CDs
The CD was a revelation in its day and I even recall one very animated presenter from Tomorrow’s Worldsmearing jam, or was it marmalade, over one of the discs, wiping it off and then playing the disc…But are they worth bothering with now?
Devialet Ensemble
French company Devialet have taken the audio world by storm since they launched and Stuart Smith now takes a listen to their £5590 Ensemble package.
Eclipse At RMAF
ECLIPSE, the high-performance loudspeaker division within Fujitsu Ten, the multi- billion-dollar global technology giant, is to exhibit at The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest! ECLIPSE will be taking selected models from its legendary range of loudspeakers and subwoofers, to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2015 (October 02nd – 04th 2015). Following the company’s successful participation at […]
McIntosh C52 Preamplifier Announced
Another new preamplifier from McIntosh has been announced on the company’s website, hot on the heals of the C1100 that we broke news of yesterday. “The C52 is the most advanced, single chassis solid state preamplifier we’ve ever made” the company say. For connecting analogue devices, it includes 3 balanced and 4 unbalanced fully assignable […]
Jordan Acoustics Have a New Website
Jordan Acoustics has launched a brand new tailor-made website which they say brings visitors the very best in high-performance audio from around the world. The fully searchable site offers a host of new features along with a fresh, modern design that perfectly complements Jordan Acoustics’ two luxurious outlets, Bournemouth and Glenrothes _ it’s certainly easy […]
Entotem At Whittlebury
Entotem got in touch to tell Hifi Pig readers what they will be up to at this year’s Whittlebury show with their Plato system which was first introduced earlier this year at the Sound and Vision Show in Bristol, winning the Clarity Alliance Innovation award. In May Entotem took the Plato system to the High […]
A Couple Of New Products From Etalon In Hungary
StrEamer Mini server for gapless playback of music via internet streaming and/or radio with integrated high precision volume control. Being connected to a home network system can be totally remote controlled by mobile phone or tablet. Technical data: Inputs: RJ45 for Ethernet connection and USB for external storage as USB-stick or HDD Output: USB high […]
Chord Electronics, The Chord Company and Leema Acoustics At Whittlebury
A trio of clients from the Dan George Communications portfolio will be exhibiting and showing flagship products at the National Audio Show 2015, this weekend! Chord Electronics Chord Electronics’ new flagship DAVE DAC/preamp will be playing at the show this weekend! Chord are supporting two retail partners at the NAS: Fanthorpes, one of the UK’s […]
Leon Bridges – Coming Home (Columbia)
It seems that nearly all the new music I’ve been listening to lately has had a distinctly retro feel. None more so than Coming Home by Leon Bridges. Twenty six year old Bridges from Fort Worth, Texas had been working as a dishwasher but due to chance meeting with Austin Jenkins from psych-rock band White […]
Why Are There So Few Women Into Hifi?
While we are on the subject, if you guys really want us women to join in more on audiophile/hifi forums and groups, please, just put it away will you? I remember being at school in the 70s and the boys would be frequently shrieked at, by irate teachers, for having competitions to see who could […]
Primare I32 Integrated Amplifier, DAC & Media Board
Dan Worth takes a listen to this well specified integrated amplifier (£2000) complete with its MM30 Media board (£1250)
Tubular Bells For Two – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
“Iconic” is a much overused word but when it comes to Tubular Bells, its use is entirely justified. From its cover art to its multi tracked instrumentation, the album embodies the early seventies just as Sergeant Pepper did for the late sixties a few years earlier and Never Mind The Bollocks would do for the […]
ISOL-8 Announces the MiniSub Chroma
The MiniSub Chroma is a single box solution for conditioning an entire AV system. It incorporates many of the technologiesfeatured in the SubStation range, with help from the VMC1080 video conditioner, at a much more affordable price. There are six outlets with a total combined continuous capacity of 10 Amps. One is for video displays […]
Mains Cables – Part One
So then, the basic minimum criteria for a mains cable’s performance is that it must get the old juice from the wall socket to the input of my hi-fi component without spilling any of it on the carpet. Hifi Pig does not advocate anyone making ANY unauthorized or unsafe changes to their mains supply or […]
Pixx – ‘Fall In EP’ (4AD Records)
A nice release, this, from the ever-reliable 4AD label. Pixx is a new signing – and it’s immediately obvious why she’s piqued 4AD’s interest. The music will please both 4AD purists and listeners new to the label. Pixx is a pseudonym for 19 year old Hannah Rodgers from London. I’ve been intrigued by comments which […]