UMC have announced today a huge 6-CD box set release that features all of Mott The Hoople’s recordings (previously unheard and unreleased tracks too) between 69 and 71, including hits like ‘Thunderbuck Ram’, ‘Laugh At Me’, ‘Waterlow’, and a new version of ‘Rock And Roll Queen’.
Eight little feet that sit around your platter and which your record is placed on from English company MCRU and costing £24. Janine Elliot takes a listen.
Dan Worth looks at the effects of swapping out crossover components in his Ayon Seagull C loudspeakers. Not so much a review but a personal journey of exploration of what can be achieved by improving what is already there and of particular interest to those interested in DIY Audio.
Following the recent announcement that legendary prog-rock band Camel will bring their acclaimed live show to London’s Royal Albert Hall in Sept 2018, the band are happy to reveal that this will be preceded by an extensive run of UK tour dates.
Made in Switzerland the Boenicke W5SE are a very small speaker with a reasonably high price tag of £4595. Stuart and Linette Smith take a listen.
Talking of Hifi shows, places like Las Vegas, Munich, London and Bristol spring quickly to mind. I have to admit, though, that I had not heard of the Copenhagen show until I was asked to attend it in 2018. Yet Denmark itself is quite a big name in the Hifi manufacturing world. Not only are […]
Burning Amp Festival 2018 is coming to the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco on Sunday, September 30th from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 PM. New BAF’s hours have been extended due to the increased interest and popularity of DIY audio amongst music-loving enthusiasts of all ages.
Henley Audio say are delighted to announce the UK debut of Klipsch’s new Reference™ Series speakers. With a range made up of 13 models – including Dolby Atmos®-enabled components, subwoofers and active monitor speakers – the new, sixth generation, Reference Series (also called Reference Base in different territories) boasts cosmetic and material upgrades over the […]
Raidho Acoustics will for the first time ever present their TD-4.8 in USA at the annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, October 5th to October 7th 2018.
KMS Event, organiser of Europe’s first and largest headphone show CanJam Europe has cancelled this year’s Berlin show, originally scheduled for November 2018. Both 2019 shows in Munich and Berlin will proceed as planned.
EISA, the European Sound and Imaging Association, has awarded the iFi xDSD Best Portable DAC/Headphone Amplifier for 2018-2019.
Four years ago, Japanese company DS Audio launched the world’s only optical phono cartridge. The company’s debut model, the DS-001, was only released in its native Japan but soon led to a second model, the DS-W1, and to worldwide distribution. Since then, the range has grown with the addition of the flagship DS Master 1 […]
“Sonus faber is born from the idea of a man who loved music and its correct reproduction, but also from a person with a special sensibility about handcrafted wood products and a true reverence for beauty. Sonus faber is not only a loudspeaker manufacturer; it is, first and foremost, a unique way to approach a […]
Quad has replaced the original Artera Play source component with a new version called the Artera Play+. Like its predecessor, which launched in 2015, the Play+ is a CD player, DAC and preamplifier combined in a single compact chassis. But while its form is familiar, the ‘plus’ suffix denotes a range of improvements that broadens […]
This is the New Power Station power supply just released by Clones Audio starting at HKD4,799 (£475 plus taxes).
Since its original launch in October 2016, the Primary turntable from Pro-Ject Audio Systems has been an overwhelming international success with those on a tight budget. Over the last two years it has won many friends at the price thanks to its ease of use, neat, retro aesthetic and premium audio performance.
Onkyo has announced the A-9110 and A-9130, new integrated stereo amplifiers.
Tangent Audio has announced the launch of two new wireless audio products, the Spectrum DAB/FM radio and W1 wireless multi-room speaker with built-in Chromecast audio.
Connaisseur-AV have been in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us about their new distribution deal with the Lithuanian brand AudioSolutions for the following markets: Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
Wharfedale’s new Vista 200 stereo soundbar has a low-profile design and costs £150. It’s 90cm in length and just 6.2cm high, its long and slender form sits unobtrusively beneath the screen or can be wall mounted with the included bracket.
Just as Hifi Pig have announced our sponsorship of the Hifi Lounge Radical SR1 racing car Bang & Olufsen shifts its gears with the new Beoplay E8 Special Edition by celebrating over a century of high speed, hairpin turns, and hair-raising excitement. The company has revealed its fourth product of the Special Edition Collection – […]
This summer, the French manufacturer of speakers, TRIANGLE, completes its range of custom integration speakers, SECRET, with a new product: the EXT7 speaker.
Henley Audio say they are delighted to announce the immediate availability of a new accessory for high-end vinyl aficionados. The SugarCube™ SC-1 has been designed to enhance the enjoyment of vinyl records with click & pop removal technology created by SweetVinyl, a Silicon Valleybased start-up focused on elevating the vinyl experience with old or damaged […]
“Network connection an important path for the CAS streaming system and the switch is like the kind of the gatekeeper”, says Clones Audio’s most recent press release.
Start to End are a collective of Scottish musicians who have garnered a reputation by tackling a brave, diverse selection of classic albums and playing them from start to finish.
TAGA Harmony has unveiled the newest and second version of the flagship bookshelf model Diamond B-60.
ECLIPSE, has been personally selected by award-winning guitarist Miloš Karadaglić to supply reference monitors for the world premiere of Joby Talbot’s new Guitar Concerto at the BBC Proms, (Prom 25) held at the Royal Albert Hall last night, the 2nd of August.
The Wedding Present are one of those bands that I seem to be intertwined with having seen them many times over a long period of time. The first time I remember seeing them was in Leeds in about 1994 at the Town and Country Club and not that long after they had released their single […]