AXPONA Rescheduled For August 2020
One of the biggest shows on the Hifi calendar, AXPONA, held near Chicago USA, has been rescheduled for August 2020. The following is the press release from the organisers:
Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beosound Balance
Bang & Olufsen has launched their home speaker Beosound Balance. Beosound Balance is inspired by interior objects with a soft, rounded silhouette using interior-first materials such as solid oak wood and knitted textile, an innovative user interface that hides when not in use and seven carefully placed speaker drivers with beam-forming technology.
Interview – Lee Taylor of Leema Acoustics
Lee Taylor is the founder of Leema Acoustics, the lead designer and the ‘Lee’ in Leema. A BAFTA winner, Lee has had an incredible career in music and audio, and following what is (still) the most valuable of audio educations, sound engineering at The BBC, Lee went on to work on some of the BBC’s […]
Linn Launches New Karousel Bearing For The Sondek LP12
Linn, the creator of the iconic Sondek LP12 turntable, has launched its first bearing upgrade in 27 years, the precision-engineered Karousel.
Will Binks Punk Photography
Will Binks is based in the North East of England and has been chronicling the regions vibrant punk music scene for a number of years through his photographs which capture the heart and soul of the scene. Here Hifi Pig talks to Will about his photographs and what motivates him to document the North East […]
Gryphon Essence UK Launch Event
To celebrate the UK launch of the new Essence line of amplifiers, Nintronics is hosting the official UK launch event with Danish luxury HiFi brand Gryphon.
Recording The Masters Release Mystik Portable Cassette Player
Adding more fuel to the whisperings that cassette tape is the next old school format to be revived, Recording The Masters, the French tape manufacturer, is just about to launch MYSTIK, which they say is “a modern-day analogue cassette player with a focus on quality audio playback”.
Electrocompaniet Release ECP 2 MKII Phono Preamplifier
The Electrocompaniet ECP 2 MKII Phono Preamplifier is the latest product release from Electrocompaniet, continuing the upgrade of all of their Classic Line products.
Audio Analogue Adds AAdac To ‘PureAA’ Line
In 2016, Audio Analogue celebrated its twentieth birthday with a handful of brand new ‘Anniversary’ editions of the company’s earlier classic amplifiers. Then, in 2018, the brand launched its ‘PureAA’ line of products, drawing key ideas from the Anniversary amps and adding further features.
KEF Open Day At Nintronics
Nintonics has announced that they will be hosting an open day for the great British brand, KEF. This is a chance to experience the best that KEF has to offer with multiple systems featuring the iconic Blades, Reference, and R series speakers.
The Bristol Hifi Show 2020 – The Big Hifi Pig Report
The Bristol Hifi Show is, without doubt, one of the highlights of the Hifi calendar and is VERY popular with industry folk as well as visitors, with a long line of people queuing to get in when we arrived around twenty minutes before doors opening on the Friday. It’s a difficult show for us to […]
Krell K-300i Amplifier
American brand Krell is a name synonymous with big and powerful amplifiers. Here Janine takes their £8998 (including digital board) K-300i Integrated, distributed in the UK by Absolute Sounds, and puts it through its paces.
HIGH END Munich 2020 Cancelled Due To Spread Of Coronavirus
The HIGH END 2020 trade show, planned for May 14 to 17, 2020 at Munich‘s MOC exhibition grounds, has been canceled due to the current worsening trend with respect to the spread of coronavirus.
PMC Launch New twenty5i Series Loudspeakers
PMC used the Bristol Hifi Show 2020 to launch the revamped twenty5i series, following a substantial re-engineering of the popular twenty5 series loudspeakers.
Leema Stream And Pulse At Bristol 2020
Leema Acoustics’ Stream and Pulse will be on demonstration at The Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2020 in their fourth-generation incarnation.
Interview with Russ Andrews
Russ Andrews is the founder of the well known and well loved UK based retailer selling upgrades, cables and accessories and bearing his own name. Hifi Pig catches up with Russ and asks a few questions of him.