Author: HifiPig

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Emotiva Comes To UK

Karma-AV says they are delighted to be bringing a new specialist AV separates brand to the UK. Emotiva is a US-based AV design company which has won much acclaim.

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MQA And Merlin Deal For Independent Label Sector

MQA and Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, have today announced a multi-year agreement that will support the world’s best-known independent labels to encode their master recordings in MQA’s technology. 

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Merging Technologies High End News

Merging Technlogies most recent press release opens with ‘The introduction of Merging+Nadac and then Merging+Player shook the high end audio world by introducing an Ethernet audio protocol in place of the conventional USB connection. Ravenna offers numerous practical, performance and reliability advantages over USB and the results have been recorded in a series of rave reviews for these products” so […]

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New Timestep EVO GR Turntable Announced

Devon-based Timestep has earned quite a reputation for its modifications of various Technics turntables. Now, designer Dave Cawley turns his attention to a more affordable deck – the new Technics SL-1210 GR – to create the enhanced Timestep EVO GR.

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Mytek Clef At High End

“Being the “high-res specialists from New York”, the men behind Mytek have a reputation to live up to when launching a new product. With the Mytek Brooklyn and the new Manhattan II, their top notch DA converter with MQA they must have thought: why not build a portable USB/DAC/AMP to bring good sound to all […]

Cables Hifi Reviews

Ghostwire “Silverheart” Loudspeaker Cables

Chris Sommovigo is an American based relocated to Japan where he makes finished audio cables and the wires inside them by hand. Here Dominic Marsh takes a listen to his Ghostwire Silverheart speaker cables costing $239.95 for 1.5m pair and $349.95 for 2.5m pair.

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Leema To Unveil Latest Pulse IV At Munich

Led by its ex-BBC engineering team, the company has added new features, improved performance and flexibility, and introduced all-new casework. Now in its fourth generation, the new Pulse IV will form part of the newly re-launched Spectrum range and will make its international debut in pre-production form at High End, Munich, in May 2017.

Live Music Music News

The Unthanks – The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

Alongside their regular albums, The Unthanks have released a series of “Diversions”; albums that focus on a particular theme or style.  The latest of these is How Wild The Wind Blows – The Songs And Poems Of Molly Drake.  Molly was the mother of legendary folk-rock singer songwriter Nick Drake and actress Gabrielle Drake.  Molly […]