Burson have introduced two new products aimed squarely at the headfi marketplace, the Burson Conductor SL9018 (pictured) and the Conductor SL1793. The Conductor SL9018 is a streamlined version of the company’s already well established Conductor whilst the Conductor SL1793 is an enhanced version of Burson’s HA-160D. The SL9018 will retail for $1550 whilst the SL1793 […]
True to the motto “After the HIGH END is before the HIGH END”, the course has already been set for the next HIGH END show and the dates have now been fixed: 15 to 18 May 2014 in the MOC Munich. Read Hifi Pig’s final show report of Munich High End 2013 and other coverage […]
The Final Report Well there’s a massive amount to see at Munich High End and there’s no way that we could have hoped to have visited every room and every exhibitor but we did see a lot and we did manage to spend time listening in many of the rooms. Overall we thought the show […]
In part 5 of the show report from Munich High End 2013 we have a listen to the new Gryphon Audio Trident II loudspeakers, have a chat with Norbert Lehmann from Lehmann Audio and have a chat with newcomers Van de Leur who are launching a new valve pre and class D power amp. We […]
Linette has finished her “Birds Eye View” of the Munich High End Show and you can now read the final part of her report on Munich High End 2013. I’ve written Munich High End Show report Part 3 and Munich High End Show report part 4 but there is still much more to add […]
We’ll come back to the main listening rooms in the next installment of the show report from Munich High End but in this part we’ll look at some of the exhibitors who had taken static stands and were not actually playing any music or we were unable to get a listen. There is some stunning […]
We received a press release from Sonance about an interesting looking hifi set up for use in the garden. The SonArray garden sound system by Sonance comes packaged in a single box with eight horn-shaped SR1 satellites and an underground subwoofer (should keep the moles at bay too).The simple daisy-chained loudspeakers attach to any standard […]
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. ‘Turn it up, bring the noise’ It’s Saturday already so time to pack our bags, eat another huge breakfast and set off for our last day at the show. The fantastic staff at the NH München Deutscher Kaiser are looking after our bags […]
In part 3 of my coverage of the Munich High End there were a few surprises in store for me and not least in the guise of the Living Voice room which completely turned around my opinions on the company’s loudspeakers, so perhaps this is where I should start.
Welcome to the second instalment of Hifi Pig’s show report from the Munich High End show 2013 where we’ll focus on another handful of the rooms we were able to visit and listen to.
You can read the second installment of Linette’s views on the Munich High End show, “A Bird’s Eye View”, where she’ll be talking about what stood out at the show for her. Brands she discusses include Thoress who make some interesting looking valve amplifiers, German Physiks and their omnidirectional loudspeakers, Vexo amplifiers, Lehmann Audio and […]
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. ‘Oh no, it’s raining again’ Friday dawns and I’m feeling totally refreshed after a great night’s sleep at the München Deutscher Kaiser. NH hotels have their beds specially made and they are very, very comfortable.
Legacy Audio, based in Springfield USA, premiered their Aeris loudspeaker to the European market at the Munich High End show 2013. It’s a bold yet elegant looking loudspeaker and is packed with tech’. While touting 24-bit DSP and 1kwatts of internal bass power, the upper portion of Aeris is open-air dipole which the company says […]
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. Linette (Mrs Hifi Pig) gives her opinions and perspectives of the Munich High End show in a series of articles written from a woman’s perspective. Find out what she enjoyed on the first day of the Munich High End show in part one […]
Bird: UK slang meaning a woman/wife/girlfriend, synonyms: broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. At Hifipig.com we have a lot to say about the Munich 2013 show, but I wanted to give you my views, as a first timer who isn’t a techy, doesn’t necessarily know all the science bit but knows a good sound when she […]