Shanling Q1 Retro-Styled Portable Music Player
In the world of portable music players, it’s all about strict minimalist design on one side and opulent technical extravagance on the other. Shanling Audio is setting a new trend with their new Q1.
Tag: headphones
The Hifi Pig Christmas Gift Guide 2019
Advertising Promotion Are you getting ready for Christmas and want to put some fantastic gifts under the tree for the audiophile in your life, or maybe you want to do a little shopping for yourself? Take a look at what suggestions our carefully selected advertisers have for you in the Hifi Pig Christmas Gift Guide […]
Focal Launches Symphonie 40th High End Headphone Set
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Focal, the French manufacturer, has developed a collection of some special products. The final ‘wonder’ of this special and limited collection is the Symphonie 40th, which is a luxury case that comes complete with the high-end Made in France Utopia and Stellia headphones.
Klipsch Audio And McLaren Racing Announce Partnership
Klipsch has become the official headphone and portable audio partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team.
Gold Note DS10 Streamer/DAC/Pre-amplifier/Headphone Amp
Fresh out of Florence, Gold Note’s new Streamer/DAC aims to bring versatility and sophistication to your digital setup. John Scott sets out to see if it succeeds in this, the first English language review of this product.
Cleer Release FLOW II Noise Canceling Headphones With Google Assistant Interface
Cleer, a headphone manufacturer based in San Diego, has added to its line-up of headphones by launching FLOW II to sit alongside the first FLOW model. FLOW II offers wireless hybrid noise-canceling as well as a Google Assistant voice interface.
Audio Video Show Warsaw 2019 – The Millennial Scribbler’s View
Hifi Pig’s very own Millennial Scribbler, Harry Smith, gives us a younger view of the Audio Video Show Warsaw 2019.
Astell&Kern Launches SA700 Portable Hi Res Music Player
Astell&Kern has introduced a new portable hi-res player inspired by the company’s AK120 from 2013.
MrSpeakers Changes Name To Dan Clark Audio And Launches Aeon 2 Headphones
The audio company previously known as MrSpeakers is now called Dan Clark Audio.
Burson Release Conductor 3X Reference Balanced DAC/Headamp/Preamp
The new Burson Conductor 3X Reference is fully balanced with one DAC chip per channel. Top-quality components are used throughout including Neutrik XLR connectors.
Shipibo.audio At Warsaw Hifi Show 2019
Shipibo.audio modify headphones and manufacture custom headphones, headphone parts and accessories (mainly for Grado Labs headphones).
oBravo Launch Cupid Basic Planar IEM
oBravo has announced that it has released a new earphone, which they say is their “ultimate value proposition”; the ‘Cupid’ Basic.
Feliks Audio At Warsaw Audio Video Show
Feliks Audio, the Polish boutique tube amps manufacturer, will showcase their full headphone amplifiers line up at next week’s show, including the latest flagship model, the 20th Anniversary edition Euforia.
Bird’s Eye View Of The Paris Audio Video Show 2019
The Paris Audio Video Show has grown from what was the Son et Image show, which we had attended a few times over the past years. Last year it was given a revamp and became a two-venue show, so this year we decided that we would give it another visit, and very pleased we were […]
Shanling UP4 Balanced Hi-Res Bluetooth Amplifier
Founded in 1988, Shenshen and Dongguang based Shanling Audio has been designing and manufacturing a range of Hifi products for over 30 years and are being well known for their valve-based products.
Audeze Announces The LCD-1 Compact Reference Headphone
Audeze, the California based headphone manufacturer, has announced a new reference audio headphone, the Audeze LCD-1.
IFi Launch ZEN DAC
Hot on the heels of the announcement of the release of the iFi ZEN Blue hi-res Bluetooth streamer, iFi expands the ZEN family of desktop-sized audio products with the ZEN DAC, a USB DAC/headphone amp.
Dense Launch Adapt Reference Audio DAC
San Jose-based audio team Dense has created the ‘Adapt Reference’ audio DAC, a portable audio performance boost device for smartphones and personal computers.
Hifiman Release Ananda-BT High-Res Bluetooth Headphone
Hifiman has released a new wireless version of its Ananda open-back planar headphone, giving listeners the option to stream from phones, digital audio players, and other portable devices at bit rates up to 24Bit, 96kHz.
Bird’s Eye View Of The XFi Premium Audio Show 2019
It’s always fun to visit a new-to-us Hifi Show and we had been thinking about going to XFi, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, for the last two or three years, but unfortunately, it clashed with Festival of Sound in London. This year, however, we planned to get there for one day but then, as FOS was […]
Bowers & Wilkins New Range Of Wireless Headphones
Bowers & Wilkins’ have launched their newest line of 2019 headphones, with custom-designed drivers developed specifically for each headphone-wearing style, from the 43mm drivers in the top-of-the-line Over-Ear PX7, to the dual hybrid drivers in the In-Ear PI3.
Puro Sound Labs JuniorJams Bluetooth Headphones For Kids
Do your kids use headphones? Have you thought about whether the ones they use are safe for their hearing? There is a current trend for headphones designed especially for kids, that have their volume limited to what has been deemed a safe level, although experts warn that listening times should still be limited.
XFi Premium Audio Show 2019
We are very much looking forward to visiting Eindhoven in The Netherlands for the XFi Premium Audio Show next week. We are the official Media Partner for this independent Benelux show, which has been running since 2010.
Headfi and Static Stands At Rocky Mountain Audio Fest
A quick scoot around the static stands and headfi room at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.
oBravo Launch Cupid Planar Technology Earphones
The team at oBravo has announced that they are releasing anew earphone called ‘Cupid’.
Mitchell & Johnson To Close
Following unprecedented consumer confidence challenges pre-Brexit, Mitchell & Johnson is to close.
Atlas Cables Introduces Zeno Harmonic Headphone Cable
Atlas Cables have expanded its headphone cable range with the new Zeno Harmonic. This new cable is aimed at the high-end market as a step up from what headphone manufacturers supply and the Zeno cables launched back in 2015.
New Wireless Ine Ears From Audio-Technica
At IFA 2019 Audio-Technica is introducing its ATH-CKS5TW and its ATH-CK3TW wireless in-ear headphones.
