McIntosh Laboratory has reissued two classic amplifiers that retain the aesthetics of their era, while sporting modernised internals for contemporary system integration. The C22 First issued in the 1960s, the reintroduced C22 preamp maintains the retro McIntosh design but has been modernised to deliver performance equal to any other McIntosh pre. The 2015 C22 features […]
“The Hybrid Valve Headphone Amplifier gives us back the warm rich quality sound that was lost when valves when transistors took over from valves. Plug it in between your phone or MP3 player and your headphones. Your music now passes though real glass tubes valves resulting in vastly improved sound quality. It will also boost […]
Following its world launch at International CES 2015 in January, Chord Electronics’ latest proprietary DAC, the 2Qute, is now shipping globally. Now in full production at Chord’s riverside headquarters in Kent, the hand-made 2Qute is arriving in dealerships around the world. The new 2Qute, which replaces the Qute EX, takes Chord’s proprietary FPGA DAC technology […]
Pangea Audio has announced the introduction of the HP201 Hybrid Tube Headphone Amp with 24/192 USB DAC. The HP201 is now available with an MSRP of $299.99. The Pangea Audio HP201 combines Class A solid state circuitry featuring MOSFET output devices with a vacuum tube. The Pangea engineering team, led by engineer/designer Jay Victor, selected MOSFETS […]
Astell&Kern has launched its most affordable high-resolution portable player yet – the AK Jr. Despite costing £399, the new AK Jr shares many features with its big brothers. Its aluminium case, machined controls and performance immediately set it above sub-£500 rivals says the company’s recent press release. 24bit/192hKz high-resolution audio playback Widest range of music […]
adidas and Monster join forces again to unleash the adidas Sport by Monster in-ear headphones for athletes. The first models to hit the street are the adidas Sport Response™ by Monster and adidas Sport Supernova™ by Monster. Both models make their international debuts at the London and Boston Marathons at the end of April 2015. […]
Hifi Pig will of course be reporting extensively from this year’s Munich High End show but we are also keeping all our readers up to date with a daily update of the latest news from High End Munich 2015. This week we have brought you news from the High End Society themselves and their new app plus […]
British Hi-Fi brand Musical Fidelity bring balanced audio to the consumer headphone market with the launch of the MF200B headphone and partnering V90-BHA headphone amplifier. Available in May, the MF200B headphones and V90-BHA amplifier will be available individually for £250 each and as a pair for a special price of £450. MF200B Based on the […]
Hifi Pig becomes the latest media member of The Clarity Alliance. The Clarity Alliance, the UK hi-fi industry’s trade body, is pleased to announce that Hifi Pig, the rapidly growing online hi-fi magazine, is the latest member of the media to join the Alliance. The membership of Hifi Pig further strengthens the communications abilities of […]
Naim today announced that Dr. Trevor Wilson will become Managing Director from 1 July 2015. Paul Stephenson, current Managing Director, will then move to the role of Chairman of the company. Trevor Wilson has been with Naim for eight years, most recently as R&D Director, where he has led the team of 40 plus engineers. […]
“The new Yggdrasil DAC from Schiit Audio is an entirely different take on “end-game” DAC design, eschewing the now-standard delta-sigma and DSD-optimized architectures to deliver optimal performance for the 99.99% of recorded music out there—music in PCM format” says the opening lines of Schiit’s latest press release. “Yggdrasil was designed with a single goal in mind: […]
New British hi-fi brand, Modern British Audio Company, is launching the Status integrated amplifier. With a strong emphasis on minimising noise and distortion the Status will be a dual mono design. Manufactured in the UK, from largely British sourced components, the Status comprises two separate 170 watt per channel (8 ohm) monobloc amplifiers within the casework, which are coupled […]
British loudspeaker manufacturer PMC (Professional Monitor Company) has announced the appointment of Paul Desmond in the role of Export Manager For Asia Pacific. Desmond will be responsible for all sales of PMC’s consumer audio products across the region, managing the distribution network. Desmond brings to PMC a wealth of international sales experience built up over 25 […]
UK brand Trinity has announced that it has smashed its Kickstarter target of £40,000 after only eight days. Raising funds to develop its range of three UK-designed IEMs, Trinity exceeded its target with an impressive 22 days still to run, with backers continuing to pledge to the campaign. The funds raised enable the company to continue […]
Acoustic Energy is undergoing a raft of changes to re-establish itself as one of the UK’s leading hi-fi loudspeaker manufacturers. “With a new Managing Director, new global and domestic sales teams and investment from its new $20 Billion joint ODM parent, Wistron, Acoustic Energy is now well placed to achieve its future growth objectives” says the […]
Chameleon embodies all of the iconic design elements of Sonus faber while offering a level of customization previously unattainable in this market segment: the entire cabinet is covered in leather; driver flanges are embellished with aluminum trims; the side walls house the exchangeable side panels via a system of pins which allows for their simple […]