest loudspeaker range, the ESPRIT EZ Series. Triangle say that the new EZ series is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of their Esprit range. They add that the Esprit Ez Series is a lively and dynamic […]
Pure Sound contacted Hifi Pig to announce the UK arrival of the Japanese made Aurorasound PREDA line level Control Amplifier. PREDA is a solid state preamplifier with analogue IN / OUT and employs an autoformer type volume control system. The transformer taps are switched using reed relays from UK manufacturer Pickering Interfaces and incorporates 54-steps. […]
Funk Firm, Harbeth, Bespoke Audio Company, Chord Electronics, Graham Audio, JoSound, KEF & Arcam, Neat, Roksan, Cyrus & Hifi Racks, PMC, Q Acoustics, Living Voice.
Boenicke, Tune Audio, PMC, Martin Logan & Moon, Constellation Audio & Wilson, Existence & Apoll & Graditech, Existence Speakers & Apoll Acoustics and Graditech, Azzolina Audio plus hORNS & Zontec & Albedo
McIntosh, Audio Research, Sonus Faber, Wadia, Basso Continuo, Meridian, Krell, D’Agostino, Velodyne.
Chord, Cabasse, Octave, Brodmann, Hifi Racks & Cyrus, Leedh & Swissonor, Hornfabrik, Absolare, Backes and Muller, German Physiks, Estelon
Hifi Pig’s coverage of the High End Munich hifi show has started. You can read all about it by following the link or clicking on the image to the right. We’ve got loads of pictures to add over the next few days as well as what we thought about the show. Always popular is Linette’s […]
TAD, Silbatone, Fono Acoustica, Nola, Voxativ and JoSound.
A round up of some of the press events we were invited to at Munich High End 2014.
Last year was my first ever High End Munich Show and I did indeed get myself quite worked up at the prospect of hearing Avantgarde Acoustic Trios for the first time.
The newcomers part of Munich High End is a great idea and gives those company’s that are relatively new to the industry the opportunity to showcase their products without having to shell out huge amounts of cash for a stand or room proper. It’s a great thing that the High End Society does and I […]
McIntosh Laboratory introduces three new products at High End, Munich, including luxury headphones and two compact amplifiers. The trio includes the new MHP1000 headphones, plus the MC152 and MC301 amplifiers. New: MPH1000 headphones “The new MHP1000 headphones have been designed to offer the legendary McIntosh sound quality from a portable product. They combine McIntosh’s famous […]
Hifi Pig are currently at the Munich High-End and will be bringing you all the news when we return …but we will be giving you daily updates and pictures throughout the event itself.
Chord Electronics’ all-British reference-level system and The Chord Company partner at High End, Munich The two ‘Chords’, Chord Electronics and The Chord Company, will be active at High End, Munich this year, showing some of their latest products, along with some newcomers. Chord Electronics will be taking its regular suite, Atrium 3, Room C122, and […]
Chord Electronics’ all-British reference-level system and The Chord Company partner at High End, Munich The two ‘Chords’, Chord Electronics and The Chord Company, will be active at High End, Munich this year, showing some of their latest products, along with some newcomers. Chord Electronics will be taking its regular suite, Atrium 3, Room C122, and […]
Tisbury Audio, whose little passive preamplifier we reviewed here, has today released its flagship headphone amplifier: the Challenge Amp 1. The new headphone preamplifier has been designed to drive audiophile headphones and the company’s press release says “it combines class-leading performance with beautiful industrial design at a highly competitive price”. The Challenge Amp 1 is hand […]
This year Swiss high-end manufacturer Weiss Engineering celebrate their 30th anniversary. Daniel Weiss contacted Hifi Pig and commented ”We took the opportunity and created the gold plated MAN301DAC-A, available in a limited edition, manufactured during 2014 exclusively”. The MAN301DAC-A uses a new DAC section: Based on the company’s discrete single ended output Operational Amplifier (the […]
The Directwave is a new UK based company formed 6 months ago, catering to the mid to high end audiophile market. Their first product ‘The Director’ analogue interconnect cable is currently available via the company’s UK dealer LW Audio who also uses The Directwave cables to demonstrate their Audio Music 833 class A amplifier. Iain […]
We met up with LAB 12 at last year’s High End Munich Show were pleased when they got in touch to tell us about their new amplifier, the Mighty. The Mighty is a Class A, Single Ended, 10 Watts per channel valve amplifier and continues the company’s aesthetic seen on their previous products.You can see […]
We met up with LAB 12 at last year’s High End Munich Show were pleased when they got in touch to tell us about their new amplifier, the Mighty. The Mighty is a Class A, Single Ended, 10 Watts per channel valve amplifier and continues the company’s aesthetic seen on their previous products.You can see […]