New Denon HEOS Home Cinema Soundbar System
Denon have announced the new HEOS HomeCinema HS2 wireless soundbar and subwoofer system, the latest addition to their HEOS wireless multi-room range.
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Focal Listen Wireless Chic Headphones
Focal has introduced Blue, Olive and Purple designs to their Listen Wireless Line to provide “Chic options”. The French headphone and speaker manufacturer who debuted Rose Gold and Cobalt Blue in 2017, for wired and wireless earphone designs Spark and Sphear S, has chosen early spring as the season to launch the Blue, Olive and […]
Naim’s Three New Network Players
Naim has revealed details of its new ND 555 (£12,999) Network Player alongside the new NDX 2 (£4999) and a ND 5 XS 2 (£1999). So why a new 500 Series product now? The answer is quite simple; until now Naim hasn’t considered the performance of its Network Players to reach that of the CD555 CD […]
‘Wheelchair For Ricky’ Update 2018
You may remember that back in 2016 we started a fundraiser to help to buy a new wheelchair for young audiophile and Hifi Pig reader, Ricky Sterling. The crowdfunding raffle was supported amazingly by both the Hifi industry who donated many prizes, and you, our wonderful readers. The made-to-measure wheelchair was delivered to Ricky in […]
Top 10 Things To Experience At Axpona, 13-15 April 2018
Are you off to the AXPONA show? Here’s the top 10 reasons that you should be. Now in its 9th year, AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) continues to grow in popularity with audiophiles, music lovers, musicians and seasoned audio experts looking to enhance their Listening Room, Media Room or Home Office with the latest technology […]
Roon Launch Nucleus And Nucleus+ Servers
Since its introduction in 2015, Roon has, they say, ‘transformed the experience of browsing music’. Artist photos, credits, bios, reviews, lyrics, tour dates and composers are located automatically within the software and then interconnected by links to build a searchable digital magazine for your music collection. Roon finds all the same links between your personal […]
pNEUANCE Audio pNEUPOD NP-1 Isolation Device
The pNEUPOD NP-1 is a pneumatic isolation device developed by pNEUANCE Audio. This product uses air compression as its major isolation method. The rubber diaphragm contains the air and allows it to isolate in all planes.
Cambridge Audio Celebrate 50 Years With Edge
The Edge series, from UK hifi brand Cambridge Audio, represents the culmination of 50 years of audio engineering and a completely new design, that has taken over three years for the nine-person in-house engineering team to complete. Cambridge Audio wanted to keep the signal path short across the series. Only 14 components feature in the signal […]
Nile Rodgers Appointed Chief Creative Advisor At Abbey Road
Symbolic of a new era at London’s Abbey Road Studios, multiple Grammy Award winning producer, guitarist, arranger, composer and Hifi Pig favourite Nile Rodgers (of The CHIC Organization) has been appointed to the specially created role of Chief Creative Advisor at the Studios.
DigiBit Introduces Aria Piccolo+ Music Server
DigiBit has introduced the aria piccolo+, the third generation of their aria piccolo+ music server series. Digibit launched the first generation of aria piccolo in 2015, they say the new version is ‘very much enhanced’.
High End Munich 2018 Presentations And Workshops
There are plenty of presentations and workshops going on at High End Munich 2018, check these out and see what takes your fancy!
Elipson’s New Music Centre With HD Playback And Google Chromecast Audio
Elipson has announced the launch of the Music Centre Black edition featuring Bluetooth HD wireless and Google’s Chromecast Audio. Design by Jean-Yves Le Porcher, this new version of their Music Centre has a black satin finish chassis for the circular case, and a touch sensitive user interface under the CD slot.
DS Audio Stylus Cleaner ST-50
DS Audio, known for their optical cartridges, first introduced the ST-50 Stylus cleaner at CES 2018.
New Audio-Hungary Qualiton APX 200 Vacuum Tube Power Amplifier
Audio-Hungary have released their new, upgraded Qualiton APX 200 vacuum tube stereo power amplifier, with new features that were added after customer feedback. Only minor changes to the vents were made on the outside for optimised cooling and to keep the classic design. Most changes were made inside.
Tutti Studio Matti Portable Speaker
Tutti Studio, an audio entertainment company who say that they are “focused around the social party scene”, have announced their new wireless party speaker, the Matti which aims to serve as the modern day boombox.
C SEED Compact Giant Screens And Retractable Speakers
We don’t usually bring you news about massive TV screens but the new range from C SEED caught our eye.
Scansonic New MK-5 Stand-mount Loudspeaker
Danish Scansonic are the sister company of Danish brand Raidho. Scansonic’s new MK-5 is a compact two-way mini-monitor, featuring the same sealed ribbon planar magnetic tweeter found in the brand’s Raidho-inspired M-series.
New Launches For Linn’s Katalyst DAC Architecture
Linn has launched their new Akurate range with the addition of Katalyst DAC Architecture to the Akurate DS, Akurate DSM and Akurate Exaktbox.
Aqua La Voce S3 Discrete DAC Upgrade
Aqua, of Milan, Italy, produce the La Voce DAC which is a modular design. They have just announced the new D/A conversion module for La Voce S3 with Discrete R2R Ladder DAC architecture.
New Clearaudio Tracer Tonearm
German turntable brand, Clearaudio, has announced the Tracer radial tonearm, taking the company’s family of radial and tangential arms ten.
Goebel High End Release Epoque Aeon Loudspeakers
Goebel have been producing their Epoque loudspeaker series since its launch around 6 years ago. They have been working on a new version, soon to be unveiled, the Epoque Aeon.
Feliks Audio’s New Echo Headphone Amplifier
Feliks Audio has just launched a new entry level headphone amplifier called Echo, a “back to basics” headphone amp which can drive mid to high impedance headphones. It also has a fully protected pre-amp functionality.
Brainwavz S0 IEM Noise Isolating Earphones Released
Brainwavz has released its S0 IEM noise isolating earphones. The S0 IEM are the latest in the Brainwavz range of over 25 earphones and headphones.
Hifi Pig Free E-magazine – Download Now!
Each month we bring you the fantastic, and free Hifi Pig E-magazine. The whole month in an easy to read format with exclusive new content. This month there is an in-depth interview with Holger Fromme of German Horn manufacturer, Avantgarde Acoustic.
Audeze Launch Mobius Headphones
Audeze, the American headphone manufacturer, are best known for their audiophile, planar magnetic headphones and in-ear monitors. However, now they have moved into the gaming world with their new, crowd-funded Mobius headphones.
Denon Release AVC-X8500H 13 Channel AV Amplifier
Denon is introducing a pure AV-Amplifier after a long absence from the AV market. This will be the first AV-Amplifier Denon have released since their AVC-A1HDA back in 2009. The AVC-X8500H is a 13.2 channel AV Amplifier and features Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and Auro 3D surround decoding, with 13 channels of built-in amplification.
TAGA Harmony TTA-500 Valve Amplifier Released
TAGA Harmony have released their second vacuum tube amplifier, the TTA-500.
Black Cat Releases Lupino Cable
Black Cat Cable has launched their Lupino cable, a word which means “Little Wolf” in Italian, as a trickled-down version of their “Lupo” interconnect.