“Music First Audio’s new Reference MM Phono Stage is a high end, premium priced valve phono pre-amplifier” says the company’s press release that has just this minute landed on the Hifi Pig desk. The phonostage is the result of years of development and combines vacuum tube and solid state circuit topology “to bring the beauty […]
Sygnifi, known for its Cocktail Audio CD-ripper/streaming devices, is launching the NOVAFiDELITY brand. The high-tech name marks a new era for the Sevenoaks, Kent based company, as it launches the first of its second generation products, the NOVAFiDELITY X12. Comments Peter Cooke, MD at Sygnifi, “We have enjoyed tremendous success with the original Cocktail Audio […]
Cabasse is introducing the MT32 range of loudspeakers which they say will bring “high-end technologies and contemporary finishes to its entry level products, providing the benefits of its 64 years experience to all customers, regardless of budget”. Four models have been developed, for use in two-channel or multi-channel systems: the Jersey floorstander, Antigua stand-mount model, […]
Simple Audio and Qobuz are offering Simple Audio customers a free three months Qobuz HiFi subscription, worth nearly £60, with every Roomplayer+ or Roomplayer + with Amp purchased from 01 October 2014 to 31 March 2015. Qobuz has more than 18 million tracks available for streaming and downloading in True CD quality, as well as […]
I must confess that I missed out on the first wave of punk, but I do distinctly remember seeing a copy of the Sniffin’ Glue fanzine, for which Alternative TVs Mark P was the founding editor, brought into school by one of the cool kids. I also had a couple of Sex Pistol records. Mark […]
15 Audio have got in touch with us to let us know that on the 4th October they will be opening a new store in Tunbridge Wells. This is the company’s first high street shop in addition to its listening rooms in nearby Ticehurst. Opening is at 10 am on the 4th October and you […]
KEF Announces Week of Exciting International CelebrationFollowing on from the success of last years ‘National KEF Week’, 2014 sees KEF continuing the successful celebratory campaign, not just in the UK but internationally – into all major KEF markets worldwide – with International KEF Week. Taking place over the anniversary week of KEF’s founding in 1961, […]
The good people at iFi got in touch with the Hifi Pig office to tell us all about a new concept that they are quite rightly very excited about. The iClub will give invited members the opportunity to participate in the product design phase of the company’s products, Beta testing for upcoming products, regular iCLUB […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched a new media streamer – the MB100 Media Bridge. The new streamer takes full advantage of the latest McIntosh technologies and gives users access to web-based music plus digital files from its 1TB hard drive. The MB100 has four USB inputs, plus an eSata port for the direct connection of external […]
Hifi Pig recently reviewed the really addictive Jazz album The Turn by Jerome Sabbagh which we downloaded from HIGHRESAUDIO. You gotta hear the guitar on some of the tracks…I say “you’d be forgiven that you weren’t listening to one of the great rock guitarists helping the jazzsters out whilst his band were off the road.” […]
Soundsmith Corporation has announced five new phono cartridges designed for moderate gain preamplifiers. Peter Lederman, the designer of these new cartridges has made them to perform with preamps that use a 48dB to 54dB gain. The designs are based on Peter’s previous Moving Iron designs Hyperion, Sussurro (pictured), Paua, The Voice and Aida with them […]
Merrill Audio Advanced Technology Labs, LLC has announced the Jens Phono stage pre-amplifiers, which they say is “certain to set a new standard for Phono stage Preamplifiers”. Prices at $15,449, the Jens Phono stage preamplifier. Built specifically for Low Output Moving Coil Cartridges the Jens Phono Preamp allows for load setting from 25 Ohms to […]
Linn have announced that their Exakt technology is now available in a compact standmount loudspeaker for the first time with the launch of their Exakt Akudorik loudspeaker. The Exakt Akudorik shares the same technology as its bigger brother the Exakt Akubarik. The power supply and four channels of 100w Linn Chakra amplification is housed in […]
Linn has announced the launch of the Akurate Exaktbox which is available for Linn loudspeakers and now for other manufacturers’ loudspeakers with the launch of support for the Bowers and Wilkins’ Nautilus. The Akurate Exaktbox delivers Linn’s Exakt technology to any loudspeaker. It is software-configured to optimise performance for any loudspeaker and amplifier combination. In […]
There’s a fantastic amount of great electronic music coming out of South America at the moment and here we’ve got Brazilian Gui Boratto, once a member of the band Sect, adding to that output with his album Abaporu. The opening lines of the first track immediately put me in mind of William Orbit and this […]