Made in the Czech Republic but with an Italian heritage, Xavian Perla loudspeakers are a smallish loudspeaker made of solid oak and costing €1990 plus stands. Could these be the pearl in the oyster you have been looking for?
Hifi Pig is delighted to announce that legendary Hifi writer Paul Messenger will be joining the writing team with immediate effect.
Hifi Pig reviewer Ian Ringstead’s thoughts and highlights from The Bristol Hifi Show.
Russound, distributed by Connected Distribution in the UK, is introducing the compact MBX-AMP amplifier and MBX-PRE pre-amplifier, the first of a new generation MBX streaming audio products designed to deliver networked music, internet radio, streaming via Bluetooth, Chromecast or Airplay and local TV sound, right to the customer’s room or multi-room installation.
Clarity honours John Bamford with its 2019 Honorary Fellowship and announces the Best of Show Winners at The Bristol Show
JLab Audio, today announces the UK launch of the Epic Air Elite True Wireless Sport Earbuds. The next generation of its top seller, the Epic Air Elite feature auto on and connect right out of the charging case with a stronger Class 1 Bluetooth 5 true wireless connection.
Encore Seven, a Polish manufacturer of valve amplifiers known under the brand EGG-SHELL officially presented their new models during the Audio Video Show exhibition in Warsaw in November 2018.
Cary Audio has announced the addition of high-resolution music streaming service Qobuz to their new DMS-550 (pictured) and DMS-600 network audio streamers.
People queuing up to get into the Bristol Hifi Show well before the doors open can only be a good sign for the industry. Overall this year’s show seemed very busy, with a good mix of singles and couples in attendance. On the downside, there were only two of the three lifts working which was […]
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Chord Company is promising to bring the X factor to its Bristol Hi-Fi Show demonstrations this year as it introduces its latest cable technology, XLPE. The new-to-Chord-Company insulation material, which has recently been implemented in several new loudspeaker cables, will be a focus of the company’s throughout the weekend.
Fyne Will be launching their F702 (£6000) & Flagship F1-12 (£26,000) at this year’s Bristol Hifi Show.
This coming weekend, Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th February, Audio Note (UK) will be attending the Bristol HiFi Show. They will be demonstrating the following system in Room 402 on the 4th Floor:
In advance of the release of her new album Woman In The Arena In May, UK singer/songwriter Lauren Ray is touring as support to former Ace/Squeeze/Mike and The Mechanics vocalist, Paul Carrick. Hifi Pig caught with Lauren recently as she prepares to go out on the road.
Tonight I shook the hand of Amy Helm; the hand that was held in the hands that held the sticks that played the drums on The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and helped to invent the musical genre we now now as Americana. As a lifetime fan of The Band and […]
Like them or not, tribute bands are here to stay. Despite the fact that every one of the half a dozen tribute bands I have seen has been nothing short of excellent, I still harbor a slight feeling of apprehension whenever I go to see one – that sense of “not the real thing” is […]
Ken Stokes and David Robson take their Nord NC500 power amps for the latestupgrade using the newly available Nord REV D Buffer Boards as used in their MKII Amp with 2590/990 package Sparkos and Sonic Imagery op-amps to compare and contrast the merits of each. The complete upgrade board with Op Amps are £712.80 with Sonic Imagery 990’s and £658.80 with Sparkos […]
If you are in the market for a sub-£200 loudspeaker you have lots of options, but Wharfedale is a name that has been in this market for donkeys’ years and so if only for that reason their D320 standmounters attracted our attention. But how do they perform? Harry and Stuart Smith find out.
As a bit of a departure for Hifi Pig Janine Elliot checks out this unusual and innovative personal surround-sound set up called the JBL Soundgear BTA and costing just shy of £200.
British audio company Audiolab has added a second CD player to its flagship 8300 component series. The 8300CDQ joins the existing, 8300CD and adds the following facilities:
A valve amp at 1300 Euros sounds like a bit of a bargain. Add to the package an onboard phonostage and DAC and this Italian package starts to look even more attractive. Adam Billingham takes this latin beauty for a spin.
Dan Worth takes a listen to the catchily named x-odos – xo|one CD Ripping Streamer costing £7500 and hailing from Germany.
McIntosh’s return to CI and diversifies its offerings to suit an ever-changing array of environments.
A year ago, Danish audio brand Gamut joined Raidho and Scansonic as part of the Dantax group of companies.
The new generation of PIEGA Premium speakers boasts a fantastic quality of sound – thanks to its new LDR 3056 high-range ribbon tweeter.
The A.R.T Stilleto 6 V3-S speakers cost £3500 which seems very reasonable for their size, fit and finish. Janine Elliot hooks them up to her system to put them through their paces.
Behind the Counter’ is a brand new video series that tells the engaging stories behind the weird and wonderful world of the independent record shop presented by Bowers & Wilkins, Record Store Day UK and Classic Album Sundays. The series presents a weekly video featuring one of the UK’s most intriguing record stores that will […]
Chord Company has introduced its latest insulation technology, XLPE, to two further loudspeaker cables. The Wiltshire A/V cable specialist, who has been hand-building its cables in England since 1985, has upgraded both its Odyssey and Epic cables with XLPE.
