This year Swiss high-end manufacturer Weiss Engineering celebrate their 30th anniversary. Daniel Weiss contacted Hifi Pig and commented ”We took the opportunity and created the gold plated MAN301DAC-A, available in a limited edition, manufactured during 2014 exclusively”. The MAN301DAC-A uses a new DAC section: Based on the company’s discrete single ended output Operational Amplifier (the […]
The Directwave is a new UK based company formed 6 months ago, catering to the mid to high end audiophile market. Their first product ‘The Director’ analogue interconnect cable is currently available via the company’s UK dealer LW Audio who also uses The Directwave cables to demonstrate their Audio Music 833 class A amplifier. Iain […]
We met up with LAB 12 at last year’s High End Munich Show were pleased when they got in touch to tell us about their new amplifier, the Mighty. The Mighty is a Class A, Single Ended, 10 Watts per channel valve amplifier and continues the company’s aesthetic seen on their previous products.You can see […]
We met up with LAB 12 at last year’s High End Munich Show were pleased when they got in touch to tell us about their new amplifier, the Mighty. The Mighty is a Class A, Single Ended, 10 Watts per channel valve amplifier and continues the company’s aesthetic seen on their previous products.You can see […]
Naim & Focal will be at High End Munich this year which shouldn’t come as any surprise. This year they will be showing the Naim Statement amp paired with Focal Grande Utopia loudspeakers. As well as this high-end, high price system Naim will also have their Muso wireless hifi system on demonstration. You can see […]
Naim & Focal will be at High End Munich this year which shouldn’t come as any surprise. This year they will be showing the Naim Statement amp paired with Focal Grande Utopia loudspeakers. As well as this high-end, high price system Naim will also have their Muso wireless hifi system on demonstration. You can see […]
Shortly after the successful launch of its PM-1 planar magnetic headphones, OPPO Digital has released another member of its family of personal audio products – the HA-1 headphone amplifier. The analogue audio section of the HA-1 is a fully balanced design with an emphasis on keeping the audio signal in the analogue domain once it […]
Lector Strumenti Audio will be at Munich High-End 2014, from 15 to 18 May located in Halle 3 demo room at stand G09. Their kit on demo at High-End will include their new top loading CD player (CDP707) and new front loading CD player (CDP603). As well as the company’s new CD players they will […]
German Physiks will be at this year’s High-End in room F210. They will be playing a set of PQS-302 as their main loudspeakers and these be driven by a full set of Esoteric’s new Grandioso electronics. Their full system will comprise: Grandioso P-1 SACD/CD-Transport 1 pair Grandioso D-1 Mono-D/A-Converters 2 pairs Grandioso M-1 monoblock amplifiers C-02 Pre-Amplifier […]
“The USB Box S+ from Box Design by Pro-Ject Audio Systems brings the most advanced technologies surrounding asynchronous USB data transfer together into a simple-to-use Digital/Analogue Converter; turning computers into a serious hi-fi source” says the press release. And this little box of tricks certainly seems to be continuing the Pro-Ject philosophy of keeping prices […]
The guys at Mains Cable R Us got in touch to tell us about SLIC Innovations, a new specialist British hi-fi manufacturer which has launched its first audiophile interconnect cable – the Eclipse ‘C’. “It uses radical new technology unique to SLIC Innovations, and sounds like no other cable on the market as a result”. […]
Viola Audio Laboratories based in the US will be exhibiting at this years High End Munich show where they will have their Crescendo pre-amplifier (pictured) and Bravo power amplifier on demonstration. They’ll be backed up with Oceanway Audio speakers, Artesania Audio Racks and ZenSati cables all fed with a Nagra Transport. You can visit Viola […]
The Pro-Ject Xpression Carbon UKX is an entry level turntable costing just £575 and including an arm and cartridge. At this kind of price point we really wanted to hear what it could do and so Peter gave it a review for Hifi Pig and loved it. Having given the turntable a score of more […]
Hifi Pig though this looked a funky little item for when out and about, it’s, Denon’s new £169 Envaya Portable Bluetooth Speaker. “With its personalised styling that comes in two different finishes – high gloss white and matte black – and a choice of four beautiful fabrics – Lunar, Sunset, Fandango and Indigo – there is a […]
Focal & Naim today announces that Naxicap has acquired a majority stake in the Group, alongside Aquasourça and the existing management team. Christophe Sicaud, CEO of Focal & Naim commented “We are thrilled to begin this new stage in our history with the strong support of Naxicap and Aquasourça. Their investment represents a resounding endorsement […]
Wolf von Langa who we’ve heard very good things about here at Hifi Pig, got in touch to tell us about their presence at High End 2014 in Munich. Wolf von Langa is a speaker manufacturer from Bavaria and will present the company’s product range. They’ll be in room F231c of Munich MOC in Atrium […]