McIntosh will announce the launch of three new products at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show – MB100 media bridge, MHA100 headphone amplifier and MXA70 integrated audio system. No photographs are available as yet. MB100 media bridge The MB100 media bridge allows streaming from Pandora© to SiriusXM© to Spotify© and more. The MB100 also allows […]
Coffman Labs come from Oregon in the US and the head of the company is a classically trained violinist AND a physicist. The G-1A Preamplifier is an all tube design that aims to bring the listener a true recreation of the musical performance. ” OK, so it looks great but what do you get for […]
Hifi Pig have just caught a sneaky rumour that the UK is about to have a brand new hifi company, Mitchell and Johnson. We’re told that the company has been founded on the premise that “music should be listened to in the way the artist intended and that hi-fi should be affordable and easily accessible”. Mitchell and […]
In more news from CES three companies, Bryston, THIEL and Dirac got in touch to let us know what they’d be up to. Bryston will be exhibiting a complete Bryston branded system from source to loudspeakers. From the BDP-2 digital music player and BDA-2 DAC to the flagship preamp and amplifiers. Loudspeakers on hand will […]
Cary Audio and Tannoy got in touch with Hifi Pig to let us know what they’d be up to at this years CES where both will be unveiling “exciting new products for the discerning consumers of premium residential HIFI equipment”. Cary Audio will unveil the DMS-500, a DLNA/UPnP Network Audio Streamer capable of 32 bit/384kHz […]
Colin Wonfor the Technical Director at Tellurium Q is well known in hifi circles for the IncaTech Claymore amp from the 80s. In this long awaited review Stuart Smith takes a listen to the Claymore for the 21st Century. “I’m used to listening with just 20 Watts of Class A from Tellurium Q’s Iridium amp […]
Danny Worth takes a look at the Starlight 7 USB Cable from Wireworld which at just shy of £100 for a 1m length is by no means at the top end of what these cables can cost. “the cable has similar qualities of presentation as the UltraViolet but with a fair gain in detail and […]
The January 2014 edition of the Hifi Pig Magazine is now available for FREE download. Reviews: Pluto Ultimate Loudspeakers, Monster iSport Freedom Headphones, Van de Leur 002/402 pre and power amps, Isotek EVO3 Mains cables, Resonessence Herus headphone amp/DAC, Wireworld Starlight 7 USB cable, Tellurium Q Claymore integrated amplifier. Plus: Editorial comment, Reader System, Dealer […]
Rois Acoustics, in cooperation with Audio4Soul, whose digital amp/DAC we reviewed a while ago, has launched their new Kalypso loudspeaker. Kalypso is an active, one-way loudspeaker, which uses a full range drive unit mounted on a rear horn-loaded cabinet and driven by a built-in true digital amplifier. With a full line of digital inputs (asynchronous […]
Kronos Audio have said that they will be introducing their new turntable, the Sparta at this years CES. The Sparta maintains the company’s patented dual counter-rotating suspended technology but offers it a lower priced package. “We are very excited to offer this performance breakthrough to a wider audience. We have included into Sparta all the […]
Wilson audio have announced the Sasha Series-2 loudspeaker. Wilson say that with the Sasha Series-2 precise time alignment, “so critical to harmonic expression, dynamic clarity and musicality, has reached an unprecedented degree of refinement for a two cabinet loudspeaker”r. The Sasha Series-2 uses a modified version of the company’s Convergent Synergy Tweeter used in the […]
The Stereo 845 features four matched 845 valves, two 6SL7 first stage valves, two 6SN7 output driver valves and a GZ34 driver stage rectifier. The four 845s can be user-calibrated using Icon Audio’s built-in ‘easy bias’ meter and deliver a rated continuous output of 40 watts per channel. While Icon’s MB845 monoblocks achieve around a […]