Author: HifiPig
Audiolab to Introduce New Budget DAC and Power Amplifier
Audiolab is set to add two new components to its compact LAB Series: the Q-DAC, a new D/A converter based on the M-DAC but set at a lower price point, and the M-PWR matching power amplifier. Like the M-DAC, the new Q-DAC serves not only as a DAC but also as a digital preamp and […]
AKG by Tiesto Awarded Red Dot Award
Introduced in 2012, AKG-by-TIËSTO headphones have proved to be hugely popular with a wide audience. With TIËSTO’s input and stamp of approval, the full line of TIËSTO headphones recently earned the internationally acclaimed Red Dot-label recognition for product design in 2013. The internationally recognized Red Dot symbol is awarded to the finest in technology and […]
Earo Acoustics Wally at T.H.E Show
Earo Acoustics, a Sweden based research and development company, will be making the first public presentation of their new speaker design at T.H.E. this weekend. Named “Wally” the speaker measures only 39mm´s (1-1/2”) thick yet holds two 6,5” and one 2” driver. The design is from ground up including the drivers in order to reach […]
Concert Fidelity to Launch New Battery Drive DAC
Concert Fidelity hand build their kit in Japan and will launch their latest DAC (The DAC 040BD Battery Drive) at this weekend’s T.H.E Show in Newport California. Being powered from battery the DAC will be freed from the possibility of dirty mains electricity interfering with the sound quality in the vital DAC section. This is […]
Fest Jazz in Brittany, France
This year it is the 9th edition of Fest Jazz held every year on the banks of the River Aulne at Châteauneuf-du-Faou in one of the most beautiful parts of Brittany, France. If you are in the area or able to make it this is a really special festival. The three day festival starts on […]
Wy Wires Launch New Products at T.H.E Show
WyWires will debut three new products for 2013 at T.H.E. Show next week – the Platinum Series of speaker and interconnect cables, a new configuration of their Gold cables, and the Power Broker AC Distributor. These products may be found in the following rooms. Platinum is a new wire formula that contains multiple gauges […]
Arteluthe Loudspeakers
Arteluthe are a loudspeaker manufacturer who design and hand-build their products in Quebec, Canada. They currently have three models in their range – the Satie, Algeria and Kanatate. They are interesting loudspeakers and all are active featuring onboard amplifiers, onboard digital sound processing, XLR inputs/outputs and volume control. The speakers also utilise the company’s unique […]
Coffman Labs H1-A Headphone Amplifier
A while ago we ran a news item on the Coffman Labs G1-A preamp and thought you might also be interested in their new, tubed H1-A Headphone Amplifier which will debut at the Newport Audio Show in a couple weeks Externally, the H1-A has a strong family resemblance to the G1-A. The design includes variable […]
Audio Electronics by Cary Audio introduce Lightning DAC
The Audio Electronics by Cary Audio Lightning digital to analog converter(DAC) is now shipping and is available for purchase. The Lightning DAC uses Asynchronous Streamlength™ Class 2.0 USB audio technology for streaming computer USB audio. The Lightning DAC also has coaxial and Toslink inputs up to 24 bit/192 kHz resolution. The Lightning DAC starts with […]
New Headphone Amps from Burson
Burson have introduced two new products aimed squarely at the headfi marketplace, the Burson Conductor SL9018 (pictured) and the Conductor SL1793. The Conductor SL9018 is a streamlined version of the company’s already well established Conductor whilst the Conductor SL1793 is an enhanced version of Burson’s HA-160D. The SL9018 will retail for $1550 whilst the SL1793 […]
Final Report from Munich High End 2013
True to the motto “After the HIGH END is before the HIGH END”, the course has already been set for the next HIGH END show and the dates have now been fixed: 15 to 18 May 2014 in the MOC Munich. Read Hifi Pig’s final show report of Munich High End 2013 and other coverage […]
Munich High End 2013 – The Final Report
The Final Report Well there’s a massive amount to see at Munich High End and there’s no way that we could have hoped to have visited every room and every exhibitor but we did see a lot and we did manage to spend time listening in many of the rooms. Overall we thought the show […]
