hORNS, the Polish loudspeaker manufacturer whose Mummy loudspeakers we reviewed recently, have expanded the finish of their SEOS FP- 10 from 8 standard and RAAL colors into some lovely looking veneered finishes, G Point-Audio, the company’s UK distributor, tells us . Pretty much any wood is available on request and a handful of standard finishes […]
Hifi Pig has only just heard the news of this nifty looking bit of free kit but will be putting it through its paces over the coming weeks.. Audiophile Linux is an operating system created for quality audio reproduction alone. It’s created by audiophiles for audiophiles and it’s absolutely free offering a latency of less […]
British newcomer Computer Audio Design (CAD), is a specialist high-end audio company that aims to achieve the “finest sound quality from computer audio sources”. Designed and hand-built in the UK, CAD’s debut offering, the CAD 1543 DAC, has been built as a “no-compromise” asynchronous USB DAC. The CAD 1543 DAC has been built on a […]
Audiolici is a Portuguese audio company based in oPorto. The company was founded in 2007 and specialise in the design and manufacture of valve based pre and power amplifiers. Their latest product is the Audiolici A-25 valve amplifier which is an integrated valve amplifier. The input selector of the A-25 is designed around four pairs […]
Iconic Danish hifi and electronic manufacturer Bang and Olufsen has announced that is to close up to 125 of its shops. The company will also take control of its operations in China and Brazil where they are seeing rapid growth – The company is also experiencing good and rapid growth in Russia and India as […]
The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has helped Rega Research Ltd to meet the demand for its range of Hi Fi products which are all conceived, designed and manufactured at its custom built facility in Southend, UK. Rega employs 74 people and has a turnover of over £6 million, was founded in 1973, it is now […]
The latest in the series of Conrad-Johnson vacuum-tube power amplifiers, the LP125sa is announced for release in the UK by Audiofreaks distribution. The high-end amplifier is a single stereo block and, at 125 watts per channel has ample power for the majority of high-end loudspeakers. The LP125sa audio circuit consists of three stages. The input […]
Boulder Amplifiers has unveiled the 3060 Class A Stereo Amplifier at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. At nearly 450 lbs. and producing 900 WPC, the 3060 is by far the largest and most powerful stereo amplifier ever released by Boulder and comes as an addition to the existing 3050 monobloc amplifiers. All audio circuitry within […]
TEAC have recently announced the launch of a new series of hifi seperates called the 501 Reference series. The series includes the AI-501DA class D integrated amplifier (pictured) with 192kHz USB Audio Input using BurrBrown PCM5102 D/A , the PD-501HR CD Player with 5.6MHz DSD-file-recorded disc nativeplayback, the HA-501full-analogue dual monaural headphone amplifier and finally […]
Hot on the heals of the DAC-V1 Naim have launched the NAP 100 power amplifier, which they say is a “classic expression of traditional Naim power amplifier engineering”. Naim’s latest addition to their power amplifier stable offers 50 watts per channel at 8 Ohms, and 100 watts at 4 Ohms, the NAP 100 is a […]
The DAC-V1 is an asynchronous USB digital to analogue converter with multiple digital S/PDIF inputs, volume control and a headphone amplifier. High-speed asynchronous USB input up to 24bit/384kHz 5 x S/PDIF inputs up to 24bit/192kHz (1 x BNC, 2 X RCA, 2 x TOSLINK) Selectable fixed or variable analogue outputs (DIN or RCA) Zero S/PDIF […]
Audion have today announced the release of their latest product Audion Select, a passive pre-amplifier. “The name “Audion Select” has been given as it’s mainly an input selector and in the double entendre stakes its also quite a select product.” Said Graeme Holland of Audion. The basic Audion Select is a passive pre-amplifier with 5 […]
Scott Nangle the Scotland based hifi retailer has announced they will be stocking the Stirling Broadcast BBC Monitors. The new Stirling BBC LS3/5a (V2) is designed by Stirling Broadcast and made in England to meet the exacting requirements of the BBC LS3/5a specification. This version uses the new Stirling SB4424 + SB4428 drivers, and a […]
Recital Loudspeakers is a new manufacturer based in Mutzig in Western France not very far from Strasbourg who hand-make their loudspeakers in France. At the moment the company has just two loudspeakers in their range, the 2 way bass reflex Define and the 2.5 way Illumine (pictured). The company utilises its “Pure Motion” technology which […]
Resonessence Labs have today announced that DSD playback capabilities are now available on their flagship product Invicta, which Hifi Pig reviewed here and which won our Recommended Award. Units of the Invicta that ship after the 14th January 2013 will be equipped with Version 4.0.0 of the company’s software and this includes DSD playback over […]
High-end audio electronics manufacturer Valve Amplification Company (VAC) based in Sarasoto will unveil its new Statement iQ Power Amplifier and Statement Series Preamplifiers at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show. Known for designing audio amplifiers that use vacuum tubes, VAC reveals the “revolutionary” VAC iQ System (patent pending), representing a breakthrough in the application of […]