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New Specialist Speakers From TAGA

TAGA Harmony today unveils a new addition to the TCW series in the Custom Installations category: TCW-500R v.4 in-ceiling speaker. This is the 4th upgraded edition of one of the most popular speaker in the series. TAGA Harmony TCW speaker utilizes A very stiff and strong injection-molded polymer chassis, which aim to minimize distortion, vibrations […]

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Pioneer Announces MQA Support on XDP-100R DAP

Pioneer has announced support for MQA on their “XDP-100R” digital audio player. Announced at IFA in September 2015, the “XDP-100R” is the world’s first MQA enabled portable digital audio player*1 says the company’s latest press release. The free update will be available worldwide on April 12th via Google PlayTM. MQA captures and delivers master quality audio in […]

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Munich High End Launch For New Avid Turntable

It’s been ten years since Avid Hifi launched the Acutus Reference was launched and now they have announced the Acutus Reference Mono SP turntable. Conrad mas of Avid said “We have re-designed the amplifier stage way beyond most audio amplifiers and enabled twin mono operation to power each motor coil. Not limiting performance to save […]

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Munich Launch For New £25 000 Avid Turntable

It’s been ten years since Avid Hifi launched the Acutus Reference was launched and now they have announced the Acutus Reference Mono SP turntable. Conrad mas of Avid said “We have re-designed the amplifier stage way beyond most audio amplifiers and enabled twin mono operation to power each motor coil. Not limiting performance to save […]

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Nativ Hi-Res Music System

Nativ™ has unveiled its new high-resolution music system. At its heart is Nativ Vita™, a music player with a 11.6” touch-screen and simple access to “all music of the world”. It features built-in support for popular streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify and plays music from your smartphone, computer or NAS. Nativ Vita™ […]

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Tim Hecker – Love Streams (4AD Records)

If you’re lucky enough to be living on a remote tropical island, then it’s likely that you’ve never heard of Tim Hecker.  Admittedly, I was a late starter myself, picking up on Tim’s work only after he’d released his sixth album, the ground-breaking “Ravedeath, 1972”, much of which was recorded on a church organ.  Tim’s […]

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New In-Ear Headphones From Grado

New York based Grado introduce ‘iGe’ the latest addition to its line of In-Ear models. Incorporating many of the design features of the GR8e and GR10e models, the new iGe is a proprietary wide bandwidth, dynamic driver design. UK Brand manager Jack Fox stated: “At Grado learning never ends. Its company culture encourages experimentation and […]

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Hear The Neolith In London

Be the first in London to hear the new flagship loudspeaker from Kansas-based Martin Logan. On Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th of April, KJ West One and Martin Logan’s UK distributor Absolute Sounds will be co-hosting a night dedicated to demonstrating Neolith from Martin Logan. We’ve heard the Neolith in the past and it is huge […]

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High End Munich 2016 Demonstrations and Presentations

Once again, the HIGH END show at Munich will feature, not only great hifi and audio equipment,but also a wide variety of interesting talks, presentations, demonstrations and workshops with high-profile speakers all about consumer electronics. Here is a small selection of the exciting topics to come: TECHNOLOGY STAGE – HALL 3, STAND K08 HQ-RADIO IN […]

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Presentations and Lectures At High End 2016

Once again, the HIGH END show at Munich will feature, not only great hifi and audio equipment,but also a wide variety of interesting talks, presentations, demonstrations and workshops with high-profile speakers all about consumer electronics. Here is a small selection of the exciting topics to come: TECHNOLOGY STAGE – HALL 3, STAND K08 HQ-RADIO IN […]

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Sound & Vision – The Bristol Show 2016

Hifi Pig’s coverage of this year’s Sound and Vision – The Bristol Show with all the awards, comment and loads of photographs taken at the show. The e magazine has been kindly sponsored by Clarity Alliance.   Download your free emagazine of the Sound and Vision – The Bristol Show here.  Correction – Music First’s […]

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The Chord Company Restructures Cable Line Up

The Chord Company has completely restructured its cable line-up, with new ranges, new additions and a simplified grouping system. The Chord Company’s product portfolio now comprises seven distinct ranges, from the entry-level C-series, to the flagship, ChordMusic cables. The new ranges make it easy to discern between price points and performance levels and offers consumers […]

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New Drangonflys Announced By AudioQuest

It’s been almost four years since the original DragonFly (v1.0) launched and then a year and half later, DragonFly introduced the updated v1.2—for €149. Now, AudioQuest is to introduce two new DragonFlys that will work with Apple and Android™ phones! AudioQuest worked alongside Microchip Technology to develop a new high-performance, full-speed USB microcontroller (a DAC’s […]