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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dave Robson runs the Facebook group “Audiophiles UK. Hi-Fi and Music” and here talks Hifi Pig through his musical and Hifi journey.
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 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. […]
The Entotem Plato is an all in one audio video player that will rip and tag not only your CDs but also your vinyl collection. Ian Ringstead takes a listen.
In the belief that “ the joy of music is only found in ‘Real-Sound’”, SPEC have been developing and marketing high-end audio products with the wish of “communicating and sharing the sensations and also the excitement of their “Real-Sound” music with their customers”. Established on 6 January 2010 they are based in Tokyo with Syuzou […]
B &O are saying they like to think of the BeoLab 90 “as the future of sound”. The BeoLab 90 celebrates 90years of the company and will cost a whopping £54 000 if reports are correct. They have an eye-watering 8200 watts per speaker (supplied by 14 channels of ICEpower amps….plus another 4 Class D amps) […]
Now on sale in the UK – Gibson Innovations presents the Philips BM5, the first product on the new Izzy multi-room platform. Izzy combines the easy connection of Bluetooth with the robust networking and audio quality of Wi-Fi all at the push of a single button. Just connect to one speaker via Bluetooth, and Izzylink […]
Punkers of a certain age will be well aware of Penetration (for it is they) and their classic debut single “Don’t Dictate”. The band hail from the North East of England and played with most of the big names of the heyday of punk and so it is with a good deal of relish that […]
Bryston has announced today the introduction of the Model T Cinema reference home theatre in-wall loudspeaker. By leveraging key design cues from the flagship Model T floor-standing loudspeaker, Bryston has developed what they are saying is a “highly capable architectural speaker system for dedicated home theatre rooms”. In order to achieve the desired performance goals from […]
Amplifier Technologies Inc, has added a new series of amplifiers designed by their president and chief engineer, Morris Kessler. The 4000 series amplifiers, available with 2 to 7 channels, share the design philosophy and circuit sophistication of ATI’s award-winning 6000 Series amps with power output reduced to 200W RMS per channel at 8 ohms and […]
Dan Worth checks out the $399 Remedy “digital reclocker” from Wyred4Sound.