Author: HifiPig

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Bespoke Audio Passive Preamplifier

At £9000 the Bespoke Audio Co passive Preamplifier certainly isn’t cheap, but this is a hand-made in the UK, luxury product that is not meant to be within the reach of the majority of people. Stuart Smith takes a listen. “You can choose the configuration of your preamplifier to satisfy your needs and in collaboration with the […]

Hifi Reviews Loudspeakers

Leema Xen Loudspeakers

The original Leema Xen was initially designed as a “cost no object” nearfield monitor for use in studios and the like, but then it was embraced somewhat by those in audiophile circles. Stuart Smith takes a listen to this diminutive £1295 loudspeaker that hails from Wales.

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Roxette and Jamie Cullum To Play Greenwich Music Time

Greenwich Music Time returns to the World Heritage-listed site of The Old Royal Naval College from July 6th – 10th 2016 with a stellar line-up featuring an eclectic array of star names from around the world. Still only in its third year, the concert series has quickly established itself as one of the most popular live music […]

Album Reviews

Roger Waters – Roger Waters – The Wall (Columbia)

Music has power.  The power to stir emotions and paint pictures in our imagination.  When Pink Floyd released their high-concept double album The Wall in 1979 its listeners were left to flesh out the storyline that the music and lyrics provided with whatever visual concepts their own brains provided.  Like no album before it though, […]

Birds Eye View Comment

Paris Haute Fidelité Show 2015.

This is not really the article that I was going to write this month, but things changed in Paris on Friday the 13th of November 2015. We are setting off to visit the Haute Fidelité Show at the Marriott Rive Gauche in Paris. I’m not entirely sure how I am feeling, a mixture of anger […]

Amplifiers Hifi Reviews

Bespoke Audio Co Passive Preamplifier

At £9000 the Bespoke Audio Co passive Preamplifier certainly isn’t cheap, but this is a hand-made in the UK, luxury product that is not meant to be within the reach of the majority of people. Stuart Smith takes a listen. 

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Hifi Review – Ophidian Mojo Loudspeakers

Ian Ringstead comes over a bit Austin Powers when he gives the British made Ophidian Mojo loudspeakers, which cost £995, a listen. “Walking into the Ophidian room I was greeted by a very impressive sound and at first thought it was coming from the larger floor standing speakers until I realised it was these tiny […]

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Plato On Video

The guys at Entotem have sent us a link to their video for the Plato which we reviewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgUX69QdCw&feature=youtu.be&a  

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Tidal Comes to Pro-Ject Stream Box

Box Design by Pro-Ject Audio Systems announce after many months of development, the company’s entire range of Stream Box components are now fully compatible with the TIDAL streaming service.  As most will know TIDAL offers an expansive high fidelity music streaming service, and with the latest software update from Pro-Ject, the service’s whole music library […]

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Pro-Ject MaiA DS Announced and It looks Great Value

Pro-Ject Audio System’s Box Design range was created to satisfy the growing trend towards smaller high-performance audio products. In 2013 My Audiophile Integrated Amplifier, or MaiA that measured just 206 x 200 x 36mm (W x D x H) was launched. Now, at the end of 2015, Pro-Ject has introduced a bigger sibling to MaiA […]

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Linn Records Offer Free Music

Each week in December a curated collection of Studio Master tracks will be available to download from Linn Records’ roster of artists. Each collection has its own theme and offers an introduction to high quality Studio Master downloads, giving everybody the chance to explore and expand their musical tastes with the wide variety of genres […]

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McIntosh C1100 Now In UK

McIntosh Laboratory launched the C1100: a luxurious two-chassis preamp with huge connectivity and McIntosh’s best technical performance to date and we broke the news about it way back in September here.  The C1100 is now available in the UK with a price tag of £12,995 with Jordan Acoustics being the distributor.