We first came across LAB12 when we visited their stand at the Newcomers to Munich High-End 2013 and were really impressed with their attitude to design. Since then they have expanded their portfolio of kit to include: The Pre 1 Actually this was the first product that LAB12 came out with and it looks to […]
This article was first published in the December 2013 issue of Hifi Pig Magazine which can be downloaded free of charge. Randy Kunin is the owner of and driving force behind Randall K Designer HiFi. The company was started a little under a year ago with one mission; to make audio cool again and get […]
Well, Linette in her Bird’s Eye View seems to be rallying against the onslaught of digital files and streaming whereas I’m once again embracing the new format. I had a great time with the little QED uPlay streamer I reviewed and this has prompted me to get hold of a Squeezebox Touch again (this will […]
The last little rant I had on HiFi Pig concerned vinyl and my….ahem, ‘feelings’ towards it. It did provoke a lot of comments and I was surprised by just how many people agreed with me, on the grounds of it needing so much tinkering and fettling to get everything sounding perfect.
This is the first of a couple of Hayes releases that I took a listen to this month and this particular album was released in ’78 on the Polydor label. For the Sake of Love was Hayes second studio album for the label and reached #15 on the US R&B album chart. Just the Way […]
More funky disco rereleases here and I really make no apology for it…disco is making a comeback in the Hifi Pig household and we’re loving it. And so this time we have the expanded edition of the classic Patrick Adams Presents PHREEK. I think the opportunity to rediscover some of these classics from the 70s […]
As soon as I see that rainbow coloured logo and the name Salsoul I know I’m gonna just love the record it’s attached to – somewhere I’e got a press cutting of me Djing with the caption “Salsoul at Nine o’clock” underneath. And the six original (and four remixed bonus tracks) on Street Sense really […]
We at Hifi Pig thought this KickStarter project for AirBulb looked really interesting and worth a mention in the Hifi Pig News section despite it not being exactly audiophile. So basically AirBulb is an LED light bulb that has a wireless speaker built in and has Bluetooth so you can beam your music to it […]
Simple Audio, whose little Bluetooth “Go” speaker Hifi Pig reviewed, has officially released Roomplayer+, its new Roomplayer with synchronised music playback, direct NAS support, support for 24/192 uncompressed formats and a host of other new features. The new Roomplayer+ is designed by a group of designers and engineers (originally from Linn Products) who are focussed […]
Music has been an important part of Peter’s life. While he was growing up, his parents always had opera or classical music playing and both his school and his college had world-class choirs. He entered his teens just as new wave was making music interesting again (!) and he was lucky enough to hear/see all […]
KEF has announced that the two-metre high loudspeaker Muon, has undergone a further technical advancement and existing Muon owners who want to take up this enhancement will have a senior KEF engineer flown out to them to undertake the update on site in their listening room. “It was with the development of another iconic flagship […]
“Geek Out asynchronous USB 2.0 DAC and Class A headphone amplifier brings $100,000 audio experience to your pocket” say the company’s press release. We’ve heard a lot about Geek from our readers and friends across the water and so pleased it’s coming to European shores. Geek is a new brand from the people, LH Labs, […]
I thoroughly enjoyed the sheer energy and other-worldliness sci-fi themes of Omen Opus’ Archives album I reviewed a couple of months ago and so was really looking forward to giving this CD a spin. It’s labelled as a two disc EP Album and was released in May 2012 on the brilliantly named Monty Maggot Records. […]
There’s a slew of great disco albums being released at the moment and I reviewed Loleatta Holloway’s “Queen of the Night” only a short while ago – any excuse as I’m quite a fan of this dance music legend and pleased her music is being made available to a new and younger generation. This eponymous album […]
The DAC Box DS from Box Design by Pro-Ject Audio is a feature-filled Digital/Analogue converter with multiple filters, an informative screen and three high-quality connection options. Now, thanks to a free upgrade from Pro-Ject, the DAC Box DS is also capable of handling the increasingly popular DSD (Direct Stream Digital) file formats. DSD DSD is […]
Meridian Audio has announced the availability of three new Meridian DSP Digital Active Loudspeakers – Special Edition DSP8000 SE, DSP7200 SE and DSP5200 SE. 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of Meridian’s first digital loudspeaker – in fact the first digital loudspeaker in the world – the D600, in 1989. Honouring the 25th […]