Hifi News

Denon AVR-X6200W AV Amp

Denon has launched a new “premium” Network AV Receiver. Born from the company’s new 2015 AVR X Series with “Blockbusting 3D Sound”, the new AVR-X6200W has a pricetag of £1,799. It comes with Dolby and is ready for the brand new immersive surround sound format DTS:X as well, and can be upgraded to Auro-3D. All […]

Live Music Music News

Dean Friedman – Sweet, Edinburgh

Hifi Pig readers of a certain age will know Dean Friedman from at least two songs – Lucky Star and Ariel.  Readers of a younger vintage may know him from Half Man Half Biscuit’s song The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman.

Classic Albums Music News

Love – Forever Changes

John Scott dusts off his copy of Love’s Forever Changes album. “Forever Changes was reputedly named from a story that Lee had heard about a friend of a friend who had broken up with his girlfriend. “

Album Reviews

Neil Young – The Monsanto Years ( Reprise)

OK, hands up, cards on the table….I’m a huge Neil Young fan and genuinely can’t think of a record he’s made that I don’t love, even the much maligned Trans really does it for me and I reckon Daft Punk et al may well have been taking a listen to that particular record…then again perhaps […]

Hifi News

Salon Hifi Lyon

We’ve just had news sent in about the upcoming Salon Hifi in Lyon (France) in the 7th and 8th of November. The show will open for both days at 9.30, close its doors at 19.00 and takes  place at the Pavillon De La Rotonde, Avenue Georges Bassinet, 69260 Charbonnière les Bains. There’s loads of great […]

Album Reviews

Kevin Borich – Totem (Self Released)

Hands up, this is the first time I’ve come across this sixty six year old “stalwart” of the rock-blues industry, but apparently he’s responsible for founding New Zealand’s La De Das and Australia’s The Party Boys. Missing Borich out of my music may well have been a bit of a mistake!!

Album Reviews

John McCullagh & The Escorts – New Born City (359 Music)

New Born City is the follow up to McCullagh’s 2013 North South Divide record and has been out in the UK since early May. The record is produced by John Power (Cast) and includes the singles Towerland Lullaby, Box Of Tricks and She’s Calling. McCullagh says he influences include Donovan, Bolan, Weller and Johnny Cash […]

Birds Eye View Comment

The Whole Package

Linette gets that Christmas morning feeling and a girl crush…or does she? “I have a confession to make. I have a bit of a girl crush on Alex Polizzi…..no, not like that, put away your filthy minds….I mean I’d like to be her friend, hang out with her a bit, I think she’s really cool”. […]

Comment Fidelity Matters

A Passion For Vinyl

Ian Ringstead gets all biblical about his love affair with the black stuff. “I then had an epiphany moment and saw the light. Turntables were being written about again in the hifi mag’s and manufacturers were making real efforts to produce better decks, arms and cartridges. ”

Hifi News

Wadia Announce Di322 Digital Audio Decoder

The di322 digital audio decoder from Wadia adds expanded support for high fidelity DSD files to the Wadia line. Via the USB input, the di322 supports DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256 music files. PCM files with sampling rates up to 32-bit/384kHz (including DXD 352.8kHz and DXD 384kHz formats) can also be played through the USB input. […]