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A Valve Amp Using Toroidal Speaker Output Transformers
Fezz Audio are based in Poland and make the Fezz Audio Silver Luna valve amplifier. The basis for the creation of the whole Fezz Audio project is a family business known as Toroidy.pl who supplies mains transformers to a myriad of audio companies and they have partnered with a host of well known brands including […]
Métronome At CES 2016
CES will arrive in 3 weeks and Jean Marie at Metronome got in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us what they would be up to. Products the company will have on demonstration will include: The Music Center 1, the first music server from Métronome. The internal CD player/burner allows CD ripping, and you can store all […]
Zeta Zero Venus Picolla Loudspeakers
At just under £20 000 the Polish Zeta Zero Venus Picolla are a substantial investment, but they are gorgeously built and something of a work of art Janine Elliot thinks? How do they sound?
“Cagey” Bryston To Unveil New Products At CES
Bryston say they have BIG NEWS for CES 2016 but they are keeping decidedly “cagey” about it, saying only that they will be unveiling a new series of products unlike anything the company has introduced in many years. These products will be used in an active demo along with the new BDA-3 DAC. And there […]
New Pro-Ject RPM5 Carbon Turntable Announced
Pro-Ject Audio Systems have completely renovated their popular RPM series of turntables throughout the course of 2015. The final adjustment to the range has now been confirmed, in the form of the brand new RPM 5 Carbon. Designed to replace the award-winning RPM 5, the RPM 5 Carbon takes a technological, audible and aesthetic leap […]
Fiver A Metre Speaker Cable From The Chord Company
C-screen is a brand new shielded speaker cable aimed at both audio and home cinema systems. It joins the line up of Chord Company shielded speaker cables, including the Clearway and the Signature Reference. Chord’s design objective was to produce a cable discreet enough for easy installation, with all the performance benefits that shielding can […]
Audiojumble February 2016
If second hand hifi and vintage audio is your thing then you could do worse than check out the upcoming AudioJumble that will take place on Sunday 21st February at the Angel Centre, Tobridge in Kent. These are always well attended and well talked about events and a great place to pick up that bargain […]
Monitor Audio To Launch Platinum II at CES
“The Platinum II project has produced the most accurate and beautiful loudspeakers Monitor Audio has ever made” says the company’s recent press release, continuing “ Platinum II is a mix of evolutionary refinement and discovery, offering genuine audiophile performance with simply stunning design and materials specification”. For the first time in a Monitor Audio speaker, […]
Behind The Brands with Heinz Lichtenegger
Heinz Lichtenegger is the CEO and President of Pro-Ject Audio Systems, is an absolute audio and music fanatic and here talks to Hifi Pig about his history, his system and where he thinks the industry is headed.
New Model YB Loudspeakers From Estelon
Estelon celebrates its 5th anniversary with the launch of a new product “Model YB” It’s been a successful five years for Estelon the company’s latest press release says. Each year a new model has been introduced to the X Series, leading to numerous awards and recognitions worldwide, the most prominent of which has been the Estelon’s […]
Cabasse Stream 100 Amplifier and Surf Loudspeakers
French based Cabasse make the renowned Sphère loudspeaker system, but they also produce more modestly priced items.Here Dominic Marsh takes a listen to the Stream 100 amplifier (£499) and Surf loudspeakers (£379)
Eclipse To Dem’ Multichannel At CES
ECLIPSE will be demonstrating its flagship TD series loudspeaker at CES 2016, along with its range-topping subwoofer in a multichannel system that showcases the brand’s ‘accurate sound’ technology. Visitors to the ECLIPSE suite at the Venetian Tower (suite 25 – 219) will also be able experience the TD-M1 desktop-orientated home audio system, which offers wireless […]
Trade-Ins….What will you give me for my used mule?
Mike Twomey continues his series of articles looking at the wonderful world of audio from the dealers perspective and this month offers up a few useful tips on how to get the best trade in deal when it comes round to the inevitable upgrade time…
The Proclaimers – The Playhouse, Edinburgh
Craig and Charlie Reid have come along way since they signed off the dole in a bleak benefit office on Edinburgh’s west side and signed onto the government’s Enterprise Allowance Scheme, with which they helped to fund the first six months of their musical career as The Proclaimers . Ten albums, a musical and a […]
Review – MunroSonic EGG150 Active Monitoring Loudspeakers
The MunroSonic EGG150 is a £2000 active monitoring system with a twist. Dan Worth takes a listen to this egg shaped speaker and tells us if it’s all it’s cracked up to be. “There’s no denying that the EGG150s are a very musical speaker and criticisms although tough are based on my experience with many other active […]