There’s a new forum on the block aimed at providing hi-fi and music enthusiasts the opportunity to discuss their passion, develop friendships and offer or receive technical help and support.The name of the new forum is The Audio Standard. In the best traditions of forums, everyone is free to join and enter into the lively […]
“A truly great earphone design does more than deliver accurate musical reproduction” says the press release from Alpha Design Labs and continues “It should create an intimate emotional connection with the listener, and accomplish this with superb comfort and style”. With that in mind Alpha Design Labs (ADL) have launched the EH-008 earphones. The earphones […]
The McIntosh MA 5200 is a multi-faceted amplifier/DAC/headphone amp and more, so when Hifi Pig was offered one for review we jumped at the chance of giving this American brand’s Swiss army knife a thorough review. In this review for Hifi Pig Peter Stanton-Ife puts the McIntosh through its paces. “I used the MA5200 with […]
Sound Fowndations got in touch with Hifi Pig earlier to tell us they’re on the move to new offices in Aldermaston to accommodate their expanding portfolio of audiophile brands. The move stems from Sound Fowndations’ need for additional space to accommodate growth in brands and sales. At 1,500 square feet of office and warehouse space, […]
Swedish manufacturer, Primare have announced that they are now shipping the PRE60 preamplifier with the matching A60 power amplifier. The power amplifier has an output of 2 x 250 W into 8 ohms with this doubling into 4ohms. The design is fully balanced and utilises the company’s UFPD technology with two models for each channel. […]
Vayta is a new all-British company and they got in touch with Hifi Pig to tell us about the launch of its first range of audio isolation platforms (Vayta dekk) via a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign will launch on 14th July with the dekk being designed for use under turntables, CD players, servers, Streamers, DACs […]
Simple Audio has announced a two-month offer to customers giving them the opportunity to try music streaming in their home with the new Roomplayer+ for 30 days on a ’30 days to love me’ guarantee. Music streaming is on the rise as we are all aware and the Simple Audio Roomplayer+ is not only high-res […]
With a few days remaining the Damson Kickstarter campaign to launch the innovative Headbones wireless headphones has hit its initial funding target of £50,000. The Headbones uses the same IDT (Incisor Diffusion Technology) used in previous Damson models where vibrations are sent through the temporal bone and to to the inner ear so that you […]
Oxford Audio contacted Hifi Pig to tell us about a joint event they are holding with Devialet on Wednesday 16th July. Mathieu Pernot from Devialet will be in attendance at this launch day event – Mathieu is one of Devialet’s longest serving senior design engineers and one of the original design team. Also at the […]
Chord Electronics is refreshing its bijou Chordette range, replacing the QuteHD DAC with the QuteEX – a 384kHz PCM/DSD 128 device compatible with high-resolution DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) music files. The QuteEX is an upgraded version of Chord Electronics’ QuteHD and has been available alongside the QuteHD since the EX’s introduction in October, offering the […]
The guys at iFi contacted us to tell us about their iDSD Dac that goes “Where no DAC has gone before”. Their press release comments “With advanced technology not seen on Digital-Analogue-Converters at any price, iFi is bursting with pride to announce the micro iDSD. With Dual-Core Burr-Brown processors at the heart – it is […]
UK distributor Decent Audio is delighted to announce a new agreement with Japan-based Immutable Music to take over distribution of their cartridge brand, Transfiguration, in the UK. Hand crafted in Japan, Transfiguration’s moving coil (MC) cartridges have been variously described as the most important cartridge design since the invention of the moving coil, and the […]