IFI LAUNCHES IDSD DIABLO 2 PORTABLE DAC/HEADPHONE AMP WITH BLUETOOTH INNOVATION British audio technology company iFi has unveiled the iFi iDSD Diablo 2, the latest iteration of its portable DAC/headphone amp series, streaming CD-quality audio ‘losslessly’ with Bluetooth aptX Lossless.
Weekly Hifi News with Lin and Stu including interviews with Michael Fremer talking about his first-ever jazz vinyl production, Geoff from Tellurium Q, Vivien from Esprit Cables, Rumen from Thrax Audio, and Wim from Kii Audio.
DANIEL HERTZ FROM MARK LEVINSON LAUNCHES IN THE UK You may not yet know the name Daniel Hertz but you will know the name behind the brand, Mark Levinson.
PRO-JECT ANNOUNCE NEW PHONO STAGE AND STEP-UP TRANSFORMERS The new products from Pro-Ject are the Pro-Ject Tube Box DS3 B dual-mono phono pre-amplifier and two new step-up transformers, a whole new product category for the Austrian company, join the range in the form of the Pro-Ject MC Step-Up Box DS3 B and the Pro-Ject MC […]
ENGLISH ELECTRIC’S NEW EE1 DESIGNED TO BANISH NETWORK NOISE The new English Electric EE1 network noise isolator sits between streaming components and is designed to reduce noise in HiFi and AV systems.
FLAGSHIP NETWORK ACOUSTICS TEMPUS ETHERNET SWITCH LAUNCHED Streaming and ‘digital first’ British HiFi brand Network Acoustics has introduced their flagship Ethernet Switch the Network Acoustics Tempus.
MEZE AUDIO EMPYREAN II PLANAR MAGNETIC HEADPHONES The Meze Audio Empyrean II are the Romanian HiFi brand’s newest planar magnetic headphones.
EVERSOLO DMP-A8 STREAMING PRE-AMPLIFIER NOW AVAILABLE TO PREORDER Eversolo has announced the new DMP-A8 streaming pre-amplifier. The unit comes with many new features.
CLOSER ACOUSTICS PROVOCATEUR 300B AMPLIFIER AND FORLANE WIDEBAND LOUDSPEAKERS REVIEW Closer Acoustics Provocateur 300B amplifier and Forlane loudspeakers are made in Poland and for many will represent the audio-nirvana that is SET amplification and wideband loudspeakers. HiFi PiG’s Stuart takes a listen to see if he still likes this particular slice of audiophile heaven.
ORTOFON 2MR CARTRIDGES OFFER GREATER TONEARM COMPATIBILITY Ortofon the cartridge manufacturer, have announced the Ortofon 2MR Moving Magnet range which takes the existing 2M cartridge and re-shapes it into a new “Reduced” housing that makes it compatible with a wider range of tonearms.
THE BRITISH HIFI BRAND LAUNCH NEW XR AND CLASSIC STEREO POWER AMPLIFIERS It feels like the team at Cyrus has been very busy this year, with a number of recent product launches, so it comes as no surprise to announce the arrival of brand-new stereo power amplifiers for both the XR and Classic ranges.
CHRIS LIAUW’S ETUDE 5 SPEAKER IS NOW IN PRODUCTION The Etude 5 speaker was designed with the objective of attaining “seamless coherence from top to bottom”, but without the colourations that can be seen in many traditional single-drive unit designs.
AUDIO VIDEO SHOW WARSAW 2023 REPORT FROM THE SOBIESKI HOTEL Stu and Lin report from the Sobieski Hotel in this third part of their Audio Video Show Warsaw 2023 report.
VIOLECTRIC DHA V226 HEADPHONE AMP AND DAC REVIEW Violectric’s DHA V226 is a £1230 balanced headphone amplifier and DAC. In this review for HiFi PiG, Oscar Stewart gives it a whirl.
AUDIO VIDEO SHOW WARSAW 2023 REPORT FROM THE GOLDEN TULIP Warsaw Audio Video Show is split over three venues, as anyone who has been following HiFi PiG’s coverage of the event will be aware. The second of the hotels involved is the Golden Tulip, just over the way from the Sobieski where you tend to […]
AUDIO VIDEO SHOW WARSAW 2023 REPORT FROM THE STADIUM, PGE NARODOWY Lin visits the National Stadium of Poland, PGE Narodowy, a HiFi Show in itself, this is where you find the huge Headphone Zone and large rooms and Sky Boxes packed with some really incredible HiFi.