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Kralk Audio DTLPS-1 Elite Loudspeakers Review

Kralk Audio are based in West Yorkshire in the UK and owned by Alan Clark. With the DTLPS-1 loudspeaker, costing £1750, Alan has taken the specially built crossover out of the loudspeaker and into separate boxes. Ian Ringstead finds out if all this effort has been worthwhile. “The crossovers come in separate beautifully made boxes […]

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The Avantgarde Duo XD Loudspeakers Arrive At Hifi Pig Towers

The Avantgarde Duos were ordered at last year’s Munich High-End and after a few months of feverish anticipation they finally arrived on a huge pallet. The packaging of these loudspeakers is exceptionally clever and very well thought out, making what could potentially be a very tricky exercise in unpacking, really rather simple…though there were a […]

Hifi Reviews Unboxings

The Avantgarde Duo XD Loudspeakers Arrive

The Avantgarde Duos were ordered at last year’s Munich High-End and after a few months of feverish anticipation they finally arrived on a huge pallet. The packaging of these loudspeakers is exceptionally clever and very well thought out, making what could potentially be a very tricky exercise in unpacking, really rather simple…though there were a […]

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High-End 2016 And Headphones

Headphones are gaining significance and are popular among all age groups. A continual, and remarkable, growth has been recorded in this segment since 2008. Headphones have meanwhile become a million-dollar market and there is no end to the boom in sight. Around 259 million pairs of headphones were sold in 2010. This figure is currently […]

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Headphones At High-End Munich 2016

Headphones are gaining significance and are popular among all age groups. A continual, and remarkable, growth has been recorded in this segment since 2008. Headphones have meanwhile become a million-dollar market and there is no end to the boom in sight. Around 259 million pairs of headphones were sold in 2010. This figure is currently […]

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Taking The Grandinote Proemio Preamp and Silva Amp Out Their Boxes

The Grandinote Proemio Preamplifier and Silva amplifier have just arrived at Hifi Pig Towers for review, but by way of a bit of a preview we’ve taken lots of lovely photographs of the unboxing of this Italian pairing. Prices in the UK for the Proemio Preamplifier is £6500 and £7995 for the Silva Stereo Amplifier. […]

Unboxings

Unboxing the Gandinote Proemio Preamplifier & Silva Amplifier

The Grandinote Proemio Preamplifier and Silva amplifier have just arrived at Hifi Pig Towers for review, but by way of a bit of a preview we’ve taken lots of lovely photographs of the unboxing of this Italian pairing. Prices in the UK for the Proemio Preamplifier is £6500 and £7995 for the Silva Stereo Amplifier. […]

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Analogy Records And Natural Sound Live Performance At Milano Hi-Fidelity Show.

Singer, composer and author Andrea Celeste, an artist on audiophile magnetic tape label, Analogy Records, will be performing in Natural Sound’s room at the Milano Hi-Fidelity 2016 show, on Saturday April 2nd. Andrea will sing live with a system featuring Ubiq Audio’s Model One loudspeakers, electronics from FM Acoustics and power cables from Faber’s Cables. […]

Album Reviews

Aphex Twin – Syro (WARP)

Released in 2014 Syro is certainly not a new album and it came 11 years after the previous Aphex Twin record, which is a long time to wait for any die-hard fan or follower. I remember his previous album entitled ‘Druqks’ received mixed reviews, mainly due to the inconsistency of decent full length tracks. As a strange […]

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Steven Wilson – 4 1/2 (KScope)

Steven Wilson is an artist I only recently discovered about a year ago, mainly through his 4th album ‘Hand. Cannot. Erase’. This newest release entitled ‘4 1/2’ is named because it’s the mini album between his 4th and 5th, made up of a mixture of new material and tracks that didn’t make it onto his […]

GadgetyNews

Starship Technologies robot shopper

Starship Technologies, a company set up by two of the co-founders of Skype, is building up its fleet of robots which can deliver goods within 30 minutes. If plans continue positively, we could well be seeing six-wheeled robots delivering groceries to shoppers in the UK within the next six months. Get the while story at […]

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Surface Pro 4 Type Cover now available in UK

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 4 last October, it also revealed a new version of its Type Cover keyboard for the device, along with a variant featuring an integrated fingerprint sensor. This has only been available to those stateside – until now. In the UK, people can pick one up at retailers from March 15th […]

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Sennheiser + Freitag Urbanite headphones

Sennheiser + Freitag have buddied up to create some special edition headphones which includes some swish carry cases. The creators of unique bags from recycled material has joined forces with audio manufacturer Sennheiser to create a limited edition range of Urbanite headphones – the F703 Sennheiser + Freitag model. Get the whole story at GadgetyNews.

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Philips AE8000 Internet DAB+ FM radio

Radio is still hanging on in there and the new Philips AE8000 radio brings together all the web-based stations as well as DAB+ and FM broadcasts. The new AE8000 is the first internet radio from Philips and it offers an all-in-one solution for access to nearly every radio station out there. With the added flexibility […]

Hifi Reviews Loudspeakers

Kralk Audio DTLPS-1 Elite Loudspeakers

Kralk Audio are based in West Yorkshire in the UK and owned by Alan Clark. With the DTLPS-1 loudspeaker, costing £1750, Alan has taken the specially built crossover out of the loudspeaker and into separate boxes. Ian Ringstead finds out if all this effort has been worthwhile.  

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Sainsbury’s To Start Selling Vinyl

BBC News has reported that Sainsbury’s have now decided to jump on the vinyl bandwagon and are to start flogging the black stuff in their supermarkets. On a recent visit to England I also noticed that Tesco are doing likewise, though given that the paltry number of discs was in a display in a corner […]