Behind The Brands With Alan Clark of Kralk Audio
Alan Clark is the man behind the Yorkshire based loudspeaker manufacturer Kralk Audio. He speaks with Hifi Pig about his hifi career, his thoughts on the industry and Right Said Fred.
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Behind The Brands with Mark Fenlon of Markaudio and Markaudio-Sota
Mark Fenlon is the founder of Markaudio (raw drivers) and development Director of Markaudio-Sota (finished product using Markaudio raw drivers) tells us all about his industry past, his systems and what he listens to whilst free-fall skydiving.
Behind The Brands With Conrad Mas Of AVID Hifi
Hifi Pig talk to Conrad Mas, the man behind the UK based manufacturer AVID Hifi. AVID Hifi are perhaps most well known for their range of turntables and phonostages, but at last year’s Munich High End the company introduced a full range of electronics and loudspeakers…and won the Hifi Pig Loves You Award.
Behind The Brands With Jonathan Billington Of Music First Audio
Jonathan Billington is the person behind Music First Audio who make TVC preamplifiers, phonostages, step up transformers, headphone amplifiers and have just opened a dedicated listening listening space called the Music First Studio. Hifi Pig gets Behind The Brands with Jonathan.
Behind The Brands With Steve Halsall Of KEF
Steve Halsall heads up KEF in the UK. Hifi Pig gets Behind the Brands with him, find out about his past and current systems and what he makes of the state of the Hifi industry.
Behind The Brands With Eunice Kron Of KR Audio
Eunice Kron heads up KR Audio Electronics located in Prauge, Czech Republic, a manufacturer of hand-crafted, high quality tubes (all glass is hand blown) and audio equipment. Hifi Pig goes Behind The Brands with her.
Behind The Brands With Chris Moon
Chris Moon is the owner of HigherFi, the US based company whose claim is to be “the world’s largest online dealer of luxury audio”, but, amongst other things, he’s also a songwriter and producer with 12 Million sales to his name. Chris is credited with the discovery of the artist Prince, writing of the first […]
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.
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.
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”.
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
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Borge Strand-Bergesen of Quantization Noise Killed The Cat.
QNKTC was founded by Børge Strand-Bergesen, who is an expert on electronics filter design, circuit board layout and design for manufacturing. He believes the circuit board design contributes greatly to the sound quality of the DAC. Critical analogue signals are kept on short tracks and away from the digital section. The board design has an […]
Norbert Lehmann of Lehmann Audio
Norbert Lehmann is the CEO of Lehmann Audio in Germany, a company that produces headphone amps, phono stages and an amplifier as well as pro audio equipment. He is a graduate in audio engineering and is a keen guitarist.
Damon Coffman of Coffman Labs
As a classical violinist and physicist Damon Coffman founded Coffman Labs with one goal: creating products that reproduce the natural sound experienced during live performances. Coffman Labs builds all-analogue, vacuum tube-based products including the G1-A phono/line preamplifier and the H1-A headphone amplifier. All Coffman Labs’ products are hand-crafted in Oregon, USA using point-to-point wiring and […]
Anthony Sallis of NuNu Distribution
Anthony Sallis is the Technical Director at NuNu Distribution, UK Distributors for Audiophile Base support systems, Astin Trew electronics, Belles audio electronics, Creaktiv system enhancing products, Oracle Audio Technologies turntables and CD replay devices, Renaissance Amplification, SCS audio isolation concepts and TAD Labs.
Laurence Armstrong of Henley Designs
“Laurence Armstrong is Managing Director of Henley Designs Ltd, one of the largest independent hi-fi distributors in the UK. Henley Designs was formed as the result of a management buyout of Ortofon UK in 1997 and they now supply UK retailers with some of the world’s most recognizable hi-fi brands, including Pro-Ject Audio, Ortofon, Audio-Technica […]
Thomas Scherer of TSAE
Thomas Scherer is the Managing Director and chief creative force behind the German loudspeaker manufacturer Thomas Scherer Audio Engineering. TSAE make just two loudspeakers at the moment, the striking and very contemporary looking transmission line Evince and the more conventional looking sealed box loudspeaker Elation.
Peter Bartlett of Cyrus Audio
‘You must go back to the live music and know how it sounds, the touch of a cymbal, the draw on a violin string.’ There is the essence, the philosophy, of Peter Bartlett, designer of the Cyrus 30th Anniversary system, where he seeks to ‘wrap up 30 years of know how into one holistic system.’ Here […]
Arnaud Rastoul of Ologe Acoustic
Based in Japan, Arnaud Rastoul is the owner of Ologe Acoustic, manufacturer of innovative loudspeakers and audio electronics that are designed very much with a minimalist aesthetic.
Daniela Manger of Manger Products
Daniela Manger is the CEO & owner of Manger Products. She has involved in Hi-Fi, electronics engineering & Pro-Audio markets almost since she was born due to family interests. Based on their unique Manger MSW/Sound Transducer their current portfolio includes Reference Active Monitor (MSMc1) & its floorstanding version (MSMs1), plus other accessories which help to […]
