Janine Elliot continues her series of articles for Hifi Pig highlighting classic hifi from yesteryear. This month, given that Sennheiser have recently announced a new $55 000 Orpheus, she turns her attention to the original Sennheiser Orpheus, first released in 1991.
Parasound has expanded its ZoneMaster custom installation amplifier line with the introduction of three new models. The six-channel Parasound ZoneMaster 650, four- channel ZoneMaster 450, and two-channel ZoneMaster 250 use the same 50-watt bridgeable amplifier circuits, offer the same quality sound, and deliver the same high levels of dependability as the company’s ZoneMaster1250 Universal 12-channel […]
I have taken the opportunity to test a couple of items, so here’s my Vodafone Findxone tracker review to start with. The Findxone tracker is not flashy, but rather sturdy and functional. Saying that though, the Findxone only costs £15 and then £24 per year. Get the whole review at GadgetyNews.
The Chord Company When we were initially discussing this review by Dave Robson with The Chord Company we wanted to see what the company’s ‘loom’ would bring to the table ‘off the shelf’ and “untailored” to the specific system being used. Chord offer a service they call The Cable Doctor in which they tailor a […]
British audio company Mitchell and Johnson has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise £20,000 to help with the launch of its new headphone range featuring Electrostatz technology. The finance raised via its Kickstarter initiative will be directed specifically at marketing and promoting the new range of headphones, which will be one of the first to […]
New Hifi Pig contributor Daniel Brown takes a look at some of the albums and EPs that he has discovered during the last year. Much of the stuff is very different to the usual audiophile fodder and there is some great stuff in here, so read on and you may well discover something new yourself!
John Scott was entranced by the sleek, stylish beauty of Naim’s £850 all-in-one speaker system but will she sound as good as she looks? “George Bernard Shaw said: “Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?” George clearly wasn’t a Hifi […]
Korean company Nasotec Corporation recently got in touch with Hifi Pig to introduce us to their Swing Headshell that looks pretty interesting for all you vinylistas. This ‘Swing Headshell’ has a very soft and flexible joint designed to make your cartridge always align with the tangent of the groove circle. The joint precisely machined joint has small […]
Kitvision has just introduced two new sets of smartphone camera lenses. The new 2 in 1 and 4 in 1 lens sets allow you to raise your photography game, as you can now take spectacular photographs directly from your smartphone. Read the full story on GadgetyNews
The UK’s largest consumer Hi-Fi and Home Cinema Show is on for the end of February. SOUND & VISION – THE BRISTOL SHOW 2016 sold out on December 24th for exhibitors but there’s a15% Online booking discount for the public until Feb 19th and even free Pioneer earphones for students. SOUND & VISION – THE BRISTOL SHOW […]
Originally launched in 2006, the Clearaudio Statement was lauded worldwide as a “masterpiece of engineering” which had truly “advanced the state of the art”. From the massive 350kg structure and architectural design to its “ground-breaking” technology -which included a trick or two borrowed from the Mars Rover – the Statement took turntable construction to […]
At €11000 plus taxes as tested the Lampizator Big 7 is certainly no budget DAC, but does it deliver on sonic ability? Stuart Smith finds out. “OK, it would be easy to sum up the sound when listening to DSD files as nothing short of an absolute aural revelation that simply took my breath away […]
John Scott is entranced by the sleek, stylish beauty of Naim’s £850 all-in-one speaker system but will she sound as good as she looks?
The Jazz FM Awards produced by Serious will return in 2016, taking place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in London on Tuesday 26th April. One of the most prestigious events in the jazz calendar, the Awards shine a light on the broad range of talent that the worlds of jazz, blues and soul have to offer and will once again […]
Wilson Audio have announced that Bill Peugh has joined the firm to further facilitate its continuing growth and market share. Bill will serve as an Account Manager and Training Specialist for international and U.S. accounts. Bill Peugh comes with a wealth of experience within the Industry, having spent the past year-and-half as the managing director […]
Following on from Mushkin’s 4TB SSD, Seagate has announced their 8TB hard drive. The new larger capacity discs will be perfect for those storing large video files and complete artist discographies in lossless audio formats on Network Accessed Storage (NAS) systems. Read the full story on GadgetyNews