The clue about what makes the Madake special lies in its name: Madake is the Japanese term for a particular species of bamboo, Giant Timber Bamboo, often used in various types of traditional Japanese craftsmanship but now quite rare. The Madake’s cantilever, rather than being made from the usual metal (aluminum, boron) or crystalline solid […]
Whitestone is the first platform for interactive music experiences. A place to create, collect, and truly experience music online. Whitestone has been created by a group of artists, designers and programmers with a vision to bring album art to the internet, using the medium to create special interactive editions of albums and videos. Streaming is […]
It is with great delight that we can now announce the arrival of Hifi Pig Extra. Hifi PIg Extra will be a subscription only E Magazine that will contain all the reviews we publish in the month BEFORE they are published on the website or in the free Hifi Pig Magazine. There are loads more reviews, […]
Global football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has announced that he is a co-founder of a new consumer electronics company called ROC Live Life Loud that will deliver lifestyle products to his global fanbase. “Everything in my life is about performance and quality,” said Ronaldo. “We launched ROC Live Life Loud to give my fans around the world direct […]
CanJam Europe, Europe’s first and biggest dedicated headphone show, opens it’s doors on September 26th and 27th in Essen, Germany. As of today, a total of 68 brands have already booked including Sennheiser, Grado and Beyerdynamic, Gibson, Oppo and Headphone Gallery. They will be offering visitors to the event the opportunity to try and compare hundreds of […]
The Audio S Plus wireless Bluetooth speaker is the first in a range of new products designed in close collaboration with Ministry of Sound’s Club Development Director (and Ivor Novello-winning DJ and producer) Phil Faversham and his team, to bring the audio expertise behind Ministry’s sound system, ‘The Box’, into devices created for the consumer’s […]
The Tape Project (reel to reel analogue tape label), Bottlehead (tube based amplifier, preamplifier and headphone amplifier kits, high end tube audio products and reel to reel tape machine upgrade specialists) and Burwell and Sons Loudspeakers are hosting a special event at the California Audio Show where you can meet Jacqui Naylor. They will be playing tracks from Jacqui’s […]
Leema Acoustics is now shipping its DAC/preamp, Libra. A featured-packed high-resolution ‘digital hub’, the new Libra DAC/preamp (£5,995) allows users to get the latest sound quality from their digitally connected devices. Designed and built by Lee Taylor and Mallory Nicholls (Leema), Libra’s simple-yet-elegant looks conceal a vast array of technologies. The new Libra crystallises Leema’s […]
The Bespoke Audio Company have been in touch to tell us they are proud and excited to have been invited by Ton van der Veeken of audio importers Hear Everything to join him in room 7 at this years X-Fi show in Veldhoven, The Netherlands on the 26th and 27th of September. Ton has put […]
Atlas Cables announce that its new updated Ascent Ultra interconnect cable and Ascent XLR are available from today. Hand-built, the Atlas Ascent Ultra interconnect cable is available now with a UK SRP of £575 for a m pair. Other lengths are available upon request. “Atlas wanted to apply new knowledge when updating the already successful […]
New British hi-fi manufacturer, Mitchell and Johnson is launching the HP1, its first set of headphones. The hybrid circum-aural design, combining the super thin and lightweight DYNASTATZ® flexible transducer with a 40mm dynamic dome driver module, “delivers clean bass and unmatched clarity at the price point” says the company’s recent press release. Designed in Europe, […]
Roksan Audio announce the latest addition to their Kandy K3 series of hi-fi electronics – the K3 CD Di joins the range as a combination CD Player and Digital-Analogue Converter (DAC), opening up a K3 system to more music sources than ever before. The idea behind the CD Di is to provide audio enthusiasts with […]
Venere S is the latest Sonus faber loudspeaker and the new flagship of the Venere collection. Released 3 years after the original Venere collection, the Venere S bridges the space between the Venere and Olympica ranges. It is the most powerful three-way speaker of the Venere line with three 180mm woofers for the best reproduction of lower frequencies and […]
MrSpeakers has worked with legendary headphone designer, Bruce Thigpen (founder of Eminent-Technology and pioneer of numerous planar magnetic speaker technologies), to produce ETHER, a new planar-driven pair of open-backed, on-ear headphones. They have produced a new kind of Planar technology, the V-Planar, with extra knurling. ‘What is knurling?’ you ask, apparently knurling turns the flat […]
Denon® Electronics has announced a new partnership with TIDAL, This new partnership gives HEOS users a new option for high fidelity music streaming. Users can access their TIDAL account directly through their HEOS system via the HEOS app, available for iOS, Android™* and Kindle Fire. Don Freeman, Denon’s Vice President of Marketing, says: “This is […]
No its not Easter but KEF has an EGG for us. It seems like the market is awash with Bluetooth systems at the moment but KEF has reinvented its successful ‘egg’ design, to be Bluetooth enabled, with superior 4.0 aptX compatibility and featuring KEF’s famous Uni-Q driver from the KEF Blade. It’s a plug-and-play’ package, with built-in amplification and DAC and can […]