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New Chord Company Speaker Cables – Signature Reference

UK audio and video cable manufacturer and creator, The Chord Company has launched a new version of its Signature speaker cable. Called Signature Reference, the new cable has been completely redesigned and builds on its predecessor’s performance say Chord Company. “The all-new Signature Reference has been created using the lessons learned developing The Chord Company’s […]

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New From Furutech

Tokyo-based manufacturers of analogue and digital audio and video cable Furutech are celebrating their 25th anniversary with the introduction of reworked versions of their very first FI-15 IEC and AC power connectors. The new FI-15 Plus series features a new plating technique which Furutech say “delivers sonic improvements with a more durable finish, as well […]

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EMMESpeakers The Galileo

EMMESpeakers contacted Hifi Pig to inform us that it’s started the production of its new flagship loudspeaker: The Galileo. Developed from the concept of the companies Da Vinci loudspeaker (and its success in terms of sales) The Galileo is said to represent a “massive evolution” from its predecessor and when looking to design their new […]

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ExaSound Audio Design e22 DAC

ExaSound Audio Design has unveiled the latest of its digital to analogue converters  – the e22 DAC. This new DAC is the third generation DSD256 DAC offering DSD 256+ mode at a sampling rate of 12.288 MHz. Onboard there’s an in-house asynchronous USB interface with error correction, proprietary computer drivers and “Galvanic” ground isolation. Over […]

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Heretic Audio Huron 3 Loudspeaker

British company Heretic Audio emailed Hifi Pig to tell us about their new Huron 3 loudspeaker which is available now. It looks and interesting design being highly efficient (95db) and with an impedence of over 7.5 Ohms which should provide an easy load for most amplifiers out there (7W minimum is suggested).   Huron 3 […]

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Munich High-End 2014 – The Countdown Begins

With just 90 days to go the countdown to Munich High-End 2014 has started and needless to say Hifi Pig will be there to bring you all the news and pictures of the show in a series of articles on the site as well as in the Hifi Pig Magazine. News about the what is […]

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Eclipse TD-M1 Airplay Wireless Speaker System

Fujitsu Ten Eclipse contacted Hifi Pig to tell us about their TD-M1 Airplay active wireless speaker system which they say can be used as a hifi, desktop monitor or for when watching the television. The system has been built with a philosophy of “Better in, Better out” and is set up to take advantage of […]

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Meridian On the Road

Meridian get on the road in 2014 with a series of events to Celebrate 25 years of Digital Loudspeaker Innovation, with the Introduction of Special Edition Loudspeakers. Events kick off on February 14th with a two-day dedicated Meridian open-day at the newly opened Meridian West London Boutique in Chelsea. Meridian is connecting with its retail […]

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Ferguson Hill Launches Kickstarter Campaign

British audio company, Ferguson Hill, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the development of a new speaker product, the Ferguson Hill Clear Speaker System. Created for music and TV sound, the system builds upon Ferguson Hill’s trademark horn-loaded loudspeaker technology. Elliptical horn satellite speakers combine with spherical bass speakers, all fashioned from crystal-clear […]

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Wharefdale Enter the Soundbar Market

Wharfedale have announced their new Vista 100 Soundbar which the company says offers a compact alternative to the traditional 5.1 surround sound loudspeaker array and is ideal for rooms where floor space is at a premium. Measuring less than one meter in width, and equipped for table or wall mounting, the Vista 100 plugs straight […]

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Audio Research CD6 CD-DAC Announced

Hot on the heels of the success of the Reference CD9 Audio Research have announced the solid-state CD6 CD-DAC. The new CD-DAC combines a compact disc player with a digital-to-analogue converter in one compact chassis. The CD6 is so much more than the 5-1/2 year old CD5 that it replaces, both sonically and technologically say […]

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McIntosh Laboratory