Rega has announced the launch of the much awaited RP8 turntable. The Rega RP8 has a radical new plinth using custom designed materials, a new tonearm bearing assembly, 24v low volt-age motor controlled by a hand tuned electronic power supply and a custom version of the company’s Planar 9 engineered hub bearing assembly. The RP8 […]
Hifi Pig’s Behind the Brand series of interviews continues with Arnauld Rastoul of Ologe Acoustics a German manufacturer of innovative loudspeakers and hifi electronics. Read the full interview with Arnaul Rastoul of Ologe Acoustics If you would like to take part in the Behind the Brands series then get in touch with Hifi Pig. […]
Record Store Day was founded in 2007 as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. This year the event takes place on April 20th. This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists […]
Hifi Pig is delighted to announce a new member of the review team in the guise of Danny Worth. Danny has a wealth of experience with lots of different hifi equipment after many years of experimentation and auditioning and we are very pleased to have his knowledge and experience on the team. Danny’s passion for […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched a new DAC/preamp with a price tag of just £2,995. The new D100 is a remote-controlled DAC/preamplifier with five digital inputs that brings the McIntosh sound to connected digital devices. With its five digital inputs (2x coaxial, 2x optical and 1x USB), and both variable and fixed volume audio outputs, the […]
Coincident Speaker Technology based in Ontario, Canada, have contacted Hifi Pig with news that they are adding two new valve amplifier designs to their stable of products, which already includes valve amplifiers, preamplifiers, loudspeakers and audio cables. The Coincident Turbo 845SE amplifier is “built and designed to be an all out assault on integrated stereo […]
Earlier today Hifi Pig ran a breaking news item about the new Cyrus 30th Anniversary Edition system and we have now managed to snoofle out further information about the system from Cyrus as well as a photograph. The new system will comprise of the following individual items: CD XT SE2 For the Anniversary Series version […]
To celebrate 30 years of audio innovation, UK manufacturer Cyrus has announced details of their Anniversary Series – “an exclusive system of fine-tuned flagship products”. The system is based on the company’s flagship X Series range and has been fine-tuned by Technical Director, Peter Bartlett. The Anniversary Series System comprises upgraded versions of the following […]
Californian based Theta Digital, have announced that it is shipping its latest universal disc transport, the Compli Blu 3D. According to Dave Reich, Theta Digital’s chief engineer, the Compli Blu 3D was optimized for use with advanced preamp/processors and outboard DAC’s like Theta Digital’s own Casablanca III HD and Generation VIII S3. “It’s simply impossible […]
New consumer electronics brand i-box is launching its first headphones, part of its fast-growing range of smartphone and tablet accessories. The i-box Flats, sporting a rugged metal construction, flat tangle-free cable and red and black styling. The 1.2m red cable is flat in order to make them tangle-resistant. The metal-bodied earphone casings are “robust, stylish […]
Amphion and Antelope Audio will be co-exhibiting at the Sound & Vision Bristol Show in the United Kingdom, February 22 – 24, 2013. The two brands are going to demonstrate a few different set ups, starting with mastering quality to easy-to-use desktop systems. Visitors will have the chance to see for the first time in […]
Meridian has announced the introduction of its Explorer USB DAC. The Explorer is a pocket-sized high-resolution USB DAC from “that delivers best-in-class sound from any computer”. Featuring a range of connectivity, the Explorer can be used in a variety of applications from private headphone listening to full system playback. The Explorer is compatible with Mac, […]
Simple Audio, the networked audio company based in Scotland that released its first multi-room music streaming system in 2012 and quickly gained a reputation for superior sound performance, today announced that it has been acquired by leading US-based PC enthusiast hardware company Corsair in a multi-million dollar deal. The deal marks another positive chapter in […]
Schiit Audio announce the production of the Asgard 2 headphone amplifier. Asgard 2 is a complete redefinition of the company’s Asgard headphone amplifier, adding both a higher-performance gain stage based on their flagship Mjolnir amp, as well as features such as selectable gain and preamp outs. “With these changes, Asgard 2 becomes a complete control […]
Von Schweikert Audio announce the VR-100XS speaker system. All aspects of its design have been approached with the goal of an “acoustically holographic listening experience of a live musical event”. To achieve this, the company have engineered an all-new Noise Reduction cabinet construction based on their Triple-Wall constrained layer patent, a matched driver array using […]
In the latest of our ongoing series of interviews with the people behind the brands, Hifi Pig talks to Daniela Manger, the CEO & owner of Manger Products. Read all the Behind the Brands interviews.
