PART ONE OF THE HiFi PiG TAA TAIPEI HI END HIFI SHOW 2026 REPORT FROM TAIPEI Join Gyula for the first part of his report from the TAA Taipei Hi End HiFi Show 2026, the first in its new location of the Grand Hyatt Taipei Hotel.
ROSSO FIORENTINO ARNO20: STANDMOUNT LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW Rosso Fiorentino is a brand known for producing some truly striking and original designs for their loudspeakers. With the new Arno series, they’ve produced something that still retains a lot of the spirit of their other designs, but with a rather more conventional form factor. The Arno20 is their […]
QLANG M4S ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKERS INTRODUCED BY SEEFLUTH AUDIO Seefluth Audio has introduced the Qlang M4s, a compact active loudspeaker developed and handcrafted by Michael Seefluth, founder of Seefluth Audio and the Qlang loudspeaker series.
ROTEL AMORA 5 LOUDSPEAKER MARKS ROTEL’S RETURN TO PASSIVE SPEAKERS Rotel has announced the Rotel Amora 5, a two-way bass-reflex stand-mount loudspeaker that marks the company’s return to passive speakers.
PRO-JECT E1.2 BT TURNTABLE ADDS BLUETOOTH 5.4 AND NEW COLOUR FINISHES Pro-Ject Audio Systems has expanded its E-Line turntable range with the Pro-Ject E1.2 BT, adding Bluetooth connectivity to the plug-and-play E1.2 platform.
MONITOR AUDIO SILVER SERIES 8G INTRODUCES SEVEN NEW LOUDSPEAKER MODELS The Monitor Audio Silver Series 8G Loudspeakers represent a new seven-model loudspeaker range designed for both two-channel HiFi and multi-channel home cinema systems.
VOLUDIO LINEO 5 DUO DESIGNED TO POWER TWO UNITS AT THE SAME TIME Italian HiFi brand Volumio has introduced the Volumio Lineo 5 Duo, a dual-output linear power supply designed to power two compatible electronics simultaneously.
GOLDEN TECHNICS SL-1200 55TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION TURNTABLE ANNOUNCED Technics has announced the Technics SL-1200 55th Anniversary Edition, a limited-edition turntable marking 55 years of the SL-1200 Series with gold.
Lin and I were at my cousin Roger’s (pictured) 60th birthday bash in Sheffield last night, and a couple of things happened that I thought were worth mentioning. Neither was earth-shattering, and I don’t think either will bring about world peace or persuade people to stop posting angry comments on Facebook (though you never know […]
WE SENT JON LUMB ON HIS FIRST TRIP TO THE FABULOUS HONG KONG HIGH END AV SHOW 2026 We have been attending the Hong Kong High End AV Show for the last few years; this time we decided to send Jon Lumb to snoofle around the show for us, so he set off on his […]
ARCAM SA45 INTEGRATED STREAMING AMPLIFIER REVIEW Michael Fairbairn takes the very well-specified Arcam SA45 integrated streaming amplifier for a spin. I have a soft spot for Arcam. My first proper HiFi system was from the brand in the late nineties: specifically, an integrated amplifier and CD player from the Alpha 7 series. Most of my […]
Where were you in 1977? Personally, I was enjoying my toddler years, no doubt oblivious to what was happening in Germany in that same year. The event was nothing short of genre-defining – Techno, or at least foundational electronic music, was being birthed (among some other pioneers, of course) by a band known as Kraftwerk. […]
As De La Soul said – “3 is the magic number”. 3 is everywhere in human culture – think religion (pagan and Christian), acts in plays, beginning, middle and end in books, film trilogies, ghosts in Dickens… 3 is the key. This album (and this review) is also a story of 3 parts – or […]
LAIV HARMONY DAC 2 AND LAIV CRESCENDO BEAT POWER SUPPLY INTRODUCED LAiV has announced two new products: the New LAiV Harmony DAC 2, a flagship R2R DAC, and the LAiV Crescendo BEAT, a dual-output linear power supply designed for digital front-end components.
TITANIC AUDIO ANCHOR PLATE ISOLATION PLATFORM AND CATALYST CARTRIDGE STABILISER REVIEW Eric van Spelde tried out two products from Titanic Audio: The Audio Anchor isolation platform and the Catalyst cartridge stabiliser. Read on to find out what he made of these two audio tweaks. Titanic Audio is a sister company to Northern Irish mains-treatment boffins […]
PRESTO MUSIC JOINS FOCAL & NAIM AND LINN Presto Music has announced integrations with both the Focal & Naim App and Linn App, bringing its specialist classical and jazz streaming service to compatible network music players from the two manufacturers.