British newcomer Computer Audio Design (CAD), is a specialist high-end audio company that aims to achieve the “finest sound quality from computer audio sources”. Designed and hand-built in the UK, CAD’s debut offering, the CAD 1543 DAC, has been built as a “no-compromise” asynchronous USB DAC. The CAD 1543 DAC has been built on a […]
Audiolici is a Portuguese audio company based in oPorto. The company was founded in 2007 and specialise in the design and manufacture of valve based pre and power amplifiers. Their latest product is the Audiolici A-25 valve amplifier which is an integrated valve amplifier. The input selector of the A-25 is designed around four pairs […]
Iconic Danish hifi and electronic manufacturer Bang and Olufsen has announced that is to close up to 125 of its shops. The company will also take control of its operations in China and Brazil where they are seeing rapid growth – The company is also experiencing good and rapid growth in Russia and India as […]
The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has helped Rega Research Ltd to meet the demand for its range of Hi Fi products which are all conceived, designed and manufactured at its custom built facility in Southend, UK. Rega employs 74 people and has a turnover of over £6 million, was founded in 1973, it is now […]
The latest in the series of Conrad-Johnson vacuum-tube power amplifiers, the LP125sa is announced for release in the UK by Audiofreaks distribution. The high-end amplifier is a single stereo block and, at 125 watts per channel has ample power for the majority of high-end loudspeakers. The LP125sa audio circuit consists of three stages. The input […]
Boulder Amplifiers has unveiled the 3060 Class A Stereo Amplifier at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. At nearly 450 lbs. and producing 900 WPC, the 3060 is by far the largest and most powerful stereo amplifier ever released by Boulder and comes as an addition to the existing 3050 monobloc amplifiers. All audio circuitry within […]
TEAC have recently announced the launch of a new series of hifi seperates called the 501 Reference series. The series includes the AI-501DA class D integrated amplifier (pictured) with 192kHz USB Audio Input using BurrBrown PCM5102 D/A , the PD-501HR CD Player with 5.6MHz DSD-file-recorded disc nativeplayback, the HA-501full-analogue dual monaural headphone amplifier and finally […]
Hot on the heals of the DAC-V1 Naim have launched the NAP 100 power amplifier, which they say is a “classic expression of traditional Naim power amplifier engineering”. Naim’s latest addition to their power amplifier stable offers 50 watts per channel at 8 Ohms, and 100 watts at 4 Ohms, the NAP 100 is a […]
The DAC-V1 is an asynchronous USB digital to analogue converter with multiple digital S/PDIF inputs, volume control and a headphone amplifier. High-speed asynchronous USB input up to 24bit/384kHz 5 x S/PDIF inputs up to 24bit/192kHz (1 x BNC, 2 X RCA, 2 x TOSLINK) Selectable fixed or variable analogue outputs (DIN or RCA) Zero S/PDIF […]
Audion have today announced the release of their latest product Audion Select, a passive pre-amplifier. “The name “Audion Select” has been given as it’s mainly an input selector and in the double entendre stakes its also quite a select product.” Said Graeme Holland of Audion. The basic Audion Select is a passive pre-amplifier with 5 […]
Scott Nangle the Scotland based hifi retailer has announced they will be stocking the Stirling Broadcast BBC Monitors. The new Stirling BBC LS3/5a (V2) is designed by Stirling Broadcast and made in England to meet the exacting requirements of the BBC LS3/5a specification. This version uses the new Stirling SB4424 + SB4428 drivers, and a […]
Recital Loudspeakers is a new manufacturer based in Mutzig in Western France not very far from Strasbourg who hand-make their loudspeakers in France. At the moment the company has just two loudspeakers in their range, the 2 way bass reflex Define and the 2.5 way Illumine (pictured). The company utilises its “Pure Motion” technology which […]
Resonessence Labs have today announced that DSD playback capabilities are now available on their flagship product Invicta, which Hifi Pig reviewed here and which won our Recommended Award. Units of the Invicta that ship after the 14th January 2013 will be equipped with Version 4.0.0 of the company’s software and this includes DSD playback over […]
High-end audio electronics manufacturer Valve Amplification Company (VAC) based in Sarasoto will unveil its new Statement iQ Power Amplifier and Statement Series Preamplifiers at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show. Known for designing audio amplifiers that use vacuum tubes, VAC reveals the “revolutionary” VAC iQ System (patent pending), representing a breakthrough in the application of […]
Sacramento based High-end audio manufacturer Light Harmonic has announced they will introduce the Da Vinci Dual DAC at CES 2013. Light Harmonic’s Da Vinci DAC utilises unique, proprietary design elements to “set a new standard of fidelity and musicality in digital music reproduction”: A 384K/32 Bit Asynchronous USB input which accepts 384K/32 Bit pulse code […]
Another launch announced for CES, this time from German brand T + A. The new range from T+A bears the designation HV = High Voltage and will be expanded with a line of products to form the pinnacle of T+A’s solid-state product range. “Created to cater for the demanding audiophile and lover of two-channel music […]
Chord Electronics, Britain’s “tech-driven specialist hi-fi manufacturer”, will be showing several of its latest products at CES, including the brand new advanced Reference streamer, the DSX 1000 (£7,500). This “cutting-edge” network music player, with its proprietary QBD76HD-based DAC, will be joined by the Red Reference MkIII CD player, in the Bluebird Music suite. The two Reference-level components will be joined […]
In early December we announced news that Avid Hifi were to launch a new turntable – the INGENIUM. Today they have confirmed the launch of the range of turntables which become their new entry-level product. Ingenium shares the design philosophy of Avid’s more expensive designs, has “true engineered audiophile quality, utilises key elements of the […]
This January at the 2013 CES show, Cary Audio will unveil a number of new products. First, they will be showing new digital to analog converters. The DAC-100 will be a completely solid-state design, while the DAC-100t will be a hybrid design with a vacuum tube output stage. Cary Audio will also be officially launching […]
Audio4Soul is a new company in 2 channel high-end audio products based in Greece and with a philosophy of bringing simplicity in home audio to the masses whilst retaining truly audiophile credentials and sound quality. The company has announced worldwide distribution of Xtreme16 USB, its first product – an asynchronous 24/192 USB-DAC and integrated amplifier […]
Italian high end audio manufacturer Lector Audio has announced the introduction of their latest DAC, the Digitube DSD (Direct Stream Digital). The new DAC is based on the 32 bit Dac from AKM and has an output circuit designed around vacuum tubes (ECC-81/12AT7). The DAC accepts digital signals up to 192kHz/32bit and 384kHz/32 bit via […]
In partnership with Amazon, Hifi Pig is proud to announce that you can now buy CDs, vinyl records and books without leaving the Hifi Pig website. If you would like to buy records and CDs then simply follow this link and if you are looking for books about the more technical side of the audiophile […]
Polish Hifi maverick Lampizator has announced two new products to add to their range of high-end audio products. Lukasz Fikus, owner ad chief designer had the following to say about the Level 6 “…no compromise, ultimate attempt on the state of art in music making. It is not about convenience, not about features and not […]
A public beta version of Naim’s n-Serve for Mac control app is now available to download from the Naim website. This new Mac app offers all of the server maintenance functionality of the Windows Naim Desk Top Client alongside the control features available on n-Serve for iOS devices. n-Serve for Mac allows the user to […]
