FOLLOWING ITS MUNICH LAUNCH ELAC HAS ANNOUNCED THE AVAILABILITY OF THE ELAC MIRACORD 80 TURNTABLE Continuing its tradition of building turntables that started in 1948, the Miracord 80, which was previewed at High End Munich, is the brand’s latest range-topping vinyl source.
AIDA ACOUSTICS LAUNCH NEW SEMI ACTIVE SPEAKERS AT WARSAW HIFI SHOW High End Polish HiFi brand Aida Acoustics will launch a new loudspeaker at the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2022.
THE TECHNICS SL-G700M2 IS THE BRAND’S NEW GENERATION OF NETWORK MULTI-DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER Technics has announced the SL-G700M2, the successor to the SL-G700 network/Super Audio CD player and available in November.
JOIN CHORD ELECTRONICS AS THEY TAKE ULTIMA AMPLIFIERS ON TOUR AROUND UK DEALERS Chord Electronics’ latest analogue amplifiers are hitting the road, touring UK dealers this autumn.
GOLD NOTE AT THE WARSAW SHOW WITH NEW ITALIAN HIFI Visitors to Europe’s second biggest Hifi Show, Audio Video Show Warsaw 2022 will have the opportunity to hear products from the Italian HiFi brand Gold Note.
ELECTROCOMPANIET AW 800 M POWER AMPLIFIER NOW IN PRODUCTION Following the announcement and launch of the Electrocompaniet AW 800 M Power Amplifier at High End Munich 2022, the amp is in production in Norway and pricing has been revealed.
ALTA AUDIO TITANIUM HESTIA II NEW THREE-WAY FLOOR STANDING SPEAKER LAUNCHED Building on Alta Audio’s original Reference Floorstanding tower speaker, the new three-way floor standing Alta Audio Titanium Hestia II features new titanium former for enhanced dynamics.
OPPO COMMISSION RESEARCH INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE OPPO has commissioned research, carried out by Mortar Research, of 2,000 British people in April 2022, to show how important music is in the lives of British people.
THE AUDIOLAB DC BLOCK 6 SERVES A FULL HIFI SYSTEM WITH REBALANCED POWER The Audiolab DC Block 6 is designed to remove RFI/EMI whilst banishing ‘DC on the mains’, delivering rebalanced power for up to six separate components in an audio or AV system.
A TRUE ANALOGUE HIFI STEREO SYSTEM IN A BOX The Pro-Ject Colourful Audio System is a matched, pre-packaged audio system.
CANJAM DATES FOR 2023 ANNOUNCED CanJam headphone audio show has announced its annual shows for 2023.
DUTCH AUDIO EVENT 2022 PLAYLIST (QOBUZ) Would you like to know which brands played what music at the Dutch Audio Event 2022? Well look no further as HiFi Pig has put together a Qobuz playlist of many of the tunes we heard at this year’s excellent Dutch Audio Event.
VITUS AUDIO EVENT ON FRIDAY 20TH JANUARY AT MIDLAND AUDIO XCHANGE Continuing Midland Audio Xchange’s series of events highlighting their portfolio of high-end audio brands, this coming January they present a Vitus Audio Event at their showroom, with the UK Vitus Distributor AIRT.
HIFI PIG RETURNS FOR PART 2 OF OUR COVERAGE OF THE FANTASTIC DUTCH AUDIO EVENT HELD IN EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS Wrapping up HiFi Pig’s coverage of the excellent Dutch Audio Event, Eric van Spelde takes a look around the last of the rooms.
KALISTA & AUDIRVANA ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP AROUND THE NEW DREAMPLAY X The two French HiFi brands, Kalista and Audirvana, are joining forces on Kalista’s DreamPlay X to offer customers a ‘digital experience that matches the product’s sound and aesthetic quality’.
UK AUDIO SHOW 2022 DAVENTRY Ian Ringstead attends the UK Audio Show 2022 in Daventry for a look around.
LINN SELEKT DSM ECOSYSTEM GETS NEW MODULAR PRODUCT UPGRADES Linn has made sustainability a cornerstone of their product offering for decades, with products that can be upgraded over time, as technology advances.
HIFI PIG RETURNS TO THE FANTASTIC DUTCH AUDIO EVENT HELD IN EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS The Dutch Audio Event, previously known as XFi is held annually in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Because of Covid restrictions, HiFi Pig last attended in 2019, so we were very excited about returning for the 2022 Show. All photos and content are […]
INNUOS SHOWCASES PULSE SERIES NETWORK MUSIC PLAYERS AT THE DUTCH AUDIO EVENT It’s been quite a year for the Innuos Pulse series since its debut in May 2022 at High End Munich, the Pulse has been from Washington State, USA to Cranage, UK and all points between.
VERY FINE SOLUTIONS BRING A FULL THRAX SYSTEM TO THE DAE Very Fine Solutions is the Benelux Distributor for MSB, Thrax, and Russell K and the BE-LUX distributor for Artnovion and Synergistic Research.
JAMO REVEALS A FRESH STRATEGY, BRAND REDESIGN, AND A NEW SPEAKER RANGE Established in 1968 in Glyngore, Denmark, by two brothers-in-law, Preben Jacobsen and Julius Mortensen, the two men used the first two letters of their surnames to form the company moniker: Jacobsen + Mortensen = JAMO.
432 EVO LAUNCHES AEON AND MASTER MK3 REVISIONS AT THE DUTCH AUDIO EVENT 2022 This month 432 EVO will boost the 432 EVO MASTER and AEON music servers to the new MK3 edition.
STEP UP TO AUDIO SHOW DELUXE 2023 The organisers of AUDIO SHOW DELUXE 2023 at Whittlebury Park have announced that all the available suites for the event are now filled and have given us a sneak peek of the companies confirmed and taking part so far. Take a look!
FALCON ACOUSTICS LAUNCH ‘M’ RANGE LOUDSPEAKERS Known for its faithful recreations of the iconic LS3/5a, Falcon Acoustics has announced the new five-strong Falcon Acoustics M Range of loudspeakers.
COSMOTRON 130 AND COSMOTRON 50 BRONZE LOUDSPEAKERS ARE WORKS OF ART MADE IN WALES The Cosmotron project was conceived some years ago, with the aim to create high-quality loudspeakers that not only produce excellent sound, but are also beautiful, and exquisitely engineered. The speakers are sculptures, works of art in their own right.
THE WAM SHOW 2022 Ian Ringstead pops along to Stoke where he visited a HiFi show with a difference, the WAM Show – a show very much for (and by) amateur HiFi enthusiasts and their friends.
NORTH WEST AUDIO SHOW 2023 SIXTY EXHIBITORS NOW CONFIRMED With less than 250 days to go until the fabulously popular North West Audio Show at De Vere Cranage Estate, Cheshire, the organisers of the show have announced today that sixty exhibitors have already confirmed their involvement.
FRENCH HIFI BRAND LAUNCH FOCAL BATHYS BLUETOOTH ANC HEADPHONES Focal Bathys are the French brand’s first-ever HiFi Bluetooth and ANC headphones.