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Valve Based Headphone Amp from Unison Research

Unison Research are expanding on their valve-based hifi electronics to produce their first ever dedicated headphone amplifier. The SH is a single-ended, two-stage full-valve headphone amplifier designed to accommodate both traditional analogue sources and modern computer-based audio. Unison Research have created SH in order to cater for the growing world of headphone audiophiles. As most […]

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Aurender Upgrades Software

Aurender has announced that their latest downloadable software upgrade, System SW 4.5.58 (5.5.58), adds several new features, including: Qobuz high fidelity streaming, and the company’s unique Smart Copy®function that allows direct music uploading, within their Conductor App, to any Aurender Music Streamer/Player’s internal HDD directly from your NAS or external USB drive, without using a PC or Mac. These new […]

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Leema Elements Preamplifier With DAC

Leema Acoustics’ Elements range has expanded to include a new preamp with a high-quality DAC section, offering a wide range of connectivity for today’s digital devices. The new Elements Pre-Amplifier builds on the Leema Acoustics’ Elements integrated, adding a high-quality balanced output.  The new Elements Pre-Amplifier retains the familiar half-width-chassis form factor of the Elements […]

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Mr Speakers Ether C Headphones

At £1250 with the standard cable or £1350 with the Premium cable, the Mr Speakers Ether C headphones certainly fall into the high-end price bracket, but will they deliver on sound quality? Janine Elliot finds our for Hifi Pig.

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New Monoblocks From KR Audio

The new KR VA 200 monoblocks with the KR 842vhd tube application from KR Audio will be presented at the Melia Hotel in Milan for the Milano Hi-End show, Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3, 2016 in the Turchese room by Mr. Luigi Bocca of LAB Audio Technology Amministrazione as a world debut before the official presentation at the Munich […]

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Etalon strEamer Review

The Etalon strEamer is a mini server made in Hungary and costing €550. John Scott wires it into his system for Hifi Pig.  ” I said at the beginning of this review that the Squeezebox was my benchmark of minimum quality.  Initially, comparisons were favourable; the strEamer sounded as good as the Touch.  Over time, I […]

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Munich High End Latest News

Based on the initial projections of the German music industry association (BVMI), the turnover of music sales in Germany for the year 2015 increased by   3.9%. Audio streaming was at the forefront in the growth trends with a 96.6% increase. Behind all the “new” download and music streaming services lies a societal change that one […]

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Munich High-End – It’s All About The Music

Based on the initial projections of the German music industry association (BVMI), the turnover of music sales in Germany for the year 2015 increased by   3.9%. Audio streaming was at the forefront in the growth trends with a 96.6% increase. Behind all the “new” download and music streaming services lies a societal change that one […]

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Budget Speakers From Mission

LX-2 and LX-3 are the first speakers to arrive from Mission’s all-new entry-level LX Series which the company says will deliver exceptional sound at affordable prices.  For the LX Series, the speakers’ design has been stripped design back to its fundamentals to produce a range of speakers that Mission can be proud of in engineering […]

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Latest Record Cleaning Machine From Clearaudio

As the vinyl revival continues to accelerate, record collectors are realising the importance of keeping their beloved collections clean and pristine. Playing records contaminated with dust, dirt, fingerprints and other undesirables will not only negatively affect the sound quality but can also cause damage to both record and stylus. And it’s not just second-hand vinyl […]

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Limited Edition Noble IEMs

Noble Audio’s top-of-the range universal-fit in-ear monitor, the K10U, is now available for a limited time only, in a black and rose gold finish. Hand-made in the USA, the exclusive K10U B&RG, will be strictly limited to 100 pairs and available on a first-come, first- served basis. The K10U B&RG uses Noble’s 10-driver configuration, a […]

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Live Music At High End Munich 2016

Live and very close up – the pure, hand-made sound In the past few years, the accompanying musical programme at the HIGH END has become an integral part of the event. 2016’s Munich High End will again spoil its visitors with a broad international repertoire, sung and played live by outstanding musicians. The artists will […]