Philips DCC900 The Hillman Imp was an amazing invention for 1963. This was the answer to the Mini, doing everything that Alec Issigonis’s baby could do, but adding some extra features that were revolutionary for the time; preceding hatchbacks this car had an opening back window to put in your shopping on the rear seat […]
Linn has launched Exakt support for three more loudspeaker models from other manufacturers. The performance improvements of Exakt are now available for Kef Reference 5, PMC Twenty26 and JBL K2 S9900, in addition to the existing list of supported speakers which includes B&W Nautilus and 802 Diamond, Kudos Super 10, Super 20 and Titan 808. […]
When you see a box full of cassette tapes and a tape player at a boot sale going cheap, then if you are wise you will shake your head and walk on by, safe in the knowledge that you have managed to avoid having a scar on your left buttock like I have from handbrake […]
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT In the last couple of months Hifi Pig has seen a surge in readership and an increase in support from the audio industry. To this end we have made the decision to give all our readers the opportunity to enjoy the many benefits of Hifi Pig Extra’s content, but without the need to […]
For almost 40 years, Bowers & Wilkins have produced generation after generation of 800 Series loudspeakers. Now, on the eve of the company’s 50th anniversary, they say that ‘the latest 800 Series Diamond redefines what is possible from a loudspeaker system, it is the result of an intensive seven-year project to make the best better. […]
Melodika, one of the biggest Polish manufacturers of hi-fi class cables is introducing a completely new range of reference products, the audiophile Brown Sugar speaker cable series, which is characterised by what Melodika describe as their ‘typical Melodika, consistent and smooth sound.’ Some of the key features are Triple low capacitance, dielectric isolation made of […]
Burson Audio, manufacturer of fine USB DAC/Headphone Amplifier/Preamplifiers, Headphone Amplifiers and Stereo Amplifiers, and its subsidiary Supreme Sound Audio Components, will be running a demo day in the USA, showcasing both lines. There will be brunch and drinks and everyone will get a gift. Sales Manager Martha Manea and US Service Centre Engineer Mike Mona will present […]
Meridian Audio announces that its co-founder, Bob Stuart, is to receive the CEDIA 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. First awarded by CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) in 1992, previous recipients include some of the electronics industry’s most brilliant entrepreneurs, inventors, engineers, and leaders. A graduate of Imperial College London, Bob’s passion for music led him […]
Raumfeld, the maker of high-fidelity multi-room streaming speakers, is launching the Raumfeld Sounddeck in the UK in December. Through innovative Wellenfeld Technology, the Sounddeck has a extremely wide-ranging sweet spot. Designed to add a much needed boost to the sound quality of modern flat-TVs, the Sounddeck provides users with both Hi-Fi music and immersive movie […]
Exclusively unveiled at IFA 2015, the global trade show for consumer electronics, the Pioneer “XDP-100R” Digital Audio Player becomes the industry’s first portable player to offer MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) support. Setting out to make its ‘best-ever audio player’, Pioneer equips the XDP-100R with support for up to 288GB storage (32GB internal + dual micro […]
“Arcam of Cambridge UK, make some of the world’s finest Home Cinema components at prices up to £5000 each. This level of skill and technology, is combined in the Solo’s aluminium enclosure to deliver quality and facilities previously only possible from large separate black boxes” says the company’s latest press release. The Solo Plus features six high-quality drivers […]
Everything vibrates, period. For the audiophile, this is a serious challenge, since vibration affects the delicate audio signals in virtually every hi-fi component and I for one am forever experimenting with vibration control. Vibrations move through the floor, the furniture and the air to enter audio equipment via the feet and chassis. And of course […]
Polish cable manufacturer have announced a new version of their best selling Monolith speaker cables. They are called Monolith Reference. The main difference on the aesthetic/functional side is that both wires are now no longer connected by the badge clamp and they come completely separated. Design has been changed and the new ribbons used for […]
If you like beautiful valve amplification then these new beauties from French company Jadis, should be right up your street! The JA80MkII is an improved version of the JA80 which brings the compatibility with the new KT150 tubes and keep the compatibility with other tubes such as EL34, 6CA7, KT88, KT90, KT120, 6550, with a […]
At the Berlin IFA 2015 show, Ministry of Sound launches its full connected range of multi-room wireless speakers. Adding to the Audio M and the Audio S Plus, there are two new connected speakers, the Audio M Plus and the Audio L Plus: both have been engineered to work together in any configuration with any […]