ATC Loudspeaker Technology announce the arrival of the CDA 2 Mk2 CD/DAC preamp, which represents a re-engineering of its predecessor in all the key performance areas. Developed as partner for ATC’s latest P2 power amplifier and active speaker designs, the Mk2 combines USB access to high-resolution music streaming with an upgraded CD transport and DAC […]
From May 10 to 13, 2018, the HIGH END show will once again open its doors at Munich’s MOC Event Center. This year, the internationally highly-acclaimed exhibition will already mark its 37th consecutive staging, making it Europe’s oldest trade fair of its kind.
The market for Digital Audio Players is fiercely competitive with new brands entering the fray constantly. As such a new product has to either offer excellent for money or sound cut above the competition. At £290 the ATC HDA-DP20 comes in at a mid-priced product which could be a good choice if the sound quality, […]
Symphony 18 is the new replacement for the very popular Black Rhodium Symphony which has been discontinued.
Rebolledo’s YOU AND YOUR HIPPIE FRIENDS imprint grows its groove footprint on international dance floors with the full-length debut of GÜERO, the latest vinyl outing from the Hippie Dance sister label and also its first fully fledged album project. To attentive hippie friends, the artist name should ring a big, funky bell – one that sounds exactly […]
The Flare Audio Pro In Ear Monitors have a very interesting design, cost £349 and can be used wired, or using Bluetooth. Janine Elliot takes a listen.
Luxman will soon be releasing a new flagship AB class integrated amplifier L-509X which they say will feature the performance of separate amplifiers in a single unit.
Cambridge Audio have announced two new phono stages, the Solo and the Duo.
McIntosh has announced the XRT2.1K, a speaker 45 years in the making. The new XRT2.1K is a seven-foot-tall full-range design which uses brand new Nanocarbon Fibre/Nomex Honeycomb drive units which have been specifically created for the project.
Well look what we have here just in time for the festive period, it’s a live double CD and DVD set from veteran spacerockers Hawkwind. I’ll be absolutely honest and say that I pre-ordered this the Day Cherry Red announced its release…I’m a bit of a fan to say the least.
Every once in a while a product comes onto the market that is so obvious and so simple that you can’t help but think “How did I not think of that?”, the KALSU from Kralk Audio is such a product. About six months ago Alan from Kralk contacted me to tell me about this loudspeaker […]
Tony Pothitos checks out the recent Athens Hifi Show for Hifi Pig.
Dominic Marsh experiments with the Solidair Audio Magnetic Isolators in this review for Hifi Pig.
Göbel Lacorde Statement USB and Ethernet Cables cost 4500 Euros each for a 1.2m length putting them firmly in the luxury, high-end bracket. Dan Worth has a huge amount of experience with digital cables in Hifi and sees what these bring to the rather exclusive party.
Just some of the lovely people we met at the Audio Video Show in Warsaw.
Part 4 of Stuart’s photo report from the Audio Video Show in Warsaw, Poland. This is only the second time Hifi Pig have attended the Audio Video Show in Warsaw, Poland but I for one think it on a par with the best of the best. Warsaw itself is a wonderful city that is easy […]
Exit Kings Cross Station at the St Pancras Road end and bear left. A pleasant five-minute stroll down a pedestrian boulevard leads you across Regent’s Canal and onto Granary Square, a tranquil oasis seemingly far removed from the City hustle and bustle just around the corner. There is a distinct cosmopolitan vibe and sense of […]
Kralk Audio are a small company headed up by Alan Clark and based in the North of England. The Elite 2s are a standmount speaker with an off board crossover and cost £2500. Ian Ringstead fires them up.
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the Black Rhodium Stream Power cable costing £450 for a 1.7m length…and it’s that length the designer believes to be important.
Part 3 of Stuart’s photo report from the Audio Video Show in Warsaw, Poland.
Costing £3995 the AVM Inspiration CS2.2 packs a lot under the hood. It’s a streamer, a CD player, DAC, FM radio, Internet radio player, it has an on-board MM/MC phonostage and outputs a healthy amount of power. For those looking for a one box plus speakers solution it looks the business, but does it cut […]
The second photo report from the Audio Video Show in Warsaw by Stuart.
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the brand new Music First Audio SENLAC SJE Monoblocks costing £4900 plus VAT.
Stuart’s first report from last weekend’s Audio Video Show in Warsaw, Poland.
Ian Ringstead’s thoughts on the Audio Video Show 2017 in Warsaw.
The headfi and portable audio market continues to flourish and the Audio Video Show Warsaw had a whole area dedicated to this niche in the audio industry. Judging by the number of people flocking to the headfi area at the National Stadium, Polish people both young and old are embracing headphones, portable DACs and headphone […]
Triple M Icon Smart TVC Preamplifier is handmade in the North of England and has a lot of features for a £1499 preamplifier. Janine Elliot takes a listen.
TAGA Harmony, a Polish manufacturer of loudspeakers and audio electronics, invites you to visit its showroom “Belweder I” located on the ground floor of Radisson Blue Sobieski hotel , where the brand will be presenting their best and new products.
