Author: HifiPig
Sanders Sound Model 10c
Sanders sound electrostatics now in UK High-End dealer Scott Nangle Audio have announced that they are now stocking and have on demo, the Sanders Sound Model 10c Electrostatic loudspeakers. The 10c loudspeakers are 94dB sensitive and so should be an excellent match for lower powered valve amplification or the company’s Sanders Magtech amplifiers. The bass […]
The Devious Audiophile
If you are paying large sums of money for a piece of high-end hifi then it is perfectly reasonable to assume that some thought has gone into the way that the kit performs on an aesthetic level as well as, of course, into its audio performance.
Audio Electronics by Cary Audio “Constellation” Preamplifier
Cary Audio of North Carolina have announced the new Constellation tube preamplifier from Audio Electronics by Cary Audio. The Constellation uses the 6SN7 tube running in Class-A triode mode which is coupled to a fully-regulated power and heater supply. The transformer is a custom R-core power device designed to Cary’s own specifications. The preamplifier was […]
Van de Leur Audio Eyes International Markets
Van de Leur Audio is a Dutch company who hand built high-end audio products and as from today, their website is open for visits in the English language. Since the introduction of the Van de Leur Audio 002 tube preamplifier and their Audio 402 Class-D dual mono amplifier the company has received high praise and […]
CA Electronics Ceramic Cable Clamp
The CA Electronics (whose Ceramic Isolating Feet we reviewed) have today announced the Ceramic Cable Clamp which they say is “designed to Absorb vibrations from your cables and minimize the Microphonic effect.” The clamps are said to be easily fitted and suited for a wide range of cables. Simply unscrew and lead the cable through […]
Roth Announces Active Monitor
Roth Audio announces the Roth OLi POWA-5, its debut active monitor. Simply plug the powered speaker into the Mains, now connect it – using the supplied speaker cable – to its passive partner and you’re ready to go. The POWA-5 has 80 watts and connectivity includes 1 x pair RCA analogue connecters (e.g. CD player), […]
Cary Audio Announce Dedicated “Audio Electronics” Website
Cary Audio have announced the creation of a new website dedicated to Audio Electronics by Cary Audio. The site will include product information, reviews, industry events and ordering information, along with other regularly updated items of interest. Audio Electronics is Cary Audio’s subsidiary, originally created in 1993 and now re-launched and positioned to reach a […]
New Addition to the High End Audio Calender
Touchstone Audio have informed us of an innovative addition to the High-end audio events calendar which will take place on Saturday November 3rd and Sunday November 4th at the Moat House Hotel near Reading in Berkshire from 9.30 ’til “late” on the Saturday and 10am through to 4pm on the Sunday. Three Hi-fi distributors and […]
Hagerman Audio Labs “The Violin” Phonostage
Hagerman Audio Labs is a small manufacturer based in Honolulu and has recently announced the introduction of the valve phonostage, The Violin. Offering both Moving Magnet and Moving Coil stages The Violin allows for fine tuning of gain, eq, polarity and operates in Class A with no feedback. The front-end MC gain uses low-noise matched […]
Headonism in Aylesbury
The good people at Deco Audio, the Aylesbury based hi-fi outlet will be holding their “Headonism” 2012 event on Saturday 27th October between 10:30 and 17:30. They will have a wide range of headphones and headphone amplifiers for you to try out from the more affordable end of the scale to the much more high-end. […]
Woo Audio WA7 Headphone Amp and DAC
Not a great deal of information about this very pretty little headphone amplifier from New Yorks based Woo Audio, other than it is the company’s smallest product and has a 32/192 USB DAC built in. It’s imaginatively called the WA7, operates in pure class A and was launched at the Rocky Mountain audio Fest. More […]
Etalon Announces Duosono Plus
Etalon announces Duosono Plus which is an evolution of the company’s Duosono broad-band loudspeaker. The Duosono Plus is a floor-standing loudspeaker equipped with two bass/midrange made from an aluminum, magnesium/titanium alloy used in the company’s Duosono, to which Etalon have added the tweeter used in their Minisono whose membrane consists of the same alloy. The extreme […]
iRiver’s new DAP
Korean manufacturer of the iRiver DAP have announced that they will launch the Astell and Kern AK100 DAP to Japanese markets on 27th October. This is a high end audio player aimed squarely at the audiophile user. It comes with 32GB of internal memory and a dual MicroSDHC which can expand the units memory up […]
Hifi Lounge Opens its Doors
Hifi Lounge, based in Millow near Dunton in Bedfordshire (UK) has been announced as the latest retail outlet for PMC loudspeakers. The outlet will have allow audiophiles and music lovers alike access to the full range of PMC hifi products as well as Bryston electronics. Hifi Lounge is housed in a converted grain barn and […]
Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show 2012
Photographs of the TAVES 2012 event
Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show 2012
Photographs of the Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show (TAVES) 2012.
Fine Sounds Acquires McIntosh
Fine Sounds SpA of Milan, Italy, owner of Sonus Faber, Audio Research Corporation, Wadia Digital and Sumiko, has acquired 100% of McIntosh Laboratory, America’s formidable producer of hi-fi systems. Fine Sounds is owned by Quadrivio, an Investment Management Company also based in Milan, Italy. The acquisition of McIntosh, a Binghamton, NY based company which had […]
Cary Audio At the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest
Cary Audio will be exhibiting at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. The 2012 edition of this show, America’s largest consumer presentation of high-performance audio systems, will be held at the Denver Tech Center Marriott from October 12-14. Cary Audio will have two rooms with full systems on display as well as hosting a booth in […]
Resonessence Labs Concero
Resonessence Labs, whose Invacta Dac we previously reviewed, have announced they will introduce its latest product, CONCERO at this years RMAF in Denver 12th-14th October, just 12 months after releasing its award winning INVICTA product. The CONCERO is the processing engine from the INVICTA DAC, packaged to be used with your existing high end audio […]
Wilson Benesch Introduces the Cardinal Loudspeaker
Today Wilson Benesch unveil their most ambitious product to date – The Cardinal Loudspeaker is the most advanced loudspeaker ever developed by Wilson Benesch – Carbon fibre based and advanced composite systems enable a shell structure with a massive air volume. These curved elements give the cabinet a complex internal geometry to counter standing waves […]
Paris Hifi Home Cinema Show 2012 Part 3
To say that ProJect were well represented at the Paris Hifi show in 2012 would be a bit of an understatement. As well as the dozens of turntables on display (see our Paris Hifi Show Report part 2) there was even more.I like the simple form and sleek, minimal design of the StereoBox DS Integrated […]
Gato Audio PM-6
Gato Audio, the Danish high end audio manufacturer has just announced the PM-6 floorstanding loudspeaker in real wood walnut veneer. The “carefully selected walnut veneer is applied to our heavy duty cabinet construction and lacquered in a delicate – yet strong – satin finish.” High frequencies are dealt with by a 38mm ring radiator, mids […]
30 Years of the Silver Disc
Who would believe that the CD player is now 30 years old…almost to the day! Who out there sold all their vinyl collection and slowly started replacing it with easy to store shiny silver discs…I for one did just that! It seems a lifetime ago and if truth be known I only really bought my […]