NEW RANGE DESIGNED TO PROTECT PREMIUM AUDIO EQUIPMENT How do you protect your HiFi when not in use? ARB Covers of Birmingham, UK, has created a range of luxury quilted HiFi Covers, designed specifically for audiophile loudspeakers and HiFi audio components from turntables to amplifiers, and also headphones.
IFI LAUNCHES IDSD DIABLO 2 PORTABLE DAC/HEADPHONE AMP WITH BLUETOOTH INNOVATION British audio technology company iFi has unveiled the iFi iDSD Diablo 2, the latest iteration of its portable DAC/headphone amp series, streaming CD-quality audio ‘losslessly’ with Bluetooth aptX Lossless.
Weekly Hifi News with Lin and Stu including interviews with Michael Fremer talking about his first-ever jazz vinyl production, Geoff from Tellurium Q, Vivien from Esprit Cables, Rumen from Thrax Audio, and Wim from Kii Audio.
DANIEL HERTZ FROM MARK LEVINSON LAUNCHES IN THE UK You may not yet know the name Daniel Hertz but you will know the name behind the brand, Mark Levinson.
PRO-JECT ANNOUNCE NEW PHONO STAGE AND STEP-UP TRANSFORMERS The new products from Pro-Ject are the Pro-Ject Tube Box DS3 B dual-mono phono pre-amplifier and two new step-up transformers, a whole new product category for the Austrian company, join the range in the form of the Pro-Ject MC Step-Up Box DS3 B and the Pro-Ject MC […]
ENGLISH ELECTRIC’S NEW EE1 DESIGNED TO BANISH NETWORK NOISE The new English Electric EE1 network noise isolator sits between streaming components and is designed to reduce noise in HiFi and AV systems.
FLAGSHIP NETWORK ACOUSTICS TEMPUS ETHERNET SWITCH LAUNCHED Streaming and ‘digital first’ British HiFi brand Network Acoustics has introduced their flagship Ethernet Switch the Network Acoustics Tempus.
MEZE AUDIO EMPYREAN II PLANAR MAGNETIC HEADPHONES The Meze Audio Empyrean II are the Romanian HiFi brand’s newest planar magnetic headphones.
EVERSOLO DMP-A8 STREAMING PRE-AMPLIFIER NOW AVAILABLE TO PREORDER Eversolo has announced the new DMP-A8 streaming pre-amplifier. The unit comes with many new features.
CLOSER ACOUSTICS PROVOCATEUR 300B AMPLIFIER AND FORLANE WIDEBAND LOUDSPEAKERS REVIEW Closer Acoustics Provocateur 300B amplifier and Forlane loudspeakers are made in Poland and for many will represent the audio-nirvana that is SET amplification and wideband loudspeakers. HiFi PiG’s Stuart takes a listen to see if he still likes this particular slice of audiophile heaven.
ORTOFON 2MR CARTRIDGES OFFER GREATER TONEARM COMPATIBILITY Ortofon the cartridge manufacturer, have announced the Ortofon 2MR Moving Magnet range which takes the existing 2M cartridge and re-shapes it into a new “Reduced” housing that makes it compatible with a wider range of tonearms.
THE BRITISH HIFI BRAND LAUNCH NEW XR AND CLASSIC STEREO POWER AMPLIFIERS It feels like the team at Cyrus has been very busy this year, with a number of recent product launches, so it comes as no surprise to announce the arrival of brand-new stereo power amplifiers for both the XR and Classic ranges.
CHRIS LIAUW’S ETUDE 5 SPEAKER IS NOW IN PRODUCTION The Etude 5 speaker was designed with the objective of attaining “seamless coherence from top to bottom”, but without the colourations that can be seen in many traditional single-drive unit designs.
AUDIO VIDEO SHOW WARSAW 2023 REPORT FROM THE SOBIESKI HOTEL Stu and Lin report from the Sobieski Hotel in this third part of their Audio Video Show Warsaw 2023 report.