Munich High End 2013 – Show Report Part 5
In part 5 of the show report from Munich High End 2013 we have a listen to the new Gryphon Audio Trident II loudspeakers, have a chat with Norbert Lehmann from Lehmann Audio and have a chat with newcomers Van de Leur who are launching a new valve pre and class D power amp. We […]
More Reports from Munich High End
Linette has finished her “Birds Eye View” of the Munich High End Show and you can now read the final part of her report on Munich High End 2013. I’ve written Munich High End Show report Part 3 and Munich High End Show report part 4 but there is still much more to add […]
Munich High End 2013 – Show Report Part 4
We’ll come back to the main listening rooms in the next installment of the show report from Munich High End but in this part we’ll look at some of the exhibitors who had taken static stands and were not actually playing any music or we were unable to get a listen. There is some stunning […]
Hifi in Your Garden
We received a press release from Sonance about an interesting looking hifi set up for use in the garden. The SonArray garden sound system by Sonance comes packaged in a single box with eight horn-shaped SR1 satellites and an underground subwoofer (should keep the moles at bay too).The simple daisy-chained loudspeakers attach to any standard […]
High End Show Munich 2013 – A Bird’s Eye View. Part 3
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. ‘Turn it up, bring the noise’ It’s Saturday already so time to pack our bags, eat another huge breakfast and set off for our last day at the show. The fantastic staff at the NH München Deutscher Kaiser are looking after our bags […]
Munich High End 2013 – Show Report Part 3
In part 3 of my coverage of the Munich High End there were a few surprises in store for me and not least in the guise of the Living Voice room which completely turned around my opinions on the company’s loudspeakers, so perhaps this is where I should start.
Munich High End 2013 – Show Report Part 2
Welcome to the second instalment of Hifi Pig’s show report from the Munich High End show 2013 where we’ll focus on another handful of the rooms we were able to visit and listen to.
High End Munich 2013 – A Bird’s Eye View. Part 2.
You can read the second installment of Linette’s views on the Munich High End show, “A Bird’s Eye View”, where she’ll be talking about what stood out at the show for her. Brands she discusses include Thoress who make some interesting looking valve amplifiers, German Physiks and their omnidirectional loudspeakers, Vexo amplifiers, Lehmann Audio and […]
High End Show Munich 2013 – A Bird’s Eye View. Part 2
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. ‘Oh no, it’s raining again’ Friday dawns and I’m feeling totally refreshed after a great night’s sleep at the München Deutscher Kaiser. NH hotels have their beds specially made and they are very, very comfortable.
Legacy Audio Aeris Loudspeaker
Legacy Audio, based in Springfield USA, premiered their Aeris loudspeaker to the European market at the Munich High End show 2013. It’s a bold yet elegant looking loudspeaker and is packed with tech’. While touting 24-bit DSP and 1kwatts of internal bass power, the upper portion of Aeris is open-air dipole which the company says […]
Munich High End 2013 – A Birds Eye View Pt 1.
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. Linette (Mrs Hifi Pig) gives her opinions and perspectives of the Munich High End show in a series of articles written from a woman’s perspective. Find out what she enjoyed on the first day of the Munich High End show in part one […]
High End Show Munich 2013 – A Bird’s Eye View. Pt 1
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. At Hifipig.com we have a lot to say about the Munich 2013 show, but I wanted to give you my views, as a first timer who isn’t a techy, doesn’t necessarily know all the science bit but knows a good sound when she […]
Munich High End 2013 – Show Report Part 1.
Part one of Hifi Pig’s report of the Munich High End 2013 show is now up and live. We will be publishing lots more around the show with dozens of reports of what we saw and what we heard so keep popping back to the site. We think that giving the reports out in bite […]
