To celebrate its history, Wharfedale has established the Heritage Series, recreations of famous models from its past, entirely re-engineered using contemporary techniques and materials. The latest loudspeaker to join this collection is the Linton.
English folk-pop singer-songwriter Barton Hartshorn, will be bringing his distinct Americana sound to the United States in June 2019 with dates in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Chicago.
We’re almost, but not quite, at the end of our coverage of this year’s brilliant Munich High End show. Here Stuart Smith finishes off some of the rooms and stands from Friday plus some of the bigger rooms he missed on the Saturday. Brands include: Cocktail Audio, Acoustique Quality and KR Audio, Fezz Audio and […]
For the uninitiated, The Manx call themselves a band but are really more like a tightly knit artist collective (think Gwar), orbiting the Los Angeles comedy and animation scene with members stationed at Cartoon Network, and one who’s even created characters on Rick and Morty. It’s through these affiliations that Justin Roiland comes to star […]
Oxnard-based artist Los Retros, born Mauri Tapia, announces his debut EP ‘Retrospect’ and shares a new single, ‘Friends’.
iFi’s new wireless music system, the Aurora, brings together a collection of proprietary technologies to deliver, say iFi “a sonic experience unlike any other tabletop, all-in-one system”.
Denon has announced two new X-Series AV receivers. The Denon AVR-X2600H (95W per channel) and AVR-X1600H (80W per channel) deliver 7.2 surround sound.
Stuart Smith’s fifth report from Munich High End 2019 including Aries Cerat, Pen Audio, Chord Electronics Poly, Levin Design, Atlas Cables, Lab12, Musikelectronic Geithain, Sugden, Acoustic Signature, Lawrence Audio and Kronos, Best 300B, Lampizator, Audionec, Jadis and Nodal, Stenheim And Playback Devices, Audion, Graham Slee and Sonic Voice and New Horizon.
The High End Society does a really cool thing at the show and give a free exhibition stand to a select few, carefully chosen, new Hifi brands. This year there were six Newcomers, all of whom were very excited about being at the show. We always make a beeline for the Newcomers stand and do […]
Cary Audio have launched a new version of their SLI-80 integrated amplifier. The new SLI-80HS (Heritage Series) maintains the integrity of its predecessor. Its circuit uses very little feedback which gives it, say Cary, “incredible transparency and detail in the music while providing bass texture and impact that belies its rated power output”.
Saturday afternoon was time to pop over to the Marriott for the Hifi Deluxe Show. This runs in the afternoons/evenings on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the same time as the High End Show. With the difficulty in getting rooms at the MOC it is inevitable that a sideshow happens and you do find […]
Munich High End Show 2019 Show Report from Hifi Pig’s Janine Elliot.
The final figures for High End Munich 2019 are in and they are impressive. Also we’ll announce the dates for the Munich High End 2020.FromTheHighEnd Society.
Silverbacks return with their new single ‘Pink Tide’. Continuing their fruitful studio partnership with Girl Band’s Daniel Fox, with ‘Pink Tide’ they lay waste to easy pigeonholing and strike out on their own, furrowing a path laced with deadpan humour and some sick twin lead guitar lines.
Welcome to the fourth report of Hifi Pig’s coverage of this years Munich High End show. High End Munich is huge but we do try to bring our readers as much of the show as we possibly can so please do enjoy this instalment of Hifi Pig’s coverage, safe in the knowledge there is more […]