Blusound Node 2024 streamer is the Canadian company’s latest £499 iteration of this well-known music streamer. As well as the BluOS app, you also get DIRAC room correction with the latest Node. Janine Elliot plumbs the Node into her hone network for HiFi PiG.
Violectric PPA V790 Phonostage is a well-featured phono preamplifier that offers a solution for those using Moving Magnet or Moving Coil cartridges, those looking for different EQ curves, and, with its multiple inputs, those with more than one tonearm. Janine Elliot takes a listen for HiFi PiG.
TOPPING A50 III HEADPHONE AMP AND D50 III DAC REVIEW
Topping A50 III Headphone Amp and D50 III DAC review by Oscar Stewart for HiFi PiG. In this review, he will look at the latest of Topping’s A50 / D50 products, now in their third iteration, with a range of headphones. The A50 III comes in at £199 whilst the D50 III costs £229 making this sub £500, a potentially versatile headphone AMP/DAC setup.
Unison Research Simply 845 is an £8500 integrated amplifier using the impressive-looking 845 tube and equally impressive woodwork. Will this Italian beauty be a feast for the ears as well as the eyes? Janine Elliot finds out for HiFi PiG.
Nad M66 Streaming DAC Preamplifier combines a DAC with a multi-room music streamer but also features Dirac Live Room Correction and Dirac Live Bass Control. It sports a 7″ touchscreen. looks very contemporary and costs £4499, 5990 Euros, or $5499.
Audiograil Orca loudspeakers are a fairly large standmount speaker that uses high-quality components and costs 7500 Euros. Stuart Smith listens to what looks (on paper at least) to be a very interesting product.
Chasing The Dragon II celebrates this audiophile label’s tenth anniversary and pulls together a host of reference tracks from the label’s back catalogue. Janine Elliot takes a listen.
NOT ALL LUXURY IS QUIET LUXURY: AUDIO SHOW DELUXE 2025
The eagerly awaited Audio Show Deluxe 2025 is set to take place at Whittlebury Park, near Silverstone Racetrack in Northamptonshire, on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of March 2025.
The Gold Note PH-5 Phonostage is a sub-£1000 phonostage with an innovative touchscreen, cute styling, different equalisation curves, and is adaptable for various Moving Coil cartridges and Moving Magnet cartridges. Stuart takes a listen.
STORGAARD AND VESTSKOV FRIDA STANDMOUNT SPEAKERS REVIEW
Storgaard and Vestskov Frida standmount speakers are beautiful looking 15 500 Euros loudspeakers from a Danish brand that will be new to many readers. Always on the lookout for new and interesting brands, Stuart had them at HiFi PiG Towers for an extended period to give them a whirl and report on their performance.
AUDIOLAB 9000P POWER AMPLIFIER AND 9000Q PRE-AMPLIFIER
The Audiolab 9000P power-amp and 9000Q pre-amplifier expands Audiolab’s flagship 9000 range, HiFi PiG’s Janine Elliot tests these new components to see how they perform.
25. December 2024 · Comments Off on The HiFi PiG Advent Calendar – Christmas Day · Categories: Hifi News
HiFi PiG ADVENT CALENDAR DAY CHRISTMAS DAY
Each day of December up til Xmas day we will recommend one classic album that we hope readers will listen to. We’ve chosen albums from loads of different genres and tried to keep them as accessible as possible and not too obscure so that as many readers as possible can enjoy the albums on their chosen format or streaming service.
HiFi PiG brings you a roundup of what our review team considered the pick of what they have heard and reviewed in their own systems. There’s everything from budget audio kit to high-end gear, loudspeakers, valve amplifiers, cables, streamers, headphones, headphone amplifiers, DACs, and more…and also our pick of the HiFi Shows of the year.
Each day of December up til Xmas day we will recommend one classic album that we hope readers will listen to. We’ve chosen albums from loads of different genres and tried to keep them as accessible as possible and not too obscure so that as many readers as possible can enjoy the albums on their chosen format or streaming service.
Each day of December up til Xmas day we will recommend one classic album that we hope readers will listen to. We’ve chosen albums from loads of different genres and tried to keep them as accessible as possible and not too obscure so that as many readers as possible can enjoy the albums on their chosen format or streaming service.
Each day of December up til Xmas day we will recommend one classic album that we hope readers will listen to. We’ve chosen albums from loads of different genres and tried to keep them as accessible as possible and not too obscure so that as many readers as possible can enjoy the albums on their chosen format or streaming service.
Each day of December up til Xmas day we will recommend one classic album that we hope readers will listen to. We’ve chosen albums from loads of different genres and tried to keep them as accessible as possible and not too obscure so that as many readers as possible can enjoy the albums on their chosen format or streaming service.
Each day of December up til Xmas day we will recommend one classic album that we hope readers will listen to. We’ve chosen albums from loads of different genres and tried to keep them as accessible as possible and not too obscure so that as many readers as possible can enjoy the albums on their chosen format or streaming service.
Each day of December up til Xmas day we will recommend one classic album that we hope readers will listen to. We’ve chosen albums from loads of different genres and tried to keep them as accessible as possible and not too obscure so that as many readers as possible can enjoy the albums on their chosen format or streaming service.
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