After the release of their three open backed headphones, Elear and Utopia in 2016, then Clear in Focal set itself a new challenge: to integrate the best of its technologies into a closed-back solution. The result is the Focal Elegia.
Melco will be providing the (audiophile-quality) music at two high-end audio listening events in the UK this week. Melco’s high-performance storage devices (we use one here at Hifi Pig Towers) are being used at Winchester Hi-Fi’s Melco Product Presentation on October the 11th (6.30 p.m. until 9.30 p.m.) and Acoustic Streams’ two-day open event (Friday […]
Audio Concierge are now selling a universal in-ear monitor made of silver; the new Vision Ears Erlkönig. For Cologne-based Vision Ears, the Erlkönig represents the culmination of five years’ work.
The Prelude is a new and, say the European manufacturer, more affordable turntable. It features a heavy aluminium platter, a low-tolerance (0.01) polished stainless steel spindle in a soft bronze bushing, an ultra-dense MDF plinth coated with eight layers of lacquer, a freestanding isolated drive motor 100% disconnected from the plinth, a precision diamond-cut pulley, […]
Sonus faber will celebrate 35 years of music at this year’s Rocky Mountain International Audio Fest at the Denver Marriott Tech in the McIntosh Area (Rooms 5002, 2024).
NAD will be exhibiting at the RMAF in Denver, Colorado October 5th -7th, 2018. Along with sister brands PSB and Bluesound, they can be found in Room 8021 in the Tower and in A23 of the Atrium section of CanJam.
Amadeus of Paris, France, has begun shipping its passive version of their Philharmonia speakers, co-designed by architect Jean Nouvel.
HBH Woolacotts is staging Cornwall’s first ever premium Hifi and home audio event this October; The Cornwall Hifi Show will be held on Thursday 18th October at the Royal Cornwall Showground Pavilion Centre, Wadebridge.
Kicking off tomorrow at the Denver Marriott Tech Centre in Colorado, RMAF is one of the major Hifi Shows in the USA. There are stacks of exhibitors and plenty of new product launches…here’s a roundup of the latest pre-show news!
September was a very busy month here at Hifi Pig Towers, we were out and about seeing the Hifi Lounge Radical SR1 car (who we sponsor) race at Donnington, we popped up to Glasgow to visit Linn and experience their new Selekt DSM Network Music Player and finally we had a trip to London for […]
At the Rocky Mountain Audiofest this week in Denver, Voxativ GmbH is marking the US debut of the new T805 SET Integrated Amplifier. This is the Berlin born brand’s first higher-powered 30W x 2 tube integrated amplifier.
Chord Electronics’ new M Scaler and Hugo TT 2 make their US debuts at the Rocky Mountain International Audio Fest 2018.
Von Schweikert Audio will premier their newest ULTRA 9 flagship reference loudspeaker in the Maroon Peak ballroom at this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.
The ABYSS Diana luxury line of headphones was launched in early 2018. ABYSS has now produced a second higher performance Diana version that incorporates the Phi planar speakers from their flagship AB-1266 Phi CC.
Black Cat Cable has announced the launch of its entry-level line of handcrafted cables called Coppertone.
The ex-BBC sound engineers behind Leema are bring their handmade-in-Wales hifi to Denver for the Rocky Mountain show this year.
After six years in Windsor, the Hifi Show Live will move to a new venue in 2019, at Royal Ascot. Show Organiser, Editorial Director of AVTech Media and President of EISA, Paul Miller commented on the Show’s expansion:
Elite Audio have announced that they are now the official UK distributors of PLiXiR Power. The Singaporean manufacturer becomes the 39th brand to be distributed by Elite Audio.
Auralic will be partnering with Parasound and Cabaase at the Festival of Sound taking place this weekend, 28th – 30 September at the Novotel Hotel, Hammersmith in London.
Kudos Audio has unveiled a brand new member of its flagship Titan series of loudspeakers. Previewed at the 2018 Bristol Sound & Vision Show, the Titan 505 is a standmount model designed to deliver stunning, top-of-range performance to a wider reach of spaces and budgets.
Britain’s Chord Company, will (world) debut three brand new products at Festival of Sound this weekend; Friday 28th to Sunday 30th September.
Zesto Audio has announced the world premiere of their newest product, the Andros Deluxe Phonostage. This product will debut at the annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Denver, Colorado USA, October 5th – 7th 2018 in exhibit room 7009 at the Marriott Tech Center.
Scottish audio-visual cable manufacturer, Atlas Cables, has appointed MIAN Audio Distribution as UK sales agents for its complete range of specialist Hifi and AV cable solutions.
Auralic and Innuos Surrey based dealer, Ultimate Stream, have teamed up with their friends at Native DSD to offer 10 free Native DSD downloads, worth up to £300, with each Auralic G1 and G2 Series product or the Innuos ZEN Mk3, ZENith Mk3 and Statement music servers purchased during October and November 2018 (conditions apply).
Connected Distribution, UK distributor for Parasound, is launching a charity auction in conjunction with the well-known rock star and platinum-selling artist, Fish, enabling one lucky person to win a complete system signed by the man himself. Fish’s chosen charity, Chest Heart Stroke Scotland, will benefit from 100% of the proceeds of the auction which is for […]
We brought you the news last week of Audiolab’s new 6000A integrated amplifier, now Audiolab have released their 6000CDT which they say is the 6000A’s ideal CD-playing companion.
Dynaudio, the Danish loudspeaker manufacturer, has launched Xeo 10, the successor to the Xeo 2 wireless active bookshelf speaker. The Xeo 10’s 14cm MSP woofer system has been reworked to enhance bass and lower-midrange performance. The 28mm soft-dome tweeter is the same design featured on the Xeo 2.
Henley Audio have announced two more special edition styli are coming to the Ortofon 2M range of moving magnet cartridges. After the earlier release of the Stylus 2M Blue 100 (February 2018), Ortofon have now unveiled the Stylus 2M Bronze 100 and Stylus 2M Black 100.