VIOLECTRIC DHA V226 HEADPHONE AMP AND DAC REVIEW Violectric’s DHA V226 is a £1230 balanced headphone amplifier and DAC. In this review for HiFi PiG, Oscar Stewart gives it a whirl.
AUDIO VIDEO SHOW WARSAW 2023 REPORT FROM THE GOLDEN TULIP Warsaw Audio Video Show is split over three venues, as anyone who has been following HiFi PiG’s coverage of the event will be aware. The second of the hotels involved is the Golden Tulip, just over the way from the Sobieski where you tend to […]
AUDIO VIDEO SHOW WARSAW 2023 REPORT FROM THE STADIUM, PGE NARODOWY Lin visits the National Stadium of Poland, PGE Narodowy, a HiFi Show in itself, this is where you find the huge Headphone Zone and large rooms and Sky Boxes packed with some really incredible HiFi.
MAGICO LAUNCH THE NEW MAGICO M7 LOUDSPEAKER In June of 2020, Magico introduced the M9 flagship loudspeaker. All that was discovered in the extensive research and development program undertaken for the M9 has now been distilled into the Magico M7.
THE WAM HIFI SHOW 2023, AN ENTHUSIASTS’ HIFI SHOW IN BARNSLEY The WAM Show was held last Sunday at the Holiday Inn, Barnsley and we sent a representative along from HiFi PiG to take a look around what looks to have been a brilliant enthusiasts’ HiFi show.
KANTO ORA LOUDSPEAKERS REVIEW KANTO ORA loudspeakers are a diminutive loudspeaker with built-in amps, Bluetooth, and a USB DAC. They cost 300 quid and in this review, HiFi PiG’s Stu pops them beside his desktop computer and uses them for listening to music, editing sound files, and more.
AUDIOSOLUTIONS EXHIBIT IN THREE ROOMS AT THE AV SHOW WARSAW 2023 Gediminas and his team from the Lithuanian HiFi brand AudioSolutions will exhibit in three rooms at the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2023.
LEEMA ACOUSTICS BRING QUANTUM LINE TO THE AV SHOW WARSAW 2023 Welsh HiFi brand Leema Acoustics, founded by two ex-BBC sound engineers, is on the verge of celebrating 30 years of UK manufacturing in its native Wales, in 2024.
JAVA HIFI LAUNCH JAVA CARBON SINGLE AND DOUBLE SHOT AMPS LAUNCHED The new Java HiFi Java Carbon Single and Double Shot Amps feature new improvements served up in a solid carbon fibre casework.
DECO AUDIO TRANSFER DAC REVIEW Deco Audio Transfer DAC is a £549 Digital to Analogue Converter using valves for the output stage with no FETS and no transistors. The DAC is made in the United Kingdom and in this review, Oscar Stewart tries it out for HiFi PiG.
BRITISH CABLE BRAND CHORD COMPANY AT THE AV SHOW WARSAW2023 Wiltshire’s Chord Company, which is celebrating 40 years of UK manufacturing in 2024, will be cabling some of the great systems on offer from its Polish distributor, Audio Centre Poland.
FLAGSHIP J.SIKORA REFERENCE TURNTABLE IN RACING RED AT THE AV SHOW WARSAW 2023 The Polish high-end turntable brand J.Sikora have prepared a special, strictly limited edition of turntables in Rosso Corsa colour for this autumn.
MUARAH LAUNCH NEWS TURNTABLE AND TONEARM AT THE AV SHOW WARSAW 2023 Muarah, a Polish HiFi brand known for its turntables and tube amplifiers, will unveil two new products during the upcoming Audio Video Show in Warsaw 2023.
EXPERIENCE DIRECT-TO-2-TRACK LP PRODUCTION STRAIGHT TO YOUR HOME Many music lovers dream of being present at a live recording, and this wish can come true on October 27th during Analog Days 2023, or Analogtage in German. There is also a 20% ticket discount for HiFi PiG readers.