Stax
Janine Elliot takes us on a brief tour of the history of Japanes company Stax, who many readers will know for their “ear speakers”.
Magnific Acoustics M521 Loudspeaker
UK Loudspeaker manufacturer Magnific Acoustics make just two models, Ian Ringstead takes a listen to the company’s £2500 M521 standmount.
New Phonostages From Bryston
Bryston has announced the introduction of four compact analogue solutions for vinyl enthusiasts—three phono stage preamplifiers and a matching outboard power supply. These new small form factor devices join the BUC-1 (a digital to digital converter outputting asynchronous USB) and the BOT-1 (CD ripper and player for the Bryston digital music players) also constructed in the […]
Cabasse Announce Surf Loudspeaker
Cabasse is launching the compact Surf loudspeakers for use with its Stream AMP, creating a complete audio system. The 29cm high Surf is designed for a full and dynamic performance in rooms up to 25 m2 (270sq ft), with a soundstage that is said to be “incredibly stable and filled with realism”. When partnered with […]
Nuforce DAC80 DAC and HA200 Headphone Amp
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the NuForce DAC80 Digital to Analogue Converter and the company’s HA200 Headphone amplifier. Linette Smith then takes the HA200 for a second opinion.
Jazz At The Pawnshop
Not new by any stretch of the imagination and an album that will be familiar to many I’m sure, but this version on Naxos and downloaded in 128FS DSD… all 7.8 Gig of it … zipped!… is really rather worth talking about.
New From Quad – Artera Play And Artera Stereo
Quad continues to mark its 79th year with the arrival of Artera, their new range of high-performance audio electronics. First to arrive are the Artera Play and Artera Stereo; the Play is a CD player, DAC and preamplifier combined in a single chassis, while the Stereo is a power amplifier sporting Quad’s famous Current Dumping […]
Zontek Art-Deco Phonostage
Janine Elliot takes a listen to the distinctly art-deco looking (and named) phono-preamplifier from Zontek in Poland costing €8990 and having three inputs, allowing for three arms on your turntable.
Bowers & Wilkins Launches Zeppelin Wireless
Bowers & Wilkins, the renowned British audio brand, introduced the original Zeppelin integrated speaker dock seven years ago. Keeping the recognisable silhouette, but with every element of the speaker redesigned, the are now introducing the Zeppelin Wireless. For Zeppelin Wireless the material and shape of the subwoofer has been altered with a larger 6-1/2” driver and an ultra-long voice coil to allow deep bass […]
Yes – The Yes Album
John Scott delves into his collection and pulls out The Yes Album, the bands third album. “The Yes Album was not their biggest selling album and it may not be their best – quite often though, I think it is – but it represents a time when they were still defining their style and before […]
New DAC From Bryston
Bryston has announced today the introduction of the BDA-3 digital to analogue converter (DAC), the company’s highest resolution DAC to date. Target MSRP for the BDA-3 is $3495 USD with a delivery date to authorised dealers of November 1st, 2015. The Bryston BDA-3 is different from prior Bryston DAC’s in that it adds DSD playback. The […]
Video About Townshend’s Seismic Platforms
Hifi Pig saw this dem’ at Munich and were really impressed with the measured bump. However our video was terrible and this new corporate video from Townshend is much clearer at explaining dem and what it is supposed to do to kit. Obviously we can’t comment on whether the claimed improvements in sound quality are […]
Gold Note Galileo Audio Rack
The first Gold Note Audio Rack is called GALILEO in honour to the Florentine genius born in the middle of 1500, probably the most illuminated physician, mathematician, astronomer and engineer of the 2° Millennium. GALILEO Rack design combines several different details derived from Gold Note turntables, the Bellagio Conquest and the Mediterraneo and designed to […]
Oh My God He Killed Kenny (Rodgers)
Dave Robson runs the Facebook group “Audiophiles UK. Hi-Fi and Music” and here talks Hifi Pig through his musical and Hifi journey.
Andy Bell – Variance, The Torsten The Bareback Saint Remixes (Strike Force Entertainment)
In 2014 Andy Bell, for it is he of Erasure fame, made an unexpected, and some would say brave career move when he launched his electro-acoustic cabaret show ‘Torsten The Bareback Saint’. Before Bell started to write the next installation of his cabaret (Torsten The Beautiful Libertine) he and songwriters Barney Ashton-Bullock and Christopher Frost […]
CanJam Europe 2015 – Visitors Votes Revealed
CanJam 2015 had visitors vote for their favourite products of the show, for the first time, in six categories. The planar magnetic Oppo PM-3 was voted best portable headphone of the show, the open-back AKG K812 won best home headphone. The brand-new Lehmann Audio Linear D, which had its premier at CanJam Europe, was awarded best headphone amplifier. […]