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Neil Young’s Pono Latest News

Hifi Pig has been keen on keeping readers abreast of the news regarding Neil Young’s Pono and it seems like we are about to see some action on this long overdue project. To be honest we at Hifi Pig thought that Pono was never likely to see the light of day but it seems like […]

Album Reviews

Slowly Rolling Camera – Slowly Rolling Camera

Slowly Rolling Camera is a British four piece band made up of Dionne Bennett (lyrics and vocals), Deri Roberts (sound design, electronics, trombone, additional saxophone and production), Elliot Bennett (drums and drum programming) and Dave Stapleton who is the composer as well as playing keys. There’s a whole host of other contributing musicians on the […]

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New Installation Loudpeakers from KEF

KEF has announced that its new Ci200RR-THX Custom Installation loudspeaker is available to order from consumers and installers. Ci200RR-THX is an in-ceiling speaker certified to THX ULTRA2 standard.  A thorough understanding of the film-making process and surround sound is at the very heart of every THX certified 2.1, 5.1 and 7.1 speaker system and the […]

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Krell Launches iBias High-Efficiency Class A Amplifiers

Krell has announced what it is saying is the most revolutionary design change in its 33-year history: iBias™, a patent-pending new technology that uses the Class A circuitry yet consumes far less energy than a traditional Class A amplifier does. “Because iBias technology eliminates crossover distortion, it allows the low-level details, subtleties and spatiality of […]

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Cyrus Audio Announce Stream X Signature

Cyrus Audio announces a new music streaming component to join its premium Signature Series range for 2014.  Cyrus announces the Stream X Signature; a music streamer which Technical Director Peter Bartlett claims provides “unparalleled sonic performance”. “Combining compatibility with high resolution audio formats and the most advanced audio engineering, Stream X Signature is intended to […]

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McIntosh Launch MA8000 Integrated Amplifier

McIntosh Laboratory has launched the MA8000, a new 300-watt integrated amplifier complete with a five-input DAC for digitally connected devices, a headphone output, and for vinyl lovers, a fully adjustable dedicated MM and MC phono stage. Intended as an audiophile system ‘hub’, the new MA8000 offers D/A decoding at up to 32-bit/192kHz for up to […]

Hifi Shows Industry Insider

Scalford Hifi Show 2014

Spring is in the air! – well, at least it seems to be thinking about it after a mild but horribly wet winter here in the UK.  So it’s time for the annual enthusiast’s show at Scalford Hall in the depths of the Leicestershire countryside in the UK, this being the Show’s 6th successive year.

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Classic British Hifi Brand Nytech Back in Business

Nytech Audio, world renowned in the 70s and 80s for producing quality British hi-fi at affordable prices is back in business thanks to the tenacity of a former senior BBC engineer. The new range of Nytech Audio hi-fi equipment was launched at the recent Sound & Vision the Bristol Show and proved to be popular […]

Munich High End 2014

Munich High End 2014 – High End On Wheels

Everyone knows that the Munich High End show is a Mecca for all things audio and hifi and Hifi Pig is sure that the 2014 show will be equally as entertaining and informative on this level as other years. However, never one to stand on its laurels, Munich High End 2014 will also allow visitors […]

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Munich High End 2014 – High End On Wheels

Everyone knows that the Munich High End show is a Mecca for all things audio and hifi and Hifi Pig is sure that the 2014 show will be equally as entertaining and informative on this level as other years. However, never one to stand on its laurels, Munich High End 2014 will also allow visitors […]

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Hifi Review – Amptastic Mini-1 Amplifier

The Amptastic Mini-1 amplifier is a diminutive little amplifier that costs just £99. Hifi Pig reviewer Jerry enjoyed the company’s previous amplifier a great deal and so it was with a great deal of anticipation that we awaited the delivery of their latest amplifier. “As with the Mini-T, the Mini-1 is based on the superbly […]

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Audio Show Brighton 2014

NuNu Distribution got in touch to tell Hifi Pig about a hifi show that will be happening in Brighton (UK) at the end of this month. The show which will be running Saturday 29th March (9am- 7pm) and Sunday 30th March (9am -6pm)  will take place at the Hilton Metropole Hotel.  One of UK’s South […]

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Monolit-Speakers Concrete Loudspeakers

Swedish manufacturer Monolit-Speakers make some interesting looking loudspeakers…made out of concrete. Their latest loudspeaker based loosely on the Visaton Solo 50 but in that concrete housing is their first floorstander and comes with crossover components, cables and terminals supplied by Mundorf. The whole loudspeakers measures 972cm x 282 x 352 and weighs in at 75kg […]

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Pro-Ject 1 Xpression Carbon UKX Turntable

Henley Designs, exclusive UK distributors for Pro-Ject Audio Systems, are releasing a UK exclusive version of this popular Pro-Ject Carbon turntable, in the form of the 1 Xpression Carbon UKX. The 1 Xpression Carbon UKX advances on the current model with an acrylic platter upgrade that is said to help elevate the performance of the […]

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German Physiks and Esoteric Join Forces at Munich High End 2014

More news from Munich High-End 2014 and this time from the guys at German Physiks whose Unlimited Mk2 loudspeakers we reviewed in 2013. They’ve contacted Hifi Pig to announce that they will be using a full suite of Esoteric’s new flagship Grandioso electronics in their room at the Munich High End Show in May this […]