Author: HifiPig
GIK Acoustics Announce Evolution PolyFusor
GIK Acoustics-Europe, manufacturer and seller of acoustical absorption and diffusion products, has announced their latest product: the GIK Acoustics Evolution PolyFusor. The GIK Acoustics Evolution PolyFusor is a combination of a polycylindrical diffusor and an absorber merged into a single unit. Polycylindrical diffusors, or polyfusors, are known for their excellent dispersion characteristics over a very […]
Spendor A5R Loudspeaker
The new Spendor A5R is an ultra-compact 2.5 way, floor-standing loudspeaker. The A5R sets new class standards for sound quality, efficiency, ease of drive, dispersion and low frequency phase coherence says the UK company’s latest press release. “We believe the Spendor A5R is the most room-friendly ultra- compact floor standing loudspeaker ever created. With its […]
The North West Audio Show 2015 Photographs
Hifi Pig are the official media partners for The North West Audio Show that took place last weekend in the glorious surroundings of Cranage Hall in the North West, UK. This was a really fabulous day out with great exhibitors and loads of very enthusiastic visitors. Hifi Pig will be publishing a special PDF magazine next […]
Noble Audio 43 Hour Sale
Noble Audio is celebrating the 43rd birthday of its co-founder, audiologist John Moulton, aka ‘The Wizard’, with a sale. Starting on 01st July at 12.00 midnight PST (08.00am GMT), the Wizard Birthday Celebration offers a 15% discount against all Noble Audio universal and Prestige products, for a 43-hour period only. The special limited-period promotion includes […]
Judith Owen – Ebb & Flow (Twanky Records)
Judith Owen describes her latest album, her 10th studio release, as “a love letter to Laurel Canyon”. In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles was home to several members of the Californian rock music community. Joni Mitchell lived there and David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash first met in […]
BirdPen – In The Company Of Imaginary Friends (Jar Records/Fintage House)
Dave Pen and Mike Bird formed BirdPen while sharing a flat in their hometown of Southampton. Self-releasing a handful of well-received EPs, the duo went on to release their debut Album On/Off/Safety/Danger in 2009. Evolving and honing their sound, new album In The Company Of Imaginary Friends, their third, harnesses subtle melodies to evoke widescreen […]
Pro-Ject Essential II DIGITAL Turntable
Pro-Ject are set to take their own traditional design, and completely revolutionise it to accommodate the ever-growing number of vinyl listeners. The Essential II DIGITAL aims to be the first hi-fi specified turntable that can be connected – out-of- the-box – to any modern home entertainment system. The brand new internal phono stage gives customers […]
Superhand – American Teeth (Malt Barn Recordings)
Duo Inga Calstrom and Leck Fischer were discovered by producer Mike Mason in a club in the small Swedish town of Sveg. Unimpressed by the entertainment on offer, Mason was on his way out. “A monstrous bass line rabbit punched me in the back of the head and a voice made me weak at the […]
Sarah Cracknell – Red Kite (Cherry Red Records)
Woozy Summer days. The French TV version of Robinson Crusoe. Sky Ray ice lollies. If these things could have a sound, it would be the sound of Sarah Cracknell’s new album. An album that the words “pastoral” and “sun-kissed” were made for. Sarah Cracknell is, of course, the singer with Saint Etienne; a band that […]
Turning Of The Tidal
I first became aware of Tidal in October last year. At that time it was being quietly marketed as a high quality streaming service with the emphasis on its lossless, CD-quality sound. Sound quality has virtually become an irrelevance in the mass market; the received wisdom that it it impossible to hear the difference between […]
