KEF has announced the expansion of its R Series speaker range with the R50 Dolby Atmos enabled speaker module, which has been specifically designed to deliver multi-dimensional sound with Dolby Atmos. The R50 incorporates KEF’s full-range Uni-Q® driver array, featuring a 25mm (1-in.) aluminium vented-tweeter and ‘tangerine waveguide’, positioned at the acoustic centre of a […]
Bryston has announced the introduction of the BDP-1USB digital music player. The BDP-1USB is Bryston’s most affordable high-performance music player designed for those customers using one of many popular USB external DAC’s (Digital to Analog Converters) available on the market. The BDP-1USB can manage large music libraries of up to 30,000 tracks—from MP3 to high […]
WiMP HiFi, the award-winning Scandinavian music streaming service, today announced it will introduce TIDAL to the UK and the U.S. later this autumn. Unlike any other service currently on the market, TIDAL will offer high fidelity sound quality, high definition music videos and curated editorial by experienced music journalists. Music will be available in FLAC […]
Tame teen Harry Smith and somewhat more elderly Stuart take a listen to the Lehmann Audio Traveller Headphone Amplifier as part of Hifi PIg’s « Headphone Month »
Teen correspondent Harry Smith continues Hifi PIg’s « Headphone Month » with his thoughts on the HifiMan RE-400 In Ear Headphones
Dan Worth continues « Headphone Month » at Hifi Pig with the a review of the Epiphany Acoustics EHP-02Di Headphone Amplifier & USB DAC
Continuing « Headphone Month » at Hifi Pig here’s Linette and Stuart’s thoughts on the well thought of Oppo PM1 headphones.
French manufacturer Focal aren’t the fist name that comes to mind when you think about headphones but perhaps they should be given Harry and Linette’s opinion on their Spirit One S headphones costing just 179 EUR.
As you will be aware August has been Headphone Month at Hifi PIg, but given the sheer volume of products we have been sent, and the fact that stuff is still arriving today, we have decided to extend into September. During September you can expect to see lots of conventional hifi reviews but mixed up […]
« Headphone Month » at Hifi Pig continues with Janine Elliot’s review of the German AudioValve Verto and RKV Mk 3 headphone amplifiers costing £690 and £3262 respectively.
Hifi Pig’s « Headphone Month » continues with Stuart and Harry Smith’s thoughts on the little Tisbury CA-1 Headphone Amplifier that is made in the UK and costs £349
German hi-fi furniture brand Tabula Rasa is now available for direct purchase in the UK as well as across the EU. Every item in the brand’s range is constructed from solid hardwoods – oak and maple – which Tabula Rasa say have been carefully selected for their acoustic properties as well as their natural beauty, […]
This album arrived a good while ago and I was really excited when it did as I was a bit of a fan of the Hippy Slags back in the festival days and as readers will know a huge fan of Hawkwind with who Bridget Wishart performed on Space Bandits, Palace Springs, California Brainstorm and […]
Ok, so the sleeve note’s are telling me that Matchbox were one of the most successful singles bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but I must confess that their popularity hit its peak just as my interest in the charts was waning and as a result they’re a new one on me. But […]
Bob James is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the smooth Jazz sound and has been heavily sampled in more recent years ( NWA, Run DMC, Soul II Soul, Missy Elliot and many more). He began his professional music career at age 8 playing piano for a tap dance class but also plays […]
él (via Cherry Red) are an interesting label that are putting out some pretty out there and unusual recordings. One flick through the titles of the tracks on Les Baxter’s Original Quiet Village album will give you a good indication that this is exotica as colourful as it comes; Shanghai Rickshaw, Deep Night and Gardens […]