Korean manufacturer of the iRiver DAP have announced that they will launch the Astell and Kern AK100 DAP to Japanese markets on 27th October. This is a high end audio player aimed squarely at the audiophile user. It comes with 32GB of internal memory and a dual MicroSDHC which can expand the units memory up […]
Hifi Lounge, based in Millow near Dunton in Bedfordshire (UK) has been announced as the latest retail outlet for PMC loudspeakers. The outlet will have allow audiophiles and music lovers alike access to the full range of PMC hifi products as well as Bryston electronics. Hifi Lounge is housed in a converted grain barn and […]
Photographs of the TAVES 2012 event
Fine Sounds SpA of Milan, Italy, owner of Sonus Faber, Audio Research Corporation, Wadia Digital and Sumiko, has acquired 100% of McIntosh Laboratory, America’s formidable producer of hi-fi systems. Fine Sounds is owned by Quadrivio, an Investment Management Company also based in Milan, Italy. The acquisition of McIntosh, a Binghamton, NY based company which had […]
Cary Audio will be exhibiting at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. The 2012 edition of this show, America’s largest consumer presentation of high-performance audio systems, will be held at the Denver Tech Center Marriott from October 12-14. Cary Audio will have two rooms with full systems on display as well as hosting a booth in […]
Resonessence Labs, whose Invacta Dac we previously reviewed, have announced they will introduce its latest product, CONCERO at this years RMAF in Denver 12th-14th October, just 12 months after releasing its award winning INVICTA product. The CONCERO is the processing engine from the INVICTA DAC, packaged to be used with your existing high end audio […]
Today Wilson Benesch unveil their most ambitious product to date – The Cardinal Loudspeaker is the most advanced loudspeaker ever developed by Wilson Benesch – Carbon fibre based and advanced composite systems enable a shell structure with a massive air volume. These curved elements give the cabinet a complex internal geometry to counter standing waves […]
Gato Audio, the Danish high end audio manufacturer has just announced the PM-6 floorstanding loudspeaker in real wood walnut veneer. The “carefully selected walnut veneer is applied to our heavy duty cabinet construction and lacquered in a delicate – yet strong – satin finish.” High frequencies are dealt with by a 38mm ring radiator, mids […]
Who would believe that the CD player is now 30 years old…almost to the day! Who out there sold all their vinyl collection and slowly started replacing it with easy to store shiny silver discs…I for one did just that! It seems a lifetime ago and if truth be known I only really bought my […]
Tortuga Audio, the South Florida based manufacturer has launched its website/store highlighting its new LDR6 Passive Preamplifier. The US designed and manufactured LDR6 is the first of several high end audio products that Tortuga Audio plans on releasing over the next year geared towards discriminating music lovers interested in high performance 2-channel stereo audio. The […]
This weekend Hifi Pig took itself to Paris and the Paris Hifi Home Cinema Show 2012. Here’s the first part of our coverage of the show. Part 2 is here Part 3 is here Don’t forget to let us know what you think by submitting your comments.
