MCRU will be exhibiting in the McKenzie room at Cranage Hall, featuring the mains combo of IsoTek Genesis and Super Titan, a no compromise mains filtering/regeneration solution for audiophiles. MCRU will have a special offer on IsoTek’s EVO3 Premier Mains Lead as well as a free prize draw to win an IsoTek Polaris Mains Extension […]
A number of Hush Signature Turntable Plinths will be on show in varying degrees of completion allowing prospective clients to gain a literal insight into this technically advanced plinth for Garrard turntables. “Quite possibly the best home a Garrard could ever wish for, come and see for yourselves” the company’s press release tells us. RJC […]
Italian manufacturer Viero Cables contacted us to let us know that they are delighted to be taking part in the first Cranage Hall Audio Show on June 15th. This will be the first time UK audiophiles have had the opportunity to see and hear the all new EQUILIBRIO line from Viero and they will also […]
Audio Counsel will be demonstrating a full Audio Note system at the Cranage Hall Audio Show this coming weekend. For those readers that don’t know, Audio Note is a British company that manufacture music systems from source (both analogue and digital) to electronics to speakers and even cable. They have a simple level system integrated […]
Swiss loudspeaker manufacturer Soundkaos have been in touch with the Hifi Pig office to tell us all about the system they will be demonstrating at the Cranage Hall Audio Show on June 15th. This will be the first show in the UK for Soundkaos with their award winning Wave 40 speakers made entirely from solid […]
High End Cable contacted Hifi Pig to tell us that they will be at the Cranage Hall Audio Show (which we’re exclusive media partners for) and that they will be demonstrating an impressive array of kit. The Raidho X-1 stand mount / bookshelf speakers are a technological feed down from the hugely successful ‘C series’. […]
puresound contacted Hifi Pig to tell us that they are looking forward to the first Cranage Hall audio show and will be taking the opportunity to present a system based on items they sell and others they rate highly. The sources will include the STST Motus II direct drive turntable with Vertex 10” tonearm. Phono […]
Induologue are Alexandra Lerta (vocals) and Vasilis Stefanopoulos (double bass) and is described as a dialogue between the voice and souble bass…simple enough then. Blue Skies was recorded in a chapel in the woods of a Dutch National Reserve over a couple of days and this adds a really beautiful atmosphere to the record. The […]
Out now on the Comeme label The Silver Album from this self exiled Russian now living in Berlin is a difficult one to tie down and I must admit that on the first few listens I found it difficult to get my head around. The Silver Album could never be accused of being easy listening […]
NuNu Distribution, the well known UK hifi distributor, will be exhibiting in four rooms at the Cranage Hall Audio Show on 15th June. They’ll be showing the Quadral speakers for the first time since the brand joined their portfolio. NuNu Distribution will be demonstrating in: Stephenson 3 – A full TAD system; for the first […]
Hifi Pig’s Danny Worth’s review of the Ophidian Solo standmount loudspeakers. “Midrange now took on a more natural rather than clean and neutral presentation with the valves injecting that magic that they do into vocals and instrument undertones which to my surprise matched the Solos perfectly. I was convinced that they would be a speaker […]
Atlas Cables has announced the latest addition to its mid-priced analogue interconnect Hyper range – the Hyper Integra. Hand-made at the Atlas Cables factory in Scotland, the new cable introduces Atlas’ in-house Integra RCA plugs to its Hyper range for the first time. The Cable The Atlas Hyper Integra is an unbalanced cable that consists […]
Dynaudio, whose products can be found in the likes of the Bugatti Veyron and BBC studios has unveiled what they are calling “the ultimate in elegant, luxury music systems”. In the form of an audiophile level, plug and play, wireless sound system. “The next generation Xeo offerings deliver the next revolution in wireless high end […]
Linette and Stuart take a listen to the very interesting Ra Loudspeakers from Jersey based company JoSound. “As regular Hifi Pig readers will know we listen to a lot of bass heavy music and playing as I write is Todd Terry’s Blackout from the Resolutions album and I can say with honesty and conviction that […]
Stewart’s review of the Clones Audio Pre and Power amplifiers. “First disc into the machine was Joni Mitchell, “Turbulent Indigo”, from the first bar of the music I knew this was a very good pair of power amplifiers with a sumptuous, tight bass and the almost liquid presentation of the mid range allied with crystalline […]
This article was first published in the January 2014 issue of Hifi Pig Magazine which can be downloaded free of charge. Holger Fromme is the MD of well known and well loved German horn loudspeaker manufacturer Avantgarde. He he answers Hifi Pig’s Behind The Brands questions.