Audeze, the headphone manufacturer based in California, announces the release of its new EL-8 Titanium Headphones, its first with a fully integrated Apple Lightning cable with a built-in headphone amplifier and 24-bit DAC. Keeping with the Audeze aesthetic, the EL-8 Titanium headphones were designed by BMW DesignWorksUSA and feature an aluminium construction. The EL-8 Titanium […]
Black Cat cables are the brainchild of Chris Sommovigo and are handmade in Japan. Dave Robson takes a listen to the company’s Redlevel Tube speaker cable ($450 for a 1.5m pair) and RCA interconnects ($350 for 1m).
The headroom show, which offers music lovers the opportunity to discover the largest range of demonstrable headphones in the UK, is returning to London in January 2016. The unique two-day experience brings together the world’s leading headphone manufacturers and showcases the latest products, technology and trends in portable audio. Held in Europe’s most prestigious recording […]
Universal Music Catalogue announces the January 2016 release of Deep Purple ‘The Vinyl Collection’. This 7-LP collection features the groups’ albums spanning the period 1972-1987, re-mastered from the original tapes (including the first official re-masters of titles, Perfect Strangers and The House Of The Blue Light) pressed on 180gm vinyl, they come complete with original […]
French loudspeaker maker Triangle have announced a gaggle of subwoofers which the company says successfully blend performance and compactness. Thetis & Tales subwoofers feature 21 and 25cm drivers, with long throw enabling a frequency response as low as 25Hz. The cabinets have been specially designed in order to remove vibrations and avoid distortion. The subwoofers […]
PRYMA is a new headphone brand marrying “world-class sound quality with a luxurious sense of style”. Its first product is the PRYMA 01, handmade in Italy with premium materials and impeccable attention to detail which the company’s press release says to matches the finest bags, watches and shoes. Interchangeable leather headbands with belt-style buckles make the PRYMA 01 a uniquely […]
Ian at HMF Solutions brought this rather splendid looking turntable to our attention. It’s the Acoustical Systems “The APOLYT” and it’s limited to just twenty two units worldwide. As well as a host of other innovative features the APOLYT features a unique custom designed air-suspension system which is “based on optical table designs, but featuring […]
Dan Worth takes the £3000, Dutch designed DiDiT 212 Digital to Analogue Converter for a ride and rather enjoys it.
An exciting electro-acoustic collaboration from two of the UK’s foremost contemporary composers, ‘Scanni’ fuses the sensibilities of pianist and celebrated arranger Anni Hogan (Marc & The Mambas, Marc Almond) with the avante-garde noise production and curation of celebrated electronic musician and sampler Scanner across ten tracks that feature a wealth of guest musicians and vocalists from the alternative music scene. […]
KJ West One announce that they are now stocking the Stax ‘earspeakers’ range. They have a number of models now available for demonstration in store, including the only pair of their flagship SR-009 headphones in London. The London store currently have the SR-009 and SR-007 MKII earspeakers and the SRM-007tII Kimik energiser available to try and are expecting the new SR-L500 headphones and […]
Mad Scientist Audio Ltd has released a range of what their recent press release is calling “innovative” audio cables that use carbon fibers in the signal path. The New Zealand based company say this technology brings benefits like “immunity from skin effect, much smaller Eddy currents, which are quickly dissipated, and in the digital cable, […]
Tangent Audio announces the introduction of their new micro amplifier, appropriately named, Ampster. Tangent’s new Ampster BT is a micro sized amplifier with a host of connectivity options including wireless Bluetooth 4.0, Digital optical input, Analog RCA and AUX inputs and a Sub output. When left idle on the Bluetooth source, the Ampster BT will […]
On the 12th December KJ West One in London are teaming up with Devialet to bring an exclusive first UK presentation of their new limited edition ‘Expert’ amplifier, Le 900 (or Original D’Atelier) to KJ West One. Hifi Pig got a sneak peek of these recently in Paris and they look beautiful! Le 900 is […]
Adding to the plethora of streaming functions, the latest version of the MusicLife app from Arcam adds control for all modern Arcam components, including the forthcoming Solo Music / Movie and AVR550/850 Atmos AV Receivers. Developed in-house at Arcam, MusicLife is designed to be easier to use, faster and more stable than other similar apps. In addition to […]
The DX-1SE replaces the DX-1 HCP. The new package sports a number of improvements, including fine-tuned drivers, increased efficiency and redesigned cabinets with larger internal volumes. The result is improved bass response, more detail and “greater sonic scale”. Each DX-1SE Satellite sports a 19mm silk dome tweeter and 75mm mid/bass driver with a woven polypropylene […]
Meridian has introduced the latest generation of the 808, specifically developed to render the very best sound from Compact Disc and network audio. In addition, the 808v6 now decodes Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) sources. Part of the Reference 800 Series, the 808v6 is the highest performance CD Player ever manufactured by Meridian. The latest edition […]