Bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, who rose to international prominence in 2011 when she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, is set to bring her incredible band to London on November 2nd for a hugely anticipated show at Shepherd’s Bush in West London. Spalding will showcase music from her forthcoming album Emily’s D+Evolution, due for […]
Vincent at Total DAC has been in touch to tell Hifi Pig about a new loudspeaker that is now on demo in the company’s high efficiency dem’ room of Totaldac in North Western France. The speakers are made by Dechalvaux, a new high-end speaker manufacturer from France. It uses a field coil full range driver […]
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique was one of my first classical purchases way back in the early 1980s. I was initially attracted by the album’s sleeve notes, which alluded to febrile opium-induced nightmares. Also, the instrumentation featured something called an ophicleide, which I hadn’t encountered before and I’m not sure that I have since.
The last time I saw Richard Thomson in concert, a member of the audience shouted: “Where’s Linda tonight Richard?” Thompson replied that she was in hospital giving birth. Linda gave birth to a daughter, Kami, who as one half of The Rails is opening tonight’s show. The other half of The Rails is Kami’s husband, […]
Back in the 1980s, Yes vocalist Jon Anderson first mooted the idea of working with violinist Jean Luc Ponty but it has taken until now to make that reality.
Mike Twomey continues his series of articles and focuses on how the dealers choose the lines they carry.
It is a first for the Swiss brand usually known for extreme loudspeakers like the gigantic and inaccessible Apologue Anniversary, but good things come to those who wait! Goldmund has announced the introduction of what they are calling “a high-tech computer audio system that will dramatically transform your sound environment during the long hours you […]
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the £2200 Signature One transformer coupled Moving Coil Phono-Stage from well known British manufacturer Rothwell.
Quad’s forthcoming Z Series loudspeaker range is set for an exclusive preview at The Hi-Fi Show Live 2015 this weekend. Due to launch around the turn of the year, the range sits above the new S Series in terms of price. The Z-4 floorstanding speaker will be demonstrated at the show, driven by Quad’s all-new Artera components […]
The Unico range of hybrid hi-fi electronics from Unison Research has garnered a strong reputation with audiophiles around the world in recent years. The new Unico 150 dual-mono integrated amplifier has been designed from the ground-up to take the mantle of flagship in the Unico range; superseding the well-established Unico 100 model. “The Unico 150 […]
Cable wars must surely be the biggest single cause of conflict and injury between audiophiles and the reason I’ve not got involved in one in a good old while…better just to keep quiet, watch from a distant hilltop and let the troops on the virtual front line battle it out ad-infinitum, though casualties will inevitably […]
King Crimson gigs are, it would seem, like buses – you wait 35 years for one and then 2 come along at once. I’m happy to say that I was able to attend both of their recent Edinburgh shows.
This is not a new record having being released in 2009, but it is new to me and so I thought worthy of sharing it as I really enjoyed it. William Orbit will not be a new name to many with my first exposure to his music being back in a dim and distant 90s […]
Out now on Esoteric Antenna Ostinato is described as “a labour of love, built on forty years’ vision’ with Tayler commenting “I had so many ideas for music and sound running around inside my head as a teenager, and now, more than forty years on, technology has evolved to the point where I can realise […]
More news from the upcoming Windsor Show, this time from a host of companies using David Denyer for their press. Sound Fowndations (Windsor 3) “We’re really excited to be pulling out all the stops for the 3rd Hi-Fi Show Live. As well as seeking to put together the ultimate in high-performance systems, we’re also delighted to be […]
WINDSOR LOUNGE One of the best CD playback systems money can buy says the press release– Metronome Technologie’s Kalista Ultimate transport and new C8+ DAC – is joined by a mighty music server called The Beast, engineered without compromise in Switzerland by ReQuest Audio. Amplification is supplied by Constellation Audio, with the Virgo III preamp and […]