OmenOpus are, it has to be said, a new band to me and they have a handful of albums and EPs on the Monty Maggot label that we’ll take a listen to over the next couple of months, but judging by what I’ve heard so far they certainly know where they’re going and what they’re […]
Meridian get on the road in 2014 with a series of events to Celebrate 25 years of Digital Loudspeaker Innovation, with the Introduction of Special Edition Loudspeakers. Events kick off on February 14th with a two-day dedicated Meridian open-day at the newly opened Meridian West London Boutique in Chelsea. Meridian is connecting with its retail […]
The new Bowers & Wilkins 600 Series is said to dramatically improve on the existing range’s combination of value and audio performance with every element of its design having being improved in the six new models. The new 600 Series utilises Bowers & Wilkins engineering solutions from other ranges – Double Dome Tweeters derived from […]
Released at the end of January 2014 on Blue Castle Records (the label that Crosby founded with Graham Nash in 2011) and downloaded here in FLAC from HighResAudio, “Croz” is David Crosby’s first album of solo material in twenty years and contains eleven new and original tracks recorded at Crosby’s home studio. Croz will be […]
British audio company, Ferguson Hill, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the development of a new speaker product, the Ferguson Hill Clear Speaker System. Created for music and TV sound, the system builds upon Ferguson Hill’s trademark horn-loaded loudspeaker technology. Elliptical horn satellite speakers combine with spherical bass speakers, all fashioned from crystal-clear […]
Audiophile plugs are a bit of a necessity for those audio enthusiasts looking to use mains cable thicker than the standard cable but what’s available on the market? New to the UK, MS HD Power large gauge audiophile UK plugs could be the answer to many peoples’ prayers. Here Dan fits and listens to one […]
Anne Hytta is a leading player of the Hardanger fiddle in her home country of Norway and here in Draumsyn performs her own music which is very much rooted in the traditions of this distinctive instrument. Here’s what her website says about the record “The music is both modern and old – new and original […]
Well, given their unusual looks and less than conventional way about producing music the Leedh E2 loudspeakers were always going to divide opinion. However the proof of the pudding is in the…er listening so we got hold of a pair and put them through their paces. “The Leedh E2 loudspeaker from Laboratoire Etudes et Developpements […]
Wharfedale have announced their new Vista 100 Soundbar which the company says offers a compact alternative to the traditional 5.1 surround sound loudspeaker array and is ideal for rooms where floor space is at a premium. Measuring less than one meter in width, and equipped for table or wall mounting, the Vista 100 plugs straight […]
Hot on the heels of the success of the Reference CD9 Audio Research have announced the solid-state CD6 CD-DAC. The new CD-DAC combines a compact disc player with a digital-to-analogue converter in one compact chassis. The CD6 is so much more than the 5-1/2 year old CD5 that it replaces, both sonically and technologically say […]
Popcorn? When this CD turned up on the doorstep I was expecting bubblegum pop or some-such but what I actually heard when I pushed the play button was nothing of the sort. So what is Popcorn music? I’ll refer to the liner notes of “Sweet and Salty Popcorn” to explain. Popcorn is a “genre” (movement […]
Guildford Audio got in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us all about their very own annual hifi show. Guildford Audio in association with Absolute Sounds will again be running their yearly Hi-Fi Show in Reading so make a note in your diary for 15 & 16 February. On the Saturday (15th) the show will […]
KEF has announced the addition of a further five new custom installation speakers to further strengthen the company’s Ci Range which will be on show and available for demonstration at this year’s *Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam from February 4th – February 6th. The all-new tall rectangular range is designed and specifically engineered […]
Iso Tek has unveiled its successor to the award-winning GII Sigmas: the EVO3 Sigmas. Like the GII Sigmas, the new EVO3 version is a six-way mains conditioning unit. The EVO3 Sigmas’ two high-current outlets feature IsoTek’s Direct-Coupled© technology, which provides high-current low impedance filtering whilst its four medium-current outlets feature an increased 10A capacity. This, […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched a new CD/SACD player, the MCD550. The new player has been designed to offer exemplary playback of both CD and SACD discs and “transform the audio quality of digitally connected devices”, thanks to its three-input internal DAC. At the MCD550’s heart lies an eight-channel, 32-bit/192kHz PCM/DSD digital to analogue converter that […]
Funjoe at Clones Audio whose little 25 Watt amplifier Hifi Pig reviewed a while ago got in touch to tell us about his latest product to his rapidly expanding range of audio kit, the Sheva DAC. Special features: • DSD 64/128 and DXD (384KHz 24bit PCM) compatible • Ultra-Low Phase Noise Femto Master Clock • […]
Decent Audio in the UK got in touch to tell Hifi Pig about the launch of two new products from Audeze: the open reference LCD-X and closed-back LCD-XC.The Audeze LCD-X and LCX-XC will be officially launched in the UK at Sound & Vision 2014, Bristol, 21st – 23rd February 2014. As regular readers will know […]
LessLoss Audio are an American/Lithuanian based company headed by Louis Motek and make a wide range of audio cables including interconnects, digital cables, speaker cables plus conditioners and soon a direct drive SD player. Here Danny Worth takes a listen to their $1152 DFPC Signature Power cables. “Playing Loreena McKennits ‘Raglan Road’ it was immediately […]
Well this is certainly a good deal of music for your money with Dusty Kid’s third album coming in at round about the two hours mark spread over two CDs which are limited to just 1000 copies on the Isolade label. III is interestingly mixed with the use of vintage consoles and everything being recorded […]
Gato have announced that they will release the latest addition to their DIA range from next month. The new addition will be a preamplifier and DAC with the name PRD-3. The preamplifier will be based on the company’s DIA integrated amplifier and will include the DAC circuits from their DIA-250 and DIA-400. Price will be […]
Dynaudio have announced their new Sub, the 250 II which will retail at £750. It’s an active subwoofer with an integrated 200W amplifier and ustilising a 24cm long-throw woofer which has a 100mm voice coil. The enclosure is sealed and it will be available in four finishes. Interestingly the woofer’s coil and cone are made […]
B.M.C. Audio (Balanced Music Concept) has introduced the new PureVox speaker. The PureVox is B.M.C.’s entry-level speaker and the cpmpany claime a number of innovations for the speaker. Most conventional speakers have good depth of image in the centre of the sound-stage, but much less so at the sides. Responsible for this lack of realism are the […]
Recorded in 1963 and released in July of the same year on the Verve label (and then later in 97 where there were extra tracks) this is Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orchestra with Quincey Jones being responsible for the arrangements (Fitzgerald later worked with Jones on the 1989 “Back on the Block”) and […]
Empyrean Isles was recorded in 1964, released on the Blue Note label, established Hancock as a serious artist and is now available on hi rez format (this copy came from HighRes Audio in Germany) The album contains two of Hancock’s most famous compositions – “One Finger Snap” and the brilliant “Cantaloupe Island” which is one […]