German high-end brand Audionet “restarts with full steam” at High End Munich 2105 says the company’s press release just in. They will be in Showroom E101 where they say they will be showcasing: new and better products (hard- and software) new distribution concept new marketing new team new power Kit likely to be on dem will include […]
Panamanian (now resident in Minneapolis,, USA) José James attended The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. In 2008, he debuted with his first album, The Dreamer, on the Brownswood label with Blackmagic following in 2010. 2010’s For All We Know came out on the Impulse! label and became the winner of both the Edison Award[ and L’Académie du Jazz Grand […]
Following its world launch at International CES 2015 in January, Chord Electronics’ latest proprietary DAC, the 2Qute, is now shipping globally. Now in full production at Chord’s riverside headquarters in Kent, the hand-made 2Qute is arriving in dealerships around the world. The new 2Qute, which replaces the Qute EX, takes Chord’s proprietary FPGA DAC technology […]
Whilst visiting Munich for this year’s High End event you may find that you can drag yourself away from all the great audio, hifi and events that The High-End Society have laid on and so Hifi Pig thought we would put together a list of attractions in Munich that you may like to consider visiting. […]
Pangea Audio has announced the introduction of the HP201 Hybrid Tube Headphone Amp with 24/192 USB DAC. The HP201 is now available with an MSRP of $299.99. The Pangea Audio HP201 combines Class A solid state circuitry featuring MOSFET output devices with a vacuum tube. The Pangea engineering team, led by engineer/designer Jay Victor, selected MOSFETS […]
Our friends at Blumenhofer Acoustics got in touch to let us know that they will be attending this years High End Munich where they will be in room F224. for this year’s High End show they will use as a sourse the Air Force One Turntable from TechDas, developed by Mr. Hideaki Nishikawa, the former […]
Thore Pfeiffer is a young German producer who first came up on my radar on Kompakt’s excellent Pop Ambient album we reviewed back in October of last year. This is the second artist album to come from the Pop Ambient compilation series that is so carefully curated by label head honcho Wolfgang Voigt.
Tejada is a 41 year old producer and Dj based in LA who joined the Kompakt imprint in 2011 with Signs Under Test following his previous album The Predicting Machine and a load of 12 inchers. This is very much in the bleep and beats techno category with Tejada working the machines at his disposal […]
Astell&Kern has launched its most affordable high-resolution portable player yet – the AK Jr. Despite costing £399, the new AK Jr shares many features with its big brothers. Its aluminium case, machined controls and performance immediately set it above sub-£500 rivals says the company’s recent press release. 24bit/192hKz high-resolution audio playback Widest range of music […]
Astell&Kern has launched its most affordable high-resolution portable player yet – the AK Jr. Despite costing £399, the new AK Jr shares many features with its big brothers. Its aluminium case, machined controls and performance immediately set it above sub-£500 rivals says the company’s recent press release. 24bit/192hKz high-resolution audio playback Widest range of music […]
British loudspeaker manufacturer PMC (Professional Monitor Company) has announced that High End 2015 (14th – 17th May) in Munich will see the European debut of the latest addition to its twenty series range – the twenty.Sub. This new subwoofer, which has been designed for use with both music and movies alike, is available with the unique ATL™ (Advanced Transmission Line) bass loading […]
adidas and Monster join forces again to unleash the adidas Sport by Monster in-ear headphones for athletes. The first models to hit the street are the adidas Sport Response™ by Monster and adidas Sport Supernova™ by Monster. Both models make their international debuts at the London and Boston Marathons at the end of April 2015. […]
Hifi Pig will of course be reporting extensively from this year’s Munich High End show but we are also keeping all our readers up to date with a daily update of the latest news from High End Munich 2015. This week we have brought you news from the High End Society themselves and their new app plus […]
British Hi-Fi brand Musical Fidelity bring balanced audio to the consumer headphone market with the launch of the MF200B headphone and partnering V90-BHA headphone amplifier. Available in May, the MF200B headphones and V90-BHA amplifier will be available individually for £250 each and as a pair for a special price of £450. MF200B Based on the […]
Portento Audio is a new business based in Turin (Italy) devoted to the production and sale of hand-crafted hi-fi cables and accessories. “Portento Audio’s mission aims to preserve the musical message in its entirety, focusing on the listener’s main target: Music. In order to achieve this, top-quality materials have been carefully chosen, like the low-mass […]