Speaker manufacturer PMC have announced that anyone buying any loudspeaker from their Twenty series between October 1st and December 31st of this year in the UK will receive a free Audio Quest Dragonfly USB DAC/headphone amplifier. Customers will need to simply register their purchase on the PMC website and then make a decision of whether […]
UK based Custom Cable, has launched an online headphone comparator service, to enable customers to identify the models they are interested in and make side by side comparisons. The new function enables visitors to categorise and select headphones by manufacturer, type, price, colour, impedance, frequency response and cable length. The user can then select different […]
Don’t forget to check out our coverage of the National Audio Show 2012 ( Whittlebury). We have lots of pictures of high end audio from some of the biggest names and some less well known names in hifi and audio. National Audio Show 2012 – Show Report Part 1 National Audio Show 2012 – Show […]
Norwegian High end Audsio company Electrocompaniet announce a new product to their range called ECI 6DS. The ECI 6DS is an all-in-one music-system that streams music from your network, wired or wireless. Blu-ray players, CD players and even satellite television tuners can also be connected and everything is controlled by the simple to use remote […]
Onkyo announce the release of the new DS-A5 iPod/iPhone/iPad Dock, adding AirPlay functionality to Onkyo A/V receiver models and other selected audio products from within its range.With a DS-A5, owners of current-model Onkyo A/V receivers – as well as older models lacking a USB port or an ethernet connection – can enjoy AirPlay wireless streaming as […]
Box Designs by Pro-Ject Audio Systems, have announced the launch of a new Apple and Android compatible control application for use with a variety of their products. The new “Box Control” App Box Control is a special development undertaken by Pro-Ject Audio that offers users full control of Box Design network audio players. It communicates […]
The high-end VIRTU “Masters Reference” Mono PreAmplifier from Swiss manufacturer DaVinciAudio Labs is an interesting looking piece of hifi with its outsized controls and funky back plate. The preamplifier is “designed without any cost constraint” and with “fanatic attention to detail and unconventional circuit design” which the company says separates them from the mainstream. DaVinciAudio […]
Henley Designs have announced a new agency agreement with Tivoli Audio for their range of radios and music systems. Managing Director, Laurence Armstrong, said of the new agreement: “We’re delighted to be supporting Tivoli Audio’s re-introduction into some of the UK’s finest retailers. Tivoli is a brand we’ve known and respected for a long time; […]
The National Audio Show organised by the Chester Group seems to have settled comfortably into its current home at the Whittlebury Hall in beautiful rural Northamptonshire, England. Quite a few of the mainstream brands and distributors were absent this year, but to be honest that just seemed to make room for other offerings that may […]
KEF has announced that is to continue its 50th year celebration promotions – so consumers have another chance to take advantage of their trade-in offer. Commencing on 21st September customers have the chance to trade-in any speaker against a KEF Q Series range speaker and receive a 20% discount on their purchase. The new promotion, […]
Toronto-based exaSound Audio Design has introduced the new, e20 DXD/DSD DAC – a stereo asynchronous USB interface supporting 384kHz/32bit PCM, and 2822.4/5644.8 MHz DSD. George Klissarov, founder of exaSound explained: “The e20 DAC takes to the next level the remarkable bit-perfect, low-jitter accuracy of the e18 DAC. It is refined for the perfect stereo experience, has […]
The Burson Conductor is a DAC, Headphone amp and Pre-amplifier in one box. At the heart of our DAC is the ESS SABRE32 Reference DAC chip with patented 32-bit Hyper-stream DAC architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator technology. The Conductor also features the well reviewed Soloist Headphone Amplifier and a FET output stage Pre-amplifier. The […]
G Point-Audio, the UK distributor of Polish artisan hifi products, have finally announced their long anticipated partnershipwith ANSAE – manufacturers of the well regarded high-end “Power Tower” power socket strip and power cables. As well as the Power Tower (retailing at £1250 for the SE version) ANSAE also have three power cables in their collection: […]
AKG has announced the ‘AKG by Tiesto’ range of headphones. The K67 Tiesto is a compact, on ear, closed-back design with 40 mm drivers and – like its siblings –a 3D-Axis folding mechanism enabling flat storage. Next up, is the K167 Tiesto, which uses an over ear, closed-back design and the top of the range […]
British Cable manufacturer Black Rhodium has announced the launch of their ‘Salsa 1.2 mm’ loudspeaker cable. The new loudspeaker cable is based very closely on their popular Salsa cable with one difference – the insulation of the individual conductors has been increased from a thickness of 0.8mm to 1.2mm. The press release from Black Rhodium […]
US Company Channel Islands Audio introduce their 24 bit/192k Transient MKII asynchronous USB converter. The heart of the system is the company’s XMOS based circuit, utilizing extremely low-jitter clocks. Multiple digital outputs are available via isolated 75 ohm BNC (with included 75 ohm RCA adapter) and two individually buffered I2S outputs. In addition to the […]