North West Audio Show Highlights – Simon Hill
Hifi Pig reader Simon Hill has been looking forward to North West Audio Show for all year and was keen to tell others about his experience at the event.
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Dean Brissett Presents His Top Ten Albums At North West Audio Show
Incredibly knowledgeable Dean Brissett was invited to present his Top Ten records of all time at this year’s North West Audio Show. The result was a highly entertaining presentation that included some really great snippets from some truly fabulous records, presented in a passionate and highly entertaining way. At every show we visit we give […]
North West Audio Show 2016 Highlights – Ian Ringstead
Regular Hifi Pig contributor Ian Ringstead picks out a few of his highlights from this year’s North West Audio Show. Read more Read the full story There will be more news and views from the North West Audio Show over the next couple of days culminating in a special e-magazine with loads of extra photos […]
North West Audio Show 2016 – Ian Ringstead
Regular Hifi Pig contributor Ian Ringstead picks out a few of his highlights from this year’s North West Audio Show.
Soundcare Superspikes
Soundcare Superpikes, coming in at around £35-£40 for a set of four have been a long time staple of the audiophile world. Dan Worth screws some into his speakers’ outriggers and tells us what he thought of this inexpensive tweak.
iota audio design Revamp Phono Stages
iota-audio-design have been in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us about their phono stage. The name may be new to you but hey have a company history that goes back more than 25 years and many of their products are being revised, upgraded and improved. Their balanced phono stages have evolved over a very […]
Intimate Audio DS-108 Back Loaded Horn Loudspeaker
The Intimate Audio DS-108 back loaded horn loudspeaker is UK built and uses the four-inch Fostex FE108EZ driver. Ian Ringstead puts these £1595 standmounters through their paces for Hifi Pig.
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!
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.