The People Of High End Munich 2018
A truly great Hifi Show is as much about the amazing people you meet, often by chance. Here’s the lovely people we managed to snap during our visit; did we get you?
Tag: hi fi news
Aeron’s Tiny Hifi System
Aeron has launched what they say is the smallest Hifi system in the world, the Aeron C101 pre-amplifier/ headphone amplifier and Aeron P101 Class D Stereo Amplifier. Just connect to your source and speakers.
David Wilson’s Obituary
David Wilson, Hifi legend, co-founder of Wilson Audio and designer of some of the world’s most iconic loudspeakers, has sadly passed away. He will be greatly missed by all in the audio community and far beyond. The Hifi Pig team send our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
High End Munich 2018 Wrap Up Part One
Part one of Stuart’s wrap up of the High End Munich 2018 Show. Loads of great pictures of some of the best Hifi in the world.
Fink Team Launch Borg Speakers Launch
“I was very lucky to make it over to Munich this year in what is undoubtedly the best show in the calendar. More than ever there were more new manufacturers as well as the traditional names we have heard over the years. Fink Audio are one of the newer names in the street, though their […]
Pioneer Launches New AV Receivers
The Onkyo and Pioneer Corporation has launched the 9.2-Ch VSX-LX303 and VSX-LX503 AV Receivers.
Akiko Audio Castello Ground Conditioner
Whilst developing their Castello Ground Conditioner, Akiko Audio noticed that “a correctly applied ground has a major influence on the rendering quality of your music”.
GIK Launch Room Acoustics Virtualizer At High End Munich
Hifi Pig caught up with David Shevyn of GIK Europe at Munich High End and chatted about what I think is a great idea for those looking to add room treatment to their listening spaces.
The Tapeless Deck Project
The Tapeless Deck Project, in Poland, is converting vintage cassette recorders into unique music players.
ExaSound Announce PlayPoint DM Music Server And DAC
ExaSound Audio Design has announced their PlayPoint DM next-generation flagship music server and DAC. Combining a reference-grade 32-bit digital-to-analogue converter, balanced headphone amplifier and Roon-enabled music server in one component, the PlayPoint DM unites, say exaSound, “simplicity with sonic perfection”.
True Colour Industries Appoint Polish Distributor
UK cable and interconnect manufacturer True Colour Industries have announced that they have appointed Trimex, based in Warsaw, to represent them in Poland.
Can Jam Europe At High End Munich 2018
For the first time Munich High End also played host to Can Jam Europe. The event was held just over the road from the MOC and attracted more than 2000 people, proof indeed that the market for headphones and portable audio is continuing to be a healthy one. Here’s a photographic tour of the event […]
Linn Announces Support For Roon Across Entire Range
Linn has announced support for Roon across its entire family of Linn DS players, available to owners of every model since the launch of the first Klimax DS in 2007.
Audeze Release New LCD-4z Headphones
Audeze say that their new headphones are the ‘easy-to-drive version of the LCD-4’. They have a new look and greater efficiency, engineered with a new magnesium housing to produce a more light-weight headphone, but Audeze say that the LCD-4z maintains the sound signature of LCD-4.
Horn Loudspeakers At High End Munich
What more is there to add. A bit of a piece on horn loudspeakers we saw at High End in Munich and HIfi Deluxe…
High End Munich 2018 – High End Society Facts And Figures And Save The Date For Next Year!
High End Society’s press release summing up the facts and figures of the show, plus read on for the High End Munich 2019 date!
Keeping It Reel
In the last three years or so we have seen a steady increase in the number of reel to reel players at High End in Munich and it seems that more and more audiophiles are adopting the format despite the relatively small number of new releases on tape. Of course there are a handful of […]
Decks And The City
Turntables were absolutely everywhere at this year’s Munich High-End and so here are some of the ones that stood out on our travels around the show…with a handful from Audio-Deluxe thrown in for good measure. We have no way of seeing everything at the show and know we will have missed a good proportion but […]
IsoTek New Products Launched
IsoTek were launching several new products at the High End Show including the Gemini, Syncro Uni and the Evo3 Nova. Due to another appointment we couldn’t spend too much time at the launch but were very well looked after by Fi Hobden and her team, who even provided us with vegan canapés…much appreciated after a […]
Wilson Audio TuneTot Pictures
Wilson Audio unveiled a very small loudspeaker at this year’s High End Munich..we are much more used to seeing and hearing their big offerings (and they were represented in plenty of rooms) so it was quite a contrast to find the TuneTot on display.
Vivid Audio KAYA Launch
Vivid Audio say that their new KAYA range of loudspeakers is “Vivid in a more accessible format”. You get all the same GIYA technology inside a modern and more room friendly enclosure. The bass drivers have their own re-entrant exponential horn absorber, first found in the Laurence Dickie designed B&W Nautilus loudspeaker in the form […]
Dynaudio’s New Confidence Range Launches
According to the internets, Danish people are the happiest nationality in the world, hardly surprising when you look at some of the stunning Hifi brands that come from Denmark…plus Lego, let’s not forget Lego.
Focal Grande Utopia EM Evo And Stella Utopia EM Evo
French brand, Focal, used High End Munich 2018 to launch its new Grande Utopia EM Evo and Stella Utopia EM Evo loudspeakers. This was another highly popular launch with standing room only for a lot of the world’s Hifi press.
New Products From Chord Electronics
Chord Electronics certainly had the world’s Hifi Press beating a path to their door at High End Munich this year. Their room was so busy that some had to wait outside, luckily Hifi Pig was in there for a first glimpse of their new products. The full team were there and as always it was […]
McIntosh Announces New SACD/CD Player And Music Streamer
McIntosh has announced two new products: the MCD600 SACD/CD Player and MS500 Music Streamer.
Bowers & Wilkins To Launch New R&D Facility
Bowers & Wilkins is announcing the relocation of its research and development centre to a new and larger facility with ‘cutting-edge equipment and tools’. The move represents a significant investment to expand the team and accelerate the company’s ability to develop new capabilities that will drive innovation across its suite of home speakers, headphones and […]
The Final Countdown To High End Munich 2018
It’s nearly here! Audiophiles and exhibitors from all over the world are converging on the MOC for High End Munich 2018. The mammouth task of setting up hundreds of exhibits is beginning with les than 48hrs to go until the doors open on what promises to be an incredible show.
Gryphon Audio Designs Founder Flemming Erik Rasmussen Retires
After 33 years at the helm of iconic Danish High End brand Gryphon Audio Designs, Flemming Erik Rasmussen is withdrawing from the company he created almost unintentionally in 1985.
