Axpona 2019 took place at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center Schaumburg last weekend and Hifi Pig’s Ron Gruber was there for one of the days. Here we see a selection of photographs from the “biggest audio show in North America”.
Audiolab has extended its entry-level 6000 Series Hifi component range with the 6000N Play, a network audio player that adds wireless streaming facilities to any audio system.
Kimber Kable is 40 years old this year. To mark the occasion, Russ Andrews are introducing a one-off, limited edition version of Kimber’s PBJ analogue interconnect.
Klipsch has announced the opening of its own design competition for students and young designers under 30.
This year , visitors to High End Munich can once again look forward to a first-rate mix consisting of numerous events, many music demonstrations, exciting lectures, presentations, demonstrations and workshops, to be staged during the exhibition and featuring high-calibre presenters.
Focal, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and their sister company Naim will once again be at the High End Munich Hifi Show (9th -12th May 2019).
Cyrus Audio have released their soundBuds, wireless in-ear headphones. Using True Wireless Stereo, the soundBuds connect wirelessly to each other and to your mobile device.
There are just twenty six days to go until the doors open at High End Munich 2019!
MSB have had their Munich High-End system burning in and say “it is ready to be heard!”
Hifi Pig chats with Ricardo Franassovici, the founder and managing director of UK high-end distributor Absolute Sounds about what inspired him to launch the company, what high-end means to him and where he sees the future of high-end audio going.
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Dutch-American start-up, Primephonic, the classical music streaming service, has today rolled out an update to its app and desktop versions. Users will now be able to download personalised and pre-made playlists for easy and convenient offline listening.
Tubes, transistors, mosfets: discussions between audiophiles have long been about the question of what the best device to be interposed between preamplifier and loudspeakers is. Today semiconductor technology offers us equally valid alternatives, and the best option in the opinion of Italian brand Audiozen is the development of silicon carbide mosfets.
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The doors of the Schaumberg Hotel and Conference Centre open tomorrow for what is promising to be a fantastic AXPONA 2019. Catch up with the latest news in the run up to the show here!
Marantz have launched the Melody X, which Marantz say ”has been designed for the demanding modern audiophile”. It replaces a stereo receiver, CD player, and network audio player all in one compact cabinet.
LessLoss have paired their C-MARC cable technology with their Firewall 64X power conditioner. The upgrade includes four design improvements.
More news, exhibitors’ show locations and new product releases from AXPONA 2019, which runs over April 12-14th, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Centre, Chicago.
Thorens have just released the surprise news that they are launching a Reel to Reel tape machine, in partnership with the German company Ballfinger, but they also have some new turntables for you at this year’s High End Show in Munich.
Turntable manufacturer Thorens are opening a new chapter in the history of high quality analogue reproduction, with the introduction of their new tape machine, the TM 1600.
Audio Research has announced an SE update to the CD6 and Reference CD9 Transport/DAC.
First encountered by us at The Newcomers stand at High End Munich and gaining a name for themselves with their high-end DACs, the French startup B.audio have now got to work on a power amplifier, the B.amp.
Are you going to AXPONA 2019 this weekend in Chicago? Kicking off on Friday 12th it promises to be a fantastic show, here’s the latest news from the exhibitors to tempt you!
With the Alumine Three, Swiss HiFi manufacturer, Stenheim, say that they have distilled the quality of its Alumine Five speaker into a compact housing.
Chord Electronics has announced a new firmware update for Poly, the wireless streaming module for the Mojo DAC/headphone amp. The new firmware (V2.0.0), has been crowned ‘Poly 2’ in recognition of its wide-ranging improvements, which include Tidal and Qobuz support via popular third-party DLNA Apps.
Bryston has introduced native support for the Qobuz streaming music service as an available firmware update for Bryston’s BDP Music Players. Qobuz, the world’s first certified high-resolution (24-bit/up to 192 kHz) streaming service, enables users to stream uncompressed content from a library of over 40 million tracks. Qobuz first became available to European consumers in […]
With its new “PIEGA connect” hub interface, Swiss loudspeaker brand PIEGA is making it possible to connect its new active Premium Wireless loudspeakers to any audiophile source or multi-room system.
AXPONA 2019 starts this Friday in Chicago, USA. We’ve given you plenty of great reasons to visit the show, but here are some more with the latest news from some more of the exhibitors.
