Meridian has today announced the appointment of John Buchanan to the role of Chief Executive. John has been part of Meridian’s management team since 2007 and has worked globally across all areas of the company’s business. Bob Stuart, Chairman at Meridian, observed ‘John has proven himself to be a strong organisational leader in his role […]
Danish manufacturers Gamut have unveiled the latest editions of their flagship loudspeakers: the Revised Superior Series, along with a new distribution model for the UK market. Previewed at a number of audio shows in the latter part of 2013, the new Revised Superior (or RS) Series is available in all four models: the RS3, RS5, […]
Roksan Audio and Henley Designs Ltd. have announced the introduction of a series of packages that offer huge savings on Roksan’s K2 range of hi-fi separates. Having previously offered similar packages with the superseded Kandy range, this new offering reflects the various system options prospective K2 owners have. From June 2014, the following twin packs […]
Cary Audio contacted Hifi Pig with the news that they have introduced a new preamp to their range. The Cary Audio SL-100 dual mono solid state preamplifier combines low noise, low distortion and ease of use, making it an “excellent preamplifier choice for your home audio system” says Cary’s latest press release. It’s an all […]
Doug Brady hi-fi will be exhibiting the new Super HL5-plus monitor from renowned British loudspeaker manufacturer Harbeth at the Cranage Hall Show Nr Knutsford in Cheshire on Sunday the 15th June This will be the first opportunity to hear the new model of the speaker in the north of England. Hifi Pig reviewed the previous […]
The Chord Company has made a minor name change to its Ethernet cable range. All existing Ethernet cables will be renamed ‘streaming cables’. The move has been implemented to recognise the cables’ primary intended usage. The following cables will be renamed ‘streaming’ instead of ‘Ethernet’: Chord C-stream streaming cable (£40, 0.75m) Chord Indigo Tuned ARAY […]
The Neutral Cable USB DH (Dual Head) is a USB cable with separated 5V power supply aimed at further improving USB DAC and USB/SPDIF converters performance using a dedicated power supply. This USB cable has the power conductors (5V and ground) completely separated from the data conductors and each group of conductors is terminated with […]
Hifi Pig’s coverage of the High End Munich hifi show has started. You can read all about it by following the link or clicking on the image to the right. We’ve got loads of pictures to add over the next few days as well as what we thought about the show. Always popular is Linette’s […]
McIntosh Laboratory introduces three new products at High End, Munich, including luxury headphones and two compact amplifiers. The trio includes the new MHP1000 headphones, plus the MC152 and MC301 amplifiers. New: MPH1000 headphones “The new MHP1000 headphones have been designed to offer the legendary McIntosh sound quality from a portable product. They combine McIntosh’s famous […]
Chord Electronics’ all-British reference-level system and The Chord Company partner at High End, Munich The two ‘Chords’, Chord Electronics and The Chord Company, will be active at High End, Munich this year, showing some of their latest products, along with some newcomers. Chord Electronics will be taking its regular suite, Atrium 3, Room C122, and […]
Tisbury Audio, whose little passive preamplifier we reviewed here, has today released its flagship headphone amplifier: the Challenge Amp 1. The new headphone preamplifier has been designed to drive audiophile headphones and the company’s press release says “it combines class-leading performance with beautiful industrial design at a highly competitive price”. The Challenge Amp 1 is hand […]
This year Swiss high-end manufacturer Weiss Engineering celebrate their 30th anniversary. Daniel Weiss contacted Hifi Pig and commented ”We took the opportunity and created the gold plated MAN301DAC-A, available in a limited edition, manufactured during 2014 exclusively”. The MAN301DAC-A uses a new DAC section: Based on the company’s discrete single ended output Operational Amplifier (the […]
The Directwave is a new UK based company formed 6 months ago, catering to the mid to high end audiophile market. Their first product ‘The Director’ analogue interconnect cable is currently available via the company’s UK dealer LW Audio who also uses The Directwave cables to demonstrate their Audio Music 833 class A amplifier. Iain […]
We met up with LAB 12 at last year’s High End Munich Show were pleased when they got in touch to tell us about their new amplifier, the Mighty. The Mighty is a Class A, Single Ended, 10 Watts per channel valve amplifier and continues the company’s aesthetic seen on their previous products.You can see […]
Naim & Focal will be at High End Munich this year which shouldn’t come as any surprise. This year they will be showing the Naim Statement amp paired with Focal Grande Utopia loudspeakers. As well as this high-end, high price system Naim will also have their Muso wireless hifi system on demonstration. You can see […]
Shortly after the successful launch of its PM-1 planar magnetic headphones, OPPO Digital has released another member of its family of personal audio products – the HA-1 headphone amplifier. The analogue audio section of the HA-1 is a fully balanced design with an emphasis on keeping the audio signal in the analogue domain once it […]