Ok, it’s a headphone amplifier but it’s also a DAC and a SPDIF to USB converter. Dan has been working overtime the last few weeks reviewing hifi kit for our readers and this is his latest. “Miniwatt is based in HongKong and for the past 5 years have been creating miniature high quality products such […]
Following feedback from a good number of our readers, Hifi Pig has revamped its review section of the site. We’ve done away with the cluncky click through images we previously had and moved towards a simple directory with the title of the item under review and a small photograph. You can now scan for the […]
From the historic town of Vicenza, Italy, a new top-of-the-range floorstanding speaker joins the Sonus faber Venere line –Sonus faber’s at more affordable price point. The new Venere 3.0 floorstander tops the Venere range and is a 2.5 way front-vented design with all drive units being Sonus faber designs. Driver compliment is a 29mm pre-coated […]
The latest integrated amplifier from the American self proclaimed “kings of valve-based audio” sports a smart new design and technology trickled down from the company’s Reference 75 power amp. It’s an integrated amplifier with an open chassis design and is intended to be a step up to the existing VSi60 integrated amplifier which will continue […]
Oriton is a UK company specialising in making products that minimise vibrations within hifi equipment. Here Hifi Pig checks out the company’s latest interconnects, the Diamond Red (£499) and the Symphony Orange (£799) “…I made contact with Mike Stone, a former MOD (Ministry of Defence) engineer who told me all about his love of music […]
Dan gets a pair of Beyerdynamic DT990 Premium Headphones to put through their paces and finds them to be well worth their £250 asking price. “These cans look beautiful and stylish to my eyes. They have an open-back, aluminium outer case to the ears and an aluminium hinge bracket which leads into the extension from […]
Our roving reporter Simon was at the 40th Celebrations of Naim Audio where they launched three new NAIT amplifiers: NAIT 5si, NAIT XS 2 and SUPERNAIT 2. They will be available from mid-July The NAIT amplifier, first launched in 1983, is one of hifi’s most instantly recognisable products and has achieved something of an iconic […]
Krell has announced the UK release of Foundation, the latest in a long line of A/V processors from the company. As well as all the AV functions you’d expect the 7.1-channel processor also features balanced audio outputs, automatic setup and room EQ. A slim new form factor allows placement in smaller equipment racks. In addition […]
High-end cable manufacturer Cardas Audio has introduced an In-Ear Monitor (IEM) – the EM5813 Ear Speakers. Cardas say that the new IEMs mirror the human cochlea, and tympanic membrane, and the shape of the copper plated brass body has been designed to “work in symphony with the human hearing system”. All the parts that make up […]
Cyrus Audio, has launched the new Stream Xa, a standalone uPnP network music player with internet radio. The new Stream Xa is a wired/wireless source component offering reproduction of digitally stored music files, a world of internet radio and audiophile-grade sound quality for digitally connected devices. Based upon Cyrus’s established StreamX2 platform, the new Stream […]
Electrocompaniet have announced the launch of their new media streaming device, the ECM-2. The ECM-2 has a straightforward and intuitive interface, can be controlled by a tablet, a smartphone or the attached display and will play music, movies, pictures and television programs from its built in 1Tb hard drive, USB disks… or it can of […]
The original Duette was Wilson Audio’s first Special Applications Engineering™ product. It was designed to offer the timbrel neutrality, dynamic contrast, soundstage depth and transparency of Wilson floorstanding loudspeakers—but do so in environments that are hostile to all of those qualities, such as against walls or in bookshelves. It was given a dual personality so […]
Kent (UK) based Crystal Acoustics is launching the Blu-DAC, a Bluetooth receiver/DAC combination that offers a system solution allowing you to wirelessly stream music from your tablet or smartphone to any existing music system. BluDAC is a plug and play solution that lets you connect it into your amplifier or receiver via either analogue stereo […]