Designer Noriyuki Miyajima has earned a worldwide following for his artisan phono cartridges. The new Saboten L (‘L’ denoting its line-contact stylus) is a low-output moving-coil (MC) design. It also happens to feature a cactus-spine cantilever, ‘Saboten’ being the Japanese word for cactus.
In which John Scott confronts a philosophical pachyderm, feeds it a bun, pats it gently on its trunk and sends it on its way. Or John Scott takes delivery of the Micromega M150 Integrated amp/DAC/streamer costing £5499.
By Night is the brand new record by the Californian four-piece, Plague Vendor. They bring a hard, fast and loud sound which is very enthralling. The album has 10 songs on it and not one is a disappointment. Their sound could be described as punk or garage rock but ultimately they are an impressive hard […]
The Mediterraneo from Italian brand Gold Note is their top-level turntable and it’s certainly a bit of a looker, but how does it perform. The UK price for the Mediterraneo in Italian Walnut is £5,445.00 and this includes the B 5.1 Tonearm. Stuart Smith finds out how it performs.
The word genius is much overused in the world of music. In truth there have been no more than a handful of people that the term can accurately be applied to since the birth of rock and roll. We could spend all day arguing about who those people might be, but the fact that Lee […]
Paul Messenger takes a listen to the Eclipse TD510Z Mk2 Loudspeakers with matching stands and costing £3840 a pair.
Welcome to this years Hifi Pig At Munich High End 2019 Free 190 page E-Magazine. We’ve gone for a stripped down look that we hope you enjoy but of course we’ve also included links back to the full reports where you can find many more photographs. Download your copy now. Thank you to all involved […]
Ian Ringstead reports from the Munich High End Show and mentions a few things that caught his eye and ear.
Harman are a big company in terms of the brands they comprise of – Mark Levinson, Revel, JBL Synthesis, Arcam and Lexicon. All are leaders in their field of high end audio and recently Samsung came along and acquired Harman as a luxury audio off shoot for their electronics empire.
Car Audio expert installers, Source Sounds, Sheffield will once again be attending North West Audio Show at the De Vere Cranage Hall Estate, Holmes Chapel on the 29th and 30th June. Having dipped a toe in the water last year, Source Sounds has recruited the help of the FOUR MASTER Show Team to provide even […]
He may be old, but like his tee-shirt says, “He got to see all the cool bands”, in this report the legend that is Paul Messenger gives Hifi Pig readers his highlights and thoughts on High End Munich 2019.
As we near the end of Hifi Pig’s coverage of Munich High End 2019 I can’t help think what a great show Munich really is and feel privileged that we have been covering the show at Hifi Pig for 7 years. The show is as much about the people as it is about the Hifi […]
We’re almost, but not quite, at the end of our coverage of this year’s brilliant Munich High End show. Here Stuart Smith finishes off some of the rooms and stands from Friday plus some of the bigger rooms he missed on the Saturday. Brands include: Cocktail Audio, Acoustique Quality and KR Audio, Fezz Audio and […]
Stuart Smith’s fifth report from Munich High End 2019 including Aries Cerat, Pen Audio, Chord Electronics Poly, Levin Design, Atlas Cables, Lab12, Musikelectronic Geithain, Sugden, Acoustic Signature, Lawrence Audio and Kronos, Best 300B, Lampizator, Audionec, Jadis and Nodal, Stenheim And Playback Devices, Audion, Graham Slee and Sonic Voice and New Horizon.
Munich High End Show 2019 Show Report from Hifi Pig’s Janine Elliot.
The final figures for High End Munich 2019 are in and they are impressive. Also we’ll announce the dates for the Munich High End 2020.FromTheHighEnd Society.