KEF has announced the expansion of its R Series speaker range with the R50 Dolby Atmos enabled speaker module, which has been specifically designed to deliver multi-dimensional sound with Dolby Atmos. The R50 incorporates KEF’s full-range Uni-Q® driver array, featuring a 25mm (1-in.) aluminium vented-tweeter and ‘tangerine waveguide’, positioned at the acoustic centre of a […]
Bryston has announced the introduction of the BDP-1USB digital music player. The BDP-1USB is Bryston’s most affordable high-performance music player designed for those customers using one of many popular USB external DAC’s (Digital to Analog Converters) available on the market. The BDP-1USB can manage large music libraries of up to 30,000 tracks—from MP3 to high […]
WiMP HiFi, the award-winning Scandinavian music streaming service, today announced it will introduce TIDAL to the UK and the U.S. later this autumn. Unlike any other service currently on the market, TIDAL will offer high fidelity sound quality, high definition music videos and curated editorial by experienced music journalists. Music will be available in FLAC […]
As you will be aware August has been Headphone Month at Hifi PIg, but given the sheer volume of products we have been sent, and the fact that stuff is still arriving today, we have decided to extend into September. During September you can expect to see lots of conventional hifi reviews but mixed up […]
German hi-fi furniture brand Tabula Rasa is now available for direct purchase in the UK as well as across the EU. Every item in the brand’s range is constructed from solid hardwoods – oak and maple – which Tabula Rasa say have been carefully selected for their acoustic properties as well as their natural beauty, […]
Hifi Pig were lucky enough to be invited to visit Roksan, the sponsors of our hifi news section of the site and whose promotional video you can see at the top right of website, at their London based offices and workshops last week. We will of course be writing at length about our visit to […]
August is Headphone Month here at Hifi Pig and we’ve dedicated all our hifi reviews to reviewing nothing but headphones and headphone related products. We’ve reviewed headphones from Final, Stax, Sennheiser, GOJI and Audeze with more to come from HifiMan and others. As well as headphones we’ve published a headphone amplifier review of a Graham Slee […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched an all-in-one system, the new MXA70, which comes complete with speakers and takes full advantage of the latest McIntosh technologies. The MXA70 is hand-built in McIntosh’s Binghamton (NY) factory. It contains a 50-watt McIntosh amplifier, in-house aluminium loudspeakers and a dedicated headphone amp. Also included is a McIntosh DAC with four […]
Computer Audio Design has launched the CAT — an advanced new digital source component with CD-ripping, bespoke internal storage and streaming services playback. The CAT is a CD-ripper, music storage device and streamer (Windows Platform services) in one, with each CAT hand-built to order in CAD’s central London facility. CAD offers bespoke data storage solutions […]
IsoTek has launched an upgraded ‘EVO3’ Special Edition of the Syncro. Originally launched in 2010, the Syncro is IsoTek’s most advanced mains cable which incorporates “unique performance-enhancing” electronics housed in an anti-resonant aluminium cylinder positioned part way down the cable’s length. This is essentially a ‘pre-filter’ designed to “synchronise the mains supply in order to […]
Clones Audio have announced their first phonostage, the PA1. It’s a two box unit with internally adjustable DIP switches and has cartridge loadings of 33, 100 1K and 47 Kohms so should be suitable for most MM and MC cartridges. There is a selectable gain of 48dB, 52dB, 63, dB, 70dB and 74dB and it’s […]
With the new Platinum version, the current Confidence series has been updated with an aesthetic evoking the finish and visual appearance of Dynaudio’s latest flagship loudspeaker, the Evidence Platinum. While the Confidence have remained unchanged since the performance updates that the current generation of models received when introduced in 2011, the new Confidence Platinum design […]
HiDiamond have introduced two new distributors for power management. Called HDX1 and HDX2 HiDiamond say they represent a “no compromise solution for the completion of a Hi-End audio system”. The HDX2 uses a powerful filter network and a display to check the actual voltage and the amperage and both are finished with star wiring and […]
Simple Audio has launched their Roomplayer Android app beta programme. The company invites users to sign-up to obtain exclusive access to the new control system. This new app compliments the existing versions for iPhone and iPad, and beta testers can email comments to the Simple Audio team. The Android app is designed to run on […]
Epiphany Acoustics have announced the launch of the brand new Atratus II and Atratus III RCA Interconnects! Prices start from £59.99 and £89.99, respectively, for 0.5m stereo lengths. These represent Epiphany’s mid-range and top-of-the-line RCA interconnects and have “been carefully designed to fulfil our on-going philosophy of market leading sound quality at direct from manufacturer […]
OPPO Digital, well known for their universal Blu-ray disc players and Planar Magnetic headphones, has announced the availability of a new set of lambskin leather ear pads designed to slightly increase the treble response of its PM-1 Planar Magnetic headphones. Following the release of the PM-1, customers have provided OPPO with feedback with a small […]