We received a press release from Sonance about an interesting looking hifi set up for use in the garden. The SonArray garden sound system by Sonance comes packaged in a single box with eight horn-shaped SR1 satellites and an underground subwoofer (should keep the moles at bay too).The simple daisy-chained loudspeakers attach to any standard […]
You can read the second installment of Linette’s views on the Munich High End show, “A Bird’s Eye View”, where she’ll be talking about what stood out at the show for her. Brands she discusses include Thoress who make some interesting looking valve amplifiers, German Physiks and their omnidirectional loudspeakers, Vexo amplifiers, Lehmann Audio and […]
Legacy Audio, based in Springfield USA, premiered their Aeris loudspeaker to the European market at the Munich High End show 2013. It’s a bold yet elegant looking loudspeaker and is packed with tech’. While touting 24-bit DSP and 1kwatts of internal bass power, the upper portion of Aeris is open-air dipole which the company says […]
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. Linette (Mrs Hifi Pig) gives her opinions and perspectives of the Munich High End show in a series of articles written from a woman’s perspective. Find out what she enjoyed on the first day of the Munich High End show in part one […]
Part one of Hifi Pig’s report of the Munich High End 2013 show is now up and live. We will be publishing lots more around the show with dozens of reports of what we saw and what we heard so keep popping back to the site. We think that giving the reports out in bite […]
Arcam make some bold claims for their latest AV receiver, the AVR750 7.1 and the specs certainly look impressive. They launched the new receiver at the Munich High End show and we went along to have a bit of a listen in what was definitely one of the most lively rooms there. • 4K (UHD) […]
At the request of a good few people who we met at the Munich High End show Mrs Hifi Pig, otherwise known as Linette, will be taking a greater role in writing for Hifi Pig. Here she tells her story of her first experience of the Avantgarde Trios and six basshorns. She reckons it was […]
Hifi Pig have just spent the last few days at the Munich High End show which if you didn’t know is a huge show showcasing the whole gamut of Hifi available in the world today. Our first of many show reports looks at the eight companies chosen by the High End society to represent the […]
Burson have announced a June launch for their Timekeeper amplifier. It is an 80W per channel Class-AB stereo power amp which can be bridged into a 240W mono block and is the same size as the company’s Conductor preamplifier. There is a growing community of desktop audiophiles and the Timekeeper is very much aimed […]
Designed and made in the UK, by True Colours Industries, the new TCI Mamba Stereo Hi-Fi Interconnect, is said to be a serious performance cable at a relatively affordable price. The Mamba features a bi-axial shielded construction and is terminated with TCI True-Plug™ gold-plated RCA phono plugs in a pseudo-balanced configuration. It is also available in a […]
Theil Audio has announced the introduction of the CS1.7 Coherent Source® floorstanding loudspeaker. The CS1.7 employs THIEL’s phase and time coherent design using first order crossover networks. “The CS1.7 seeks to establish new standards for resolution of detail, imaging and staging, dynamic capability, and tonal purity for those consumers seeking ultra high fidelity from an […]
Benchmark have announced their new Digital to Analogue Converter the DAC2 D. The DAC2 D has the same performance of the company’s DAC2 HGC but without the analogue inputs and the 12V trigger. Keeping the specs inline with DAC2 D, it has” lower noise, lower distortion, improved accuracy, outstanding musical detail, precise stereo imaging, an […]
KEF, the UK loudspeaker manufacturer, has announced its first ever range of headphones, the M500 (pictured) over-ear headphones, and the M200 in-ear buds. M500 The over-ear M500s use a full-range 40mm neodymium driver with a super light, copper clad aluminium voice-coil that’s been tuned by KEF’s engineers to deliver a “powerfully musical sound with […]
Monster, the headphone brand, has announced it is collaborating with luxury watchmaker Hublot to create Hublot Inspiration – a luxury noise cancelling headphone that offers an “unprecedented music listening and lifestyle experience”. The lightweight, rock-solid black and carbon fibre Hublot Inspiration over-ear headphones will be available this summer at Hublot retailers for EUR 1.750.00. UK […]
