TEAC Announces New Integrated
TEAC has announced the AX-505 stereo integrated amplifier that delivers 115W + 115W of output power but occupies just an A4-size footprint.
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Klipsch RP-600M Loudspeakers
Klipsch is an American brand operating since 1946 and probably best known in audiophile circles for their Klipschorn, La Scala and Heresy loudspeakers. However, they also make more conventional loudspeakers and here Adam Billingham puts a pair of their £625 RP-600M stand-mounters through their paces.
Nime Audio Design Mya Loudspeakers
Made in Italy and with an unusual aesthetic, the Mya speakers from Nime Audio certainly look the high-end part, but what do they sound like. Stuart Smith cocks an ear to these €12500 beauties.
Triangle AIO 3 Connected Loudspeaker System
Multiroom speakers are all the rage these days. It seems that every brand has their own “All In One” system capable of wifi streaming and Bluetooth connectivity. Triangle is a well-known French speaker brand known for their superb build quality and has been around for over 35 years and has now decided to throw their […]
Tellurium Q Silver and Silver Diamond Mains Cables
Tellurium Q Silver and Silver Diamond mains cables are both are new additions to the Queen’s Award For Enterprise winning company’s product range. The Silver is their entry-level Silver power cable and the Silver Diamond is the top level of their Silver range. They cost £1200 for 1.5m of the Silver and £2200 for the same […]
Axpona 2019 Photographs from The Show
Axpona 2019 took place at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center Schaumburg last weekend and Hifi Pig’s Ron Gruber was there for one of the days. Here we see a selection of photographs from the “biggest audio show in North America”.
Interview With Ricardo Franassovici Of Absolute Sounds.
Hifi Pig chats with Ricardo Franassovici, the founder and managing director of UK high-end distributor Absolute Sounds about what inspired him to launch the company, what high-end means to him and where he sees the future of high-end audio going.
Interview With Ricardo Franassovici Of Absolute Sounds
Hifi Pig chats with Ricardo Franassovici, the founder and managing director of UK high-end distributor Absolute Sounds about what inspired him to launch the company, what high-end means to him and where he sees the future of high-end audio going.
Audiozen Build a Mono Amp Using Silicon Carbide Mosfets
Tubes, transistors, mosfets: discussions between audiophiles have long been about the question of what the best device to be interposed between preamplifier and loudspeakers is. Today semiconductor technology offers us equally valid alternatives, and the best option in the opinion of Italian brand Audiozen is the development of silicon carbide mosfets.
T + A Solitaire CWT 1000-40 Anniversary Edition Loudspeakers
To mark its fortieth anniversary, the German HiFi brand T+ A has announced the launch of their Solitaire CWT 1000-40 loudspeakers.
Mitchell & Johnson 800 Series Pre and Power Amplifiers
Mitchell & Johnson may not be a name you are familiar with, though you may well have come across their relatively budget-priced headphones. However, they also make a small range of electronics built here in the UK. Alan McIntosh has a listen to the brand’s 800 series pre (with on-board DAC and MM/MC phono-stage) and […]
EAT C Sharp Turntable, E-Glo S Phono-stage and LPS Power Supply
Janine Elliot has previously reviewed the EAT C Sharp turntable, but now it’s available in a supercharged package with its own phonostage and power supply. The combo is £6494 in the UK, but is it worth the extra lolly?
The Road To High End Munich
Hifi Pig have been going to the High-End show in Munich now for six years. The first couple of years we attended was a bit of an adventure as we took the overnight train from Paris – even getting to Gare l’Est Paris from rural Brittany is a bit of a hike and if you […]
Monrio MC201 Integrated Amplifier With USB DAC
I was really pleased to receive a call from Italian brand Monrio a few months ago asking if we’d be interested in reviewing one of their amplifiers as I’d owned one of their preamplifiers many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here we take a listen to the company’s MC 201 integrated amp with onboard […]
DIMD PP10 Integrated Valve Amplifier
John Scott is introduced to the DIMD PP10 and falls a little in love with a Latvian beauty.
Tellurium Q Ultra Black II Speaker Cable
Tellurium Q Ultra Black II Speaker Cable is the latest incarnation of this British company’s Ultra Black cable and costs £310 per metre. Ian Ringstead plumbs it into his system for Hifi Pig.