Hifiman HE-560 Planar Magnetic Headphones
As part of Hifi Pig’s « Headphone Month » Linette and Stuart Smith review the £650 HifiMan HE-560 headphones supplied by Mark at Electromod.
Various Artists – Gasoline
Gasoline, on the excellent Comeme is the labels very first compilation and by crikey it’s a good one…very much my kind of music. For those that don’t know Comeme it’s a label that has been making all the right noises for me for a year or so now with its pared down, acidic-tribal-techno grooves.
Various Artists – Total 14
Regular readers will be well aware of my love of the Kompakt label and it’s pretty rare that I don’t absolutely love everything that gets released on rhe Berlin imprint. Here we have number 14 in the popular compilation series Total.
Roksan K3 – Sneaky Peek!
Hifi Pig were lucky enough to be invited to visit Roksan, the sponsors of our hifi news section of the site and whose promotional video you can see at the top right of website, at their London based offices and workshops last week. We will of course be writing at length about our visit to […]
Headphone Month At Hifi Pig
August is Headphone Month here at Hifi Pig and we’ve dedicated all our hifi reviews to reviewing nothing but headphones and headphone related products. We’ve reviewed headphones from Final, Stax, Sennheiser, GOJI and Audeze with more to come from HifiMan and others. As well as headphones we’ve published a headphone amplifier review of a Graham Slee […]
Stax SR-009 Headphones
At £3495 the Stax SR-009 headphones are intended for the committed headphone listener. For Hifi Pig’s ongoing « Headphone Month » Janine Elliot takes a listen…
Sennheiser HD800 Headphones
Hifi Pig’s « Headphone Month » continues and here Linette and Stuart Smith take a listen to the £999 Sennheiser HD800 headphones.
McIntosh Labs MXA70 Avaialble in UK
McIntosh Laboratory has launched an all-in-one system, the new MXA70, which comes complete with speakers and takes full advantage of the latest McIntosh technologies. The MXA70 is hand-built in McIntosh’s Binghamton (NY) factory. It contains a 50-watt McIntosh amplifier, in-house aluminium loudspeakers and a dedicated headphone amp. Also included is a McIntosh DAC with four […]
CAD Launch CD Ripper, Music Storage Device and Streamer
Computer Audio Design has launched the CAT — an advanced new digital source component with CD-ripping, bespoke internal storage and streaming services playback. The CAT is a CD-ripper, music storage device and streamer (Windows Platform services) in one, with each CAT hand-built to order in CAD’s central London facility. CAD offers bespoke data storage solutions […]
IsoTek Upgrades Syncro Mains Cable
IsoTek has launched an upgraded ‘EVO3’ Special Edition of the Syncro. Originally launched in 2010, the Syncro is IsoTek’s most advanced mains cable which incorporates “unique performance-enhancing” electronics housed in an anti-resonant aluminium cylinder positioned part way down the cable’s length. This is essentially a ‘pre-filter’ designed to “synchronise the mains supply in order to […]
GOJI Tinchy Stryder On Cloud 9 Headphones
At Hifi PIg we’re keen not only to bring you reviews of the high-end, expensive products but also like to point out the odd bargain that is out there. Here Janine Elliot continues Hifi Pig’s « Headphone Month » with a review of a £60 set of headphones available from the high street.
Stax SR-407 Headphones
Hifi Pig’s « Headphone Month » wouldn’t really be complete without taking a listen to the Stax Earspeakers. In her review Janine Elliot takes a listen to the £1695 Stax SR-407 headphones.
Clones Audio Announce Phonostage
Clones Audio have announced their first phonostage, the PA1. It’s a two box unit with internally adjustable DIP switches and has cartridge loadings of 33, 100 1K and 47 Kohms so should be suitable for most MM and MC cartridges. There is a selectable gain of 48dB, 52dB, 63, dB, 70dB and 74dB and it’s […]
Graham Slee Voyager Headphone Amplifier
Headphones are of course used whilst on the move and so as part of Hifi Pig’s « Headphone Month » Janine Elliot takes a listen to the £190 Graham Slee Voyager headphone amplifier.