Greenwich Music Time returns to the World Heritage-listed site of The Old Royal Naval College from July 6th – 10th 2016 with a stellar line-up featuring an eclectic array of star names from around the world. Still only in its third year, the concert series has quickly established itself as one of the most popular live music […]
Music has power. The power to stir emotions and paint pictures in our imagination. When Pink Floyd released their high-concept double album The Wall in 1979 its listeners were left to flesh out the storyline that the music and lyrics provided with whatever visual concepts their own brains provided. Like no album before it though, […]
This is not really the article that I was going to write this month, but things changed in Paris on Friday the 13th of November 2015. We are setting off to visit the Haute Fidelité Show at the Marriott Rive Gauche in Paris. I’m not entirely sure how I am feeling, a mixture of anger […]
At £9000 the Bespoke Audio Co passive Preamplifier certainly isn’t cheap, but this is a hand-made in the UK, luxury product that is not meant to be within the reach of the majority of people. Stuart Smith takes a listen.
Ian Ringstead comes over a bit Austin Powers when he gives the British made Ophidian Mojo loudspeakers, which cost £995, a listen. “Walking into the Ophidian room I was greeted by a very impressive sound and at first thought it was coming from the larger floor standing speakers until I realised it was these tiny […]
Ian Ringstead comes over a bit Austin Powers when he gives the British made Ophidian Mojo loudspeakers, which cost £995, a listen.
The guys at Entotem have sent us a link to their video for the Plato which we reviewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgUX69QdCw&feature=youtu.be&a
Hifi Pig was invited to visit French loudspeaker manufacturer Triangle at their offices in Bordeaux, but first of all who are Triangle and what is the history behind the brand?
It was with a good deal of trepidation that we embarked on this year’s trip to the Haute Fidélité show in Paris and not without good reason. As I’m sure all readers will be aware the weekend prior to the event Paris had been hit by a terrorist attack that left hundreds of people killed […]
Box Design by Pro-Ject Audio Systems announce after many months of development, the company’s entire range of Stream Box components are now fully compatible with the TIDAL streaming service. As most will know TIDAL offers an expansive high fidelity music streaming service, and with the latest software update from Pro-Ject, the service’s whole music library […]
Pro-Ject Audio System’s Box Design range was created to satisfy the growing trend towards smaller high-performance audio products. In 2013 My Audiophile Integrated Amplifier, or MaiA that measured just 206 x 200 x 36mm (W x D x H) was launched. Now, at the end of 2015, Pro-Ject has introduced a bigger sibling to MaiA […]
Each week in December a curated collection of Studio Master tracks will be available to download from Linn Records’ roster of artists. Each collection has its own theme and offers an introduction to high quality Studio Master downloads, giving everybody the chance to explore and expand their musical tastes with the wide variety of genres […]
McIntosh Laboratory launched the C1100: a luxurious two-chassis preamp with huge connectivity and McIntosh’s best technical performance to date and we broke the news about it way back in September here. The C1100 is now available in the UK with a price tag of £12,995 with Jordan Acoustics being the distributor.
British brand Exposure Electronics has long been renowned for creating high-performance audio components with involving musical reality, yet with an affordable price tag. In January 2015, the brand released a new, enhanced ‘D’ edition of its 3010S2 integrated amplifier and now the preamp has been given the same upgrade. Like its predecessor, the new 3010S2-D […]
The New Pass Labs’ HPA-1 Headphone Amplifier was designed on a “clean sheet of paper” as though it were to be used as a power amplifier. The HPA-1 Headphone Amplifier is capable of driving difficult loads in terms of impedance, power consumption or both and it has been designed as a real Class-A power amplifier in its […]
Totem Acoustic from Montreal, Canada, just launched its first Kickstarter campaign to fund production of the first series of its new ARC amplifier. Since Totem is known primarily in the HiFi technology scene for its speakers, the ARC represents a new adventure into the realm of amplifiers. The ARC is not just another HiFi amplifier […]