Goldring Release New MM Cartridges
Goldring is starting to ship its new E Series Moving Magnet cartridges which, they say, are “a range of high performance, premium quality, British designed products for the resurgent turntable market”.
Hifi News
G Point At Audiophilia Edinburgh This Weekend
The lovely Carlo at Audiophilia in Edinburgh has been in touch to tell us about an event in conjunction with G Point Audio that will take place this coming weekend. G Point Audio recently won the Hifi Pig Loves you at The North West Audio Show and so it should be a great day out.
VPI Cliffwood Turntable Launched
Good friend of Hifi Pig, Mat Weisfeld, of VPI got in touch to tell us about their new, entry level turntable, the Cliffwood: “For 40 years we have built turntables in American and kept it in the VPI family. For almost 30 of those years we have built our turntables in Cliffwood, New Jersey”.
McIntosh Announces The MA9000 Integrated Amplifier
McIntosh has announced the MA9000 Integrated Amplifier. Their largest integrated in both size and power, it offers 300 Watts per channel and combines amplifier and preamplifier into one unit.
Cary Audio Partners With Roon Labs
Cary Audio has announced their partnership with Roon Labs. As of now, both Cary’s DMS-500 reference network audio player and AiOS all-in-one network receiver are certified Roon Ready.
Townshend Audio Allegri+ Preamplifier
The preamp/control unit is “the heart of any hi‐fi system”. Townshend told us: “The Allegri+ Passive Autotransformer preamp is a very small control unit with a very big heart”.
Avantgarde Acoustic Win German Brand Award 2017
Loudspeaker manufacturer Avantgarde Acoustic has been awarded Gold in the German Brand Award 2017.
PMC Appoints Ian Sutton As UK Divisional Director
PMC has appointed Ian Sutton to the position of divisional director, to head up a newly formed UK distribution business and bring close focus to this important area of expansion for the company. The following is from the PMC press release.
REVIEW – exaSound e32 DAC
exaSound are a Canadian brand that make just a handful of products. Here David Blumenstein takes delivery of their $3499.00 e33 Digital to Analogue Converter.
Kraftwerk Upgrade PMC Monitors To Create 9.1 Dolby Atmos System
Electro pioneers Kraftwerk recently upgraded their PMC monitoring system to a 9.1 Dolby Atmos set-up so that they could compile 3-D Kraftwerk Concert, an audio/video documentary collection that was released at the end of May 2017.
Hifi Pig News Round Up – June 2017
We are well into the summer now but June has been a very busy month. We ended the month with a fantastic two-day North West Audio Show at the sumptuous Cranage Hall . There was plenty of other news going on though so here’s a round up, just in case you missed anything!
REVIEW – Tannoy Revolution XT6 Loudspeaker
Tannoy is a household name, and not just amongst audiophiles. Here Dominic Marsh takes a listen to their £599 Revolution XT6 loudspeakers.
North West Audio Show At Cranage Hall, Cheshire 2017
I love the North West Audio Show at Cranage Hall which is now in its fifth year. Kris, the organiser of the show has done a brilliant job of putting together a show that about as good as it gets in my opinion, and judging by the smiling faces at the show this year, so […]
SPS-500 Launch Completes SOtM’s Newest Trio
SOtM have officially launched their brand-new power supply, the sPS-500. It joins their latest components, the sMS-200Ultra Mini Network Player and tX-USBUltra USB Hub and Regenerator, completing the brand’s “ultra trio”.
KEF ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Competition
KEF has partnered with Sony Pictures for a promotion to celebrate the imminent cinematic release of the 2017 summer film, Spider-Man: Homecoming, in cinemas from July 5th. This promotion sees KEF offering film fans the chance to win a Dolby Atmos home cinema package.
Amare Musica Announce New Amplifiers, Octogenus Diamond
Amare Musica Release New Mono Block Amplifiers, Octogenus Diamond.