McIntosh Laboratory has launched a new media streamer – the MB100 Media Bridge. The new streamer takes full advantage of the latest McIntosh technologies and gives users access to web-based music plus digital files from its 1TB hard drive. The MB100 has four USB inputs, plus an eSata port for the direct connection of external […]
Hifi Pig recently reviewed the really addictive Jazz album The Turn by Jerome Sabbagh which we downloaded from HIGHRESAUDIO. You gotta hear the guitar on some of the tracks…I say “you’d be forgiven that you weren’t listening to one of the great rock guitarists helping the jazzsters out whilst his band were off the road.” […]
Soundsmith Corporation has announced five new phono cartridges designed for moderate gain preamplifiers. Peter Lederman, the designer of these new cartridges has made them to perform with preamps that use a 48dB to 54dB gain. The designs are based on Peter’s previous Moving Iron designs Hyperion, Sussurro (pictured), Paua, The Voice and Aida with them […]
Merrill Audio Advanced Technology Labs, LLC has announced the Jens Phono stage pre-amplifiers, which they say is “certain to set a new standard for Phono stage Preamplifiers”. Prices at $15,449, the Jens Phono stage preamplifier. Built specifically for Low Output Moving Coil Cartridges the Jens Phono Preamp allows for load setting from 25 Ohms to […]
Linn have announced that their Exakt technology is now available in a compact standmount loudspeaker for the first time with the launch of their Exakt Akudorik loudspeaker. The Exakt Akudorik shares the same technology as its bigger brother the Exakt Akubarik. The power supply and four channels of 100w Linn Chakra amplification is housed in […]
Linn has announced the launch of the Akurate Exaktbox which is available for Linn loudspeakers and now for other manufacturers’ loudspeakers with the launch of support for the Bowers and Wilkins’ Nautilus. The Akurate Exaktbox delivers Linn’s Exakt technology to any loudspeaker. It is software-configured to optimise performance for any loudspeaker and amplifier combination. In […]
There’s a fantastic amount of great electronic music coming out of South America at the moment and here we’ve got Brazilian Gui Boratto, once a member of the band Sect, adding to that output with his album Abaporu. The opening lines of the first track immediately put me in mind of William Orbit and this […]
There is something I really love about the annual National Audio Show in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, UK. It could be the lovely scenic route there, or the free parking, or maybe the sound of racing cars screeching around nearby Silverstone. The smiles of Roy Bird, the Chester Group chairman of the annual event, now in its […]
Not so much a review as an overview and thoughts of a new piece of ripping software.
Mass Fidelity Inc., creator of ‘The Relay’ Bluetooth DAC, has announced The Core wireless speaker system, designed to be the “centre of users’ musical universe” and powered by an internal 120W digital amplifier. “The Core uses a number of innovative acoustic technologies to create a stunning sound that mimics the experience of two separated Hi-Fi […]
Norwegian-based manufacturer Henry Audio (previously QNKTC) has announced the arrival of the upgraded USB DAC 128 mkII – Hifi Pig reviewed the mk I here. The new and improved DAC adds more punch and sonic clarity to the very well received USB DAC 128 say the company. The USB DAC 128 mkII enables playback of music stored on a […]
We ran a news article a good while ago about the HeadStand, an inexpensive and neat solution for storing headphones that incorporated a nifty wire management system. Today BrandsWalk contacted us to tell us that there is now a limited edition of the stand available in rose gold. Only 499 of these will be produced […]
As Zeus gave birth to Apollo, Triangle Art’s Zeus Cartridge gave birth to the Stone body Apollo – the god of Music (and light/sun/healing)! The Apollo MC cartridge is crafted with onyx stone and uses “some of the best parts in the World, with each component of this cartridge being fine-tuned and tweaked to deliver the […]
B.M.C. Audio (Balanced Music Concept) has announced the introduction of their new UltraDAC Digital / Analog Converter / Preamp / Headphone amplifier. The UltraDAC delivers a digital to analogue converter in reference quality says the company’s press release. It combines its DAC with a balanced preamplifier, a balanced headphone amplifier, and B.M.C.’s exclusive Digital Intelligent Gain Management (DIGM), […]
The Turn by Jerome Sabbagh was recorded live by James Farber at Sear Sound, New York City on June 6th 2013 to analogue tape and on this Bee Jazz release from HIGHRESAUDIO it really shows. This is a really fantastic recording in the true tradition of jazz music. There is spontaneity and freedom within the […]