Mike Twomey Speaks to Totem’s Vince Bruzzese
Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer Totem is weell known and well loved the world over, today Mike Twomey speaks to the company’s president Vince Bruzzese for Hifi Pig
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Behind The Brands With Brian & Trevor Of House Of Linn & BrianandTrevors
Hifi Pig goes Behind The Brands with Brian Morris and Trevor Liddle of House of Linn and BrianandTrevors, audio retailers in the North West of England.
Acoustica Hifi Show 2016
I attended only my second ever Hifi show today at the Doubletree Hilton Hotel, which is just a few hundred yards from Junction 12 off the M53 at Chester. This event, held over two days was hosted and organised by Geoff from Acoustica, a Hifi shop in Chester I visited recently for a speaker demonstration.
Mike Twomey Speaks To Marshall Currier Of Lenbrook America
Mike Twomey speaks to Marshall Currier of Lenbrook America. Lenbrook America is located just south of Boston in Sharon, Massachusetts and manages the US distribution of the group’s brands from this location. Brands included are NAD, PSB and Bluesound. Each brand has its own sales direction and promotes its own independent identity. Lenbrook America utilises independent sales representatives throughout the […]
Behind The Brands with Heinz Lichtenegger
Heinz Lichtenegger is the CEO and President of Pro-Ject Audio Systems, is an absolute audio and music fanatic and here talks to Hifi Pig about his history, his system and where he thinks the industry is headed.
Triangle – A Trip To Bordeaux
Hifi Pig was invited to visit French loudspeaker manufacturer Triangle at their offices in Bordeaux, but first of all who are Triangle and what is the history behind the brand?
The Haute Fidélite Hifi Show Paris 21-22 November 2015
It was with a good deal of trepidation that we embarked on this year’s trip to the Haute Fidélité show in Paris and not without good reason. As I’m sure all readers will be aware the weekend prior to the event Paris had been hit by a terrorist attack that left hundreds of people killed […]
Focal Factory Visit – Focal
Stuart and Linette Smith of Hifi Pig visited the factory of Focal, the well known French loudspeaker manufacturer, in Saint Etienne near Lyon. Read the history of the company and full details of our visit.
Behind The Brands with Bret D’Agostino
Bret D’Agostino is the President at BSC Audio that make a range of amplifiers, preamps and accessories…with an integrated amplifier on the way. He says the products he creates are “borne by a desire to produce a musical event that not only accurately represents the artist’s vision, but consistently offers a satisfying listening experience”.
Roksan Factory Visit
In 2014 Stuart and Linette Smith visited Roksan at their factory in London to find out what makes them such an enduring British brand.
Behind the Brands with Russell Kauffman of Russell K
Hifi Pig goes Behind The Brands with Russell Kauffman, the owner and designer at Russell K, makers of the well received Red 50 and Red 100 loudspeakers.
Behind the Brands – Garry Wise of Kleio Audio
Garry Wise is the Managing Director of Kleio Audio Limited a UK start up manufacturer whose goal is to “reinvent high-end audio”. Hifi Pig caught up with the very busy Gary to find out what makes him tick.
Behind The Brands with Frederick Davies of AXJET
Frederick Davies, Creator of the AXJET Loudspeaker system talks to Hifi Pig
North West Audio Show Special Edition E Magazine is Now Available For FREE Download
Click here or the front cover to download your free copy of the North West Audio Show E Magazine from Hifi Pig. ERRATUM – the telephone number given for Ophidian in this publication is incorrect. The correct telephone number should be (+44) 0151 632 5180
The North West Audio Show 2015 Photographs
Hifi Pig are the official media partners for The North West Audio Show that took place last weekend in the glorious surroundings of Cranage Hall in the North West, UK. This was a really fabulous day out with great exhibitors and loads of very enthusiastic visitors. Hifi Pig will be publishing a special PDF magazine next […]
Behind The Brands With Mark Sears of The Missing Link and Vinyl Passion
In this Behind The Brand Interview, Hifi Pig talks to Mark Sears of The Missing Link and Vinyl Passion.
Linn Space Optimisation Launch Event
On 13th March, I attended the Hospital Club in Covent Garden for a Linn launch event to showcase the latest evolutions of the Linn DS players – for there were several. New and improved DS The first big announcement was that Linn is launching a new Klimax DS, Akurate DS, Majik DS and Majik DSM, […]
The Chord Company’s Nigel Finn and Alan Gibb Interviewed At Bristol Show 2015
This is a sound only interview of Nigel and Alan from The Chord Company discussing their cable designs, music, Hifi and a whole lot more. This should have been a video but the cameras malfunctioned and so the sound quality is also a tad questionable. All that said, they discuss some pretty interesting points, their […]
Poland Audio Show 2014
Photographs taken at the Poland Audio Show 2014. Thanks to Kris at Fidelity Art for supplying these photographs of the show which is the second biggest in Europe after Munich High-End.
Linn Exakt Demo
As we were in Paris last weekend visiting the Haute Fidélité show, Linn invited us along to Audio Synthèse, a high-end retailer in the city, to take a listen to the new Linn Exakt system. How could we refuse!
Salon Haute Fidélité Paris 2014
The Haute Fidélité show in Paris is a must attend for us here at Hifi Pig. It’s a nice little show that is friendly, well attended and only four hours from us by rail. This year’s show was a good event too with there being plenty of punters through the door and a good and […]
National Audio Show Whittlebury 2014
There is something I really love about the annual National Audio Show in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, UK. It could be the lovely scenic route there, or the free parking, or maybe the sound of racing cars screeching around nearby Silverstone. The smiles of Roy Bird, the Chester Group chairman of the annual event, now in its […]
Behind the Brands with Nigel Finn of The Chord Company
Your History How did you get into/what was your first job in the industry?
Behind The Brands With Computer Audio Design’s Scott Berry
This article was first published in the February 2014 issue of Hifi Pig Magazine which can be downloaded free of charge. Scott Berry is a US-born audio engineer and the founder and owner of Computer Audio Design (CAD). The company’s debut product, the 1543 DAC, won the ‘best-sounding hi-fi room’ at the UK’s largest hi-fi […]
Cranage Hall Audio Show 2014
It was not without a little trepidation that I was attending this Hifi show…I had heard stories about UK shows, and not all good. ‘You’ll be the only woman there’ some said…. ‘They’ll look at you like you’re from another planet!!’ said others! Hmmmm, I thought, do I want to go to a UK show? […]
Behind The Brands With Avantgarde’s Holger Fromme
This article was first published in the January 2014 issue of Hifi Pig Magazine which can be downloaded free of charge. Holger Fromme is the MD of well known and well loved German horn loudspeaker manufacturer Avantgarde. He he answers Hifi Pig’s Behind The Brands questions.
Behind the Brands With Randy Kunin
This article was first published in the December 2013 issue of Hifi Pig Magazine which can be downloaded free of charge. Randy Kunin is the owner of and driving force behind Randall K Designer HiFi. The company was started a little under a year ago with one mission; to make audio cool again and get […]