Classé has announced the availability of a new series of components called Sigma, featuring a 7.1 channel Surround Sound Preamp/Processor, called Sigma SSP and two amplifiers, the AMP2 and AMP5, rated at 2x200W and 5x200W into 8 ohms respectively. “High-end is about passion, discovery, experience and technical exploration. It’s not just who can make the […]
Naim have announced that its new wireless music system, mu-so will feature Spotify connectivity so that as well as the long list of music streaming features it sports Spotify premium subscribers the ability to stream to the mu-so via the Spotify app on a mobile device. To preserve battery life of the mobile device mu-so […]
Hifi Pig readers will know Magneplanar speakers for being slender flat-panel designs which, unlike most standard cabinet speakers, don’t rely on conventional cone and dome drivers. Instead, their sound-producing elements are proprietary thin film drivers: in this case, ‘true’ and ‘quasi’ ribbons. The new MG 3.7i replaces the MG 3.7 and MG 3.6 and is […]
Flexson, specialist in accessories for SONOS, has launched VinylPlay – a turntable for the digital music age. With vinyl sales growing as fast as music streaming, VinylPlay gives music fans a best-of-both-worlds solution: a record player that’s easy to use and can be simply integrated into a modern streaming system. Key features of VinylPlay – […]
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 […]