Reference Fidelity Components, under the leadership of our own Paul, has announced the launch of it’s all new, full range loudspeaker which they are calling the Reference Fidelio – a loudspeaker that has been created to be a “final destination”. This floor standing loudspeaker utilises the legendary Tannoy 12 inch DC driver to deliver […]
U.K. Hi-Fi distributor Sound Fowndations has announced the addition of the CanorTP306VR+ valve phonostage to its portfolio of audio components. The CANOR TP306VR+ is an all-valve phonostage featuring valve rectification. The circuit boards feature patented CMT ™ (CANOR Milling Technology). Areas of the circuit board are precisely removed to give the circuit similar electrical characteristics to one direct wired with air dielectric cables. […]
At this year’s High End show in Munich, visitors can experience high end audio not just limited to the home but also in three high end motor cars. Pagani and Sonus Faber The exhibitor Audio Reference from Hamburg is presenting one of the most exciting sports cars on Earth, equipped with the exclusive Sonus Faber […]
Over nearly two decades the Acutus turntable from UK manufacturer Avid, has progressed to become renowned throughout the audio industry. Visually the turntable is a striking piece of engineering, its distinctive polished chrome finish having done much to set the fashion for open skeletal styling. Whilst we at Hifi Pig always thought the turntable looked […]
Not strictly Hifi but we thought this was worth sharing as it’s a festival close to our hearts here at Hifi Pig Towers. The Vieilles Charrues festival is a huge music festival that happens yearly in the Breton town of Carhaix. The program for this year has been announced today and includes: Neil Young and […]
Atlas Cables has announced the launch of a new range of USB cables for computer audio applications. Available now, the Atlas Element USB comes in either A/B or A/B Mini form in multiple lengths from 0.5 meters to 5 meters. Made up of parallel lay twisted-pair silver-plated high-purity OFC copper conductors encased in a high […]
Combining valve rectification with only two audio valves the Icon Audio MB30SE has been designed with purist simplicity in mind. With an output of up to 27 watts the MB30SE is versatile and capable of high volume levels with medium to high sensitivity loudspeakers. Using the new KT 120 output valve the MB30SE delivers a […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched the new C2500 – a valve preamp with 15 inputs. Designed to offer flexibility with both digital and analogue source components, the new C2500’s input complement includes two dedicated phono inputs (MM and MC) and five digital inputs, with D/A decoding at up to 32-bit/192kHz resolution. The five-strong digital input suite […]
Jerry puts the King Rex HQ-1 headphone amplifier into his system and gives his opinions on this £600 unit. Read the full review here.
Stewart Wennen takes a listen to the little Clones Audio 25i integrated amplifier and likes it a lot. Read the full review of the Clones Audio 25i Integrated Amplifier.
No, it‘s not Captain Kirk‘s oversized ion hairdryer on the Starship Enterprise, nor is Dr. Emmet Brown‘s latest model of the flux capacitor from the time machine! This beast is the brainchild of Andrea Pivetta and Italian electronics designer and will be on show at the Munich High End Show. What visitors to High End […]
Meridian Audio has announced the availability of its new DSP520 Digital Active In-wall Loudspeaker. The Meridian DSP520 in-wall offers the ability to create a discreet installation or mix and match them with Meridian’s freestanding loudspeakers such as the newly updated DSP7200 to create a superior Digital Theatre system. The DSP520 can be mounted horizontally or […]
Cary Audio is partnering with KEF showing three complete systems at the New York Audio Show on the 12th -14th April. They will also be debuting their brand new Cary Audio DAC-100 24/192 hi-resolution USB DAC and a complete Audio Electronics setup including the new Lighting 24/192 USB DAC. Their main system will consist of […]
Clones Audio, the Hong Kong based manufacturer of gainclone amplifiers have announced the latest addition to its product range – a power supply for the latest generation of Mac Mini called mPSU. The ultra low-noise power supply replaces the original switching power supply in the Mac Mini and the manufacturer claims it dramatically improves performance. […]
