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 […]
Dan George Communications is a new specialist PR agency focusing on high-performance audio and audio technology. It’s also the new PR home for the likes of Chord Electronics, McIntosh, The Chord Company and Computer Audio Design (CAD). Dan George Communications is owned and managed by former Hi-Fi Choice magazine editor, Dan George. The new agency […]
Polish company G Lab Design Fidelity got in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us all about their new valve amplifier. At the company’s heart is ELZAB, the company’s production environment which has been working since 1969. They made everything from cash registers to PCs in this factory and G Lab Design Fidelity say that […]
My Audiophile Integrated Amplifier, or MaiA from Pro-Ject, boasts 9 inputs despite its compact form. MaiA is designed to accommodate any modern source, including turntables, CD players, network music players, computers and wireless devices. For modern digital sources, MaiA incorporates a DAC chip capable of handling up to 24-bit / 192kHz digital audio. The single […]
The headphone market is growing as we all know but there’s been a constant in the market since I was a teenager many moons ago and that’s the STAX headphones…or ear-speakers as they called them. Unless you are happy with the headphone amplifier from STAX the options are pretty thin on the ground should you […]
US manufacturer Exogal (out of this galaxy) launched their Comet DAC at the Munich High end show but we somehow missed out on it so here is the latest news from them. The base configuration includes balanced and unbalanced analogue outputs, digital volume control, and asynchronous USB input with audio signals being processed using Exogal […]
Marantz have joined forces with The Chord Company whereby people who buy their NA-11S1 network audio player and DAC will receive a free set of Chord Company cables worth over £1000. The offer is only available from participating Marantz “Premium” dealers and the offer will end on 31st August 2014. Participating dealers include: Musical Images […]
Here’s an interesting and practical concept that we’ve just come across and I’m sure will be a bit of a boon for vinyl collectors wanting to keep track of their valuable records. Basically these simple but clever dividers are a collection of typographic laser cut wood panels for alphabetizing and organizing vinyl records as well […]
As Hifi Pig readers will surely be aware, the last 3 years a resurgence in Vinyl playback has been very evident, and to that end Belles has produced its first phono stage in some years. The Belles Soloist S1 phonostage has been designed taking into account the problems that arise from playing a record, namely […]
The good people at NuNu Distribution got in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us that as a part of a series of events marking the 21st year of Sonneteer the Sonneteer Orton integrated amplifier has been elevated to MK IV status. The Sonneteer Orton name will be familiar to many Hifi Pig readers I’m […]
Hifi Pig is pleased to announce that we have added a FREE CLASSIFIED SECTION to our website as an extra small service to our readers. Listings are FREE to both trade and public to sell used equipment with no fees whatsoever. The pages are brand new and will populate as users add their listings to […]
Quad celebrates 78 years In business with the launch of Vena: a compact integrated amplifier sporting a wide range of digital and analogue inputs, plus wireless streaming over Bluetooth with aptX support. Just 313mm wide, the diminutive Vena updates the familiar Quad aesthetic, yet remains distinctly ‘Quad’. A neat row of source-selection buttons and a […]
Now this is interesting we thought. Lampizator’s new DAC, the DSD DAC , is the first true DSD converter that works purely in the analogue domain… ie. There is no DAC converter chip or any digital processing going on in the thing at all. The company comment says “The combination of tubes, DSD and Duelund […]