The C1100 preamplifier from McIntosh has, say the company, “high level inputs having the lowest noise of any McIntosh preamplifier ever produced”. It utilises a two-chassis design where the control and power sections are completely separate from the audio section. The C1100 is comprised of the C1100 controller and the C1100 vacuum tube preamplifier. Inside […]
As part of the Clarity Alliance, GIK Acoustics-Europe will exhibit at The National Audio Show held at Whittlebury Hall in Northamptonshire from Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th September 2015. They will have several products on display including otheir new Evolution PolyFusor. Introduced in July, the GIK Acoustics is a curved panel that Evolution PolyFusor smoothly transitions from a low-frequency bass trap […]
Blumenhofer Acoustics got in touch to tell us about their new loudspeaker, the Genuin FS3MK2 This loudspeakers bears several new features: – Harmonic construction – 25cm (10″) (instead of 20cm 8″) paper woofer based on the company’s own development – easy time alignment system on top of the main cabinet matching the style of the […]
Kennerton, the luxury brand of Fischer Audio, was founded by professionals with a single purpose: “to provide its customers with high-end quality sound”. Fischer Audio have been watching the evolution of the audio industry for a long time and noticed the decreasing amount of products that offer quality sound particularly the large number of fancy […]
Audiolab has redesigned its most famous component to deliver an entirely new level of performance. The 8300A is the latest in a long line of Audiolab integrated amplifiers that began in 1983 with the 8000A which Audiolab claim is ‘one of the most influential British audio products of all time.’ The original 8000A was the […]
Linn launched its Exakt technology in September 2013 and Series 5 further adds to this family by delivering two new Exakt systems – the Linn 520 System and the Linn 530 System. The elegant Linn 530 System provides the power, precision and incredible musical accuracy of a loudspeaker filled with technology – Exakt electronics, 300W […]
NEW – RETRO BITES WITH JANINE ELLIOT. This month Janine takes a look at the interesting Philips DCC900…Digital Compact Casette… Read the full story here.
Linn has launched Exakt support for three more loudspeaker models from other manufacturers. The performance improvements of Exakt are now available for Kef Reference 5, PMC Twenty26 and JBL K2 S9900, in addition to the existing list of supported speakers which includes B&W Nautilus and 802 Diamond, Kudos Super 10, Super 20 and Titan 808. […]
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT In the last couple of months Hifi Pig has seen a surge in readership and an increase in support from the audio industry. To this end we have made the decision to give all our readers the opportunity to enjoy the many benefits of Hifi Pig Extra’s content, but without the need to […]
For almost 40 years, Bowers & Wilkins have produced generation after generation of 800 Series loudspeakers. Now, on the eve of the company’s 50th anniversary, they say that ‘the latest 800 Series Diamond redefines what is possible from a loudspeaker system, it is the result of an intensive seven-year project to make the best better. […]
Melodika, one of the biggest Polish manufacturers of hi-fi class cables is introducing a completely new range of reference products, the audiophile Brown Sugar speaker cable series, which is characterised by what Melodika describe as their ‘typical Melodika, consistent and smooth sound.’ Some of the key features are Triple low capacitance, dielectric isolation made of […]
Burson Audio, manufacturer of fine USB DAC/Headphone Amplifier/Preamplifiers, Headphone Amplifiers and Stereo Amplifiers, and its subsidiary Supreme Sound Audio Components, will be running a demo day in the USA, showcasing both lines. There will be brunch and drinks and everyone will get a gift. Sales Manager Martha Manea and US Service Centre Engineer Mike Mona will present […]
Meridian Audio announces that its co-founder, Bob Stuart, is to receive the CEDIA 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. First awarded by CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) in 1992, previous recipients include some of the electronics industry’s most brilliant entrepreneurs, inventors, engineers, and leaders. A graduate of Imperial College London, Bob’s passion for music led him […]
Raumfeld, the maker of high-fidelity multi-room streaming speakers, is launching the Raumfeld Sounddeck in the UK in December. Through innovative Wellenfeld Technology, the Sounddeck has a extremely wide-ranging sweet spot. Designed to add a much needed boost to the sound quality of modern flat-TVs, the Sounddeck provides users with both Hi-Fi music and immersive movie […]
Exclusively unveiled at IFA 2015, the global trade show for consumer electronics, the Pioneer “XDP-100R” Digital Audio Player becomes the industry’s first portable player to offer MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) support. Setting out to make its ‘best-ever audio player’, Pioneer equips the XDP-100R with support for up to 288GB storage (32GB internal + dual micro […]
“Arcam of Cambridge UK, make some of the world’s finest Home Cinema components at prices up to £5000 each. This level of skill and technology, is combined in the Solo’s aluminium enclosure to deliver quality and facilities previously only possible from large separate black boxes” says the company’s latest press release. The Solo Plus features six high-quality drivers […]