Everything vibrates, period. For the audiophile, this is a serious challenge, since vibration affects the delicate audio signals in virtually every hi-fi component and I for one am forever experimenting with vibration control. Vibrations move through the floor, the furniture and the air to enter audio equipment via the feet and chassis. And of course […]
Polish cable manufacturer have announced a new version of their best selling Monolith speaker cables. They are called Monolith Reference. The main difference on the aesthetic/functional side is that both wires are now no longer connected by the badge clamp and they come completely separated. Design has been changed and the new ribbons used for […]
If you like beautiful valve amplification then these new beauties from French company Jadis, should be right up your street! The JA80MkII is an improved version of the JA80 which brings the compatibility with the new KT150 tubes and keep the compatibility with other tubes such as EL34, 6CA7, KT88, KT90, KT120, 6550, with a […]
At the Berlin IFA 2015 show, Ministry of Sound launches its full connected range of multi-room wireless speakers. Adding to the Audio M and the Audio S Plus, there are two new connected speakers, the Audio M Plus and the Audio L Plus: both have been engineered to work together in any configuration with any […]
KBL Sound from Poland got in touch to tell us all about their new flagship Signature series, Himalaya, which they say is the culmination of their long-term efforts to create such cables allowing the highest standard of audio equipment to reveal their full potential. “We have used costly and time-consuming solutions, as no other way exists […]
Today at the IFA show in Berlin, Crystal Acoustics presents in full for the first time its WiSound Multiroom range of products, a series of wireless speakers and complementary devices that offer a uniquely flexible and easy-to-use way of organising a multi-zone music network. The full range includes the Cuby 9 standalone wireless speaker, the […]
Dali have introduced the Zensor Pico and Zensor Pico Vokal, an ultra compact, high quality speaker range with a very small footprint. Designed for people living in a smaller space, the Zensor Pico are, essentially, a scaled down Zensor One (about 30% smaller). They use exactly the same 25mm treble driver, married to a 4.5in mid-bass driver, all housed in […]
Technics have announced the launch of their « Grand » range of components which will be made up of the SU-G30 (pictured below) network amp which will retail for £3500 (or thereabouts) and will, as the name suggests be an amp and streamer in one The second unit will be a music server ST-G30 which will allow […]
One album, two men, too many instruments! Two crazy barefoot Aussies wield over 20 instruments to faithfully recreate Mike Oldfield’s epic 1973 masterpiece. Following sell-out seasons around the world and a Best Music Award-winning appearance at the 2015 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Tubular Bells for Two returns to tour the UK fresh from its third […]
September 2015 sees Andrew Combs returning to the UK, supported by his label-mate Barna Howard. Following on from an appearance at End Of The Road Festival on Friday 4th September, Andrew and his band will tour the UK promoting their 2015 album All These Dreams. The album marked a huge step forward for the Nashville-based singer-songwriter. Using his gifts for lyricism and wry observation, Combs weaves tales of […]
Following the massive success of his mind-bending gig at the Barbican in March, which sold out two months in advance, Squarepusher will be keeping the pressure on by performing his biggest gig to date at the Troxy in East London on the 24th of October. The gig will feature two sets from Squarepusher, including his revolutionary […]
The latest of Hifi Pig Extra is out and ready for you to download. It’s a fab issue with loads of reviews, loads of music reviews, live music, great columnists, a great Readers’ Lives article that follows a father and son through their audiophile journey, Forever Changes by Love is the Classic Album and there’s a […]
Audiolab has announced the hotly anticipated successor to the 8200CD, the 8300CD, which is the first model of their all new 8300 Series. The outgoing 8200 Series contained two CD players: the 8200CD and 8200CDQ, the latter sporting additional preamp facilities. The 8300CD replaces both players, adding full digital preamp functionality (among other things) to the 8200CD’s […]
Onkyo have lanched the new 2 x 135 watts per channel TX-8150 and 2 x 110 watts per channel TX-8130 Hi-Res network stereo receivers. Both receivers are built around Onkyo’s, fully discrete high-instantaneous-current amplification system that controls the speaker drivers with exceptional accuracy while capturing a very wide audio frequency spectrum for dynamic, energetic, and realistic sound. Backed by a high-output massive transformer and […]
Romanian company, Meze, will begin shipping their new headphones, the 99Classics, in November 2015. Their Indiegogo campaign, which is still running, has already achieved their funding target. The headphones, available in Silver or Gold finishes, are designed to be both comfortable and elegant and to deliver excellent sound quality. The construction uses high quality materials […]
Yes vocalist John Anderson and renowned jazz fusion violinist Jean Luc Ponty first talked about recording together over 30 years ago. Now those discussions have become reality on the duo’s new CD Better Late Than Never. Accompanied by a band of superb musicians whose credits include work with Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, George Duke, […]