Krell have announced today that their S-550i integrated amp will be shipping this week! The Krell S-550i builds on the success of the S-300i integrated amplifier and delivers 275 watts of stereo output. The S-550i is outfitted with balanced and single-ended inputs, iPod dock, and Theater Throughput™ mode. For custom integration applications, 12 volt triggers, […]
Luxury high end audio manufacturer Gryphon Audio Designs of Denmark is celebrating the launch of their greatest loudspeaker achievement yet, the four-tower Gryphon Pendragon. Conceived to be partnered with the Gryphon Pandora preamplifier and Mephisto (stereo) or Mephisto Solo (monoblock) power amplifiers, the three-way Gryphon Pendragon system employs a bass tower (eight 8” bass drivers […]
THIEL Audio, the lexington based high-end loudspeaker manufacturer, has announced that consumer electronics senior executive Bob Brown has been appointed to the company’s board of directors and will take over as interim COO effective immediately. Brown, recently named to CEDIA’s board of directors, brings a rich legacy and successful track record in the performance audio […]
It’s that time of year again and around comes what many in the high-end audio community feel is the “must go to” hifi show in the calender. I’m talking of course about the Munich High-End Exhibition 2013 which takes place 9th May – 12th May, 2013 – with the Thursday being trade visitors day. This […]
Bryston, LTD has announced that award-winning studio designer Carl Tatz has selected the Bryston 4BSST² stereo amplifier to power the control room monitors in a studio designed for multi-Grammy®-winning engineer Bob Bullock. “I brought the first Bryston 4B to the Nashville studio scene in the ’80s. It has since become the world standard for pro […]
Aurorasounds’ is a high-end audio company from Yokohama, Japan. Designer and director Shinobu Karaki has 28 years experience working for Texas Instruments Japan Inc and is also a passionate musician, music teacher and an audiophile. Aurorasounds’ latest development is a phono-stage called VIDA (Vinyl Disk Amplifier). The two box VIDA uses an LCR network for […]
KEF has added a Linear White and Rosewood finish to its Q Series speaker range. The Q Series uses the Uni-Q driver array and bass drivers which help deliver an “extremely detailed and spacious sound image even from the smallest models”. There are nine models, including three floorstanders, two bookshelf speakers, two fully specified and […]
US audio cable manufacturer, DH Labs has announced the latest in their range of loudspeaker cables, the Deity Speaker Cable. The cable has been designed to be used in high-end audio systems and the company claims it delivers “the most accurate and uncoloured signal transmission possible, along with extraordinary harmonics and tonal balance”. The Deity […]
British audio cable manufacturer, Black Rhodium has announced the launch of its latest stereo interconnect named Tempo. The design of Tempo is based very closely on the company’s Coda interconnect cable with two differences: The Silicone rubber type GPC insulation of the 19 individual 16-gauge silver plated copper conductors has been increased from a thickness […]
In the second of our ongoing series of Behind the Brands interviews we speak to Graeme Holland who heads up the high-end valve amplifier manufacturing company Audion. If you are involved in the Hifi industry and are yourself interested in being included in the Behind The Brand interviews then please do get in touch with […]
With its Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), standalone Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) & Preamp, Digital-to-Digital Converter (DDC), standalone Digital-to-Digital Converter (DDC) with analog input and Headphone Amplifier this little unit from Tokyo certainly seems to be well specced. All in one device for USB DAC, standalone DAC & Preamp, USB-DDC, standalone DDC with analog input, headphone amplifier. Asynchronous USB operation: […]
NuForce, Inc have announced a single-chassis integrated stereo amplifier, the IA-18. The unit incorporates components used in NuForce’s c Reference Series products including much of the same circuitry as the P-20, the company’s most recent flagship preamplifier, a Cross Matrix Array (CMA) capacitor module, and two V3 output amplifier modules. The IA-18 features five analogue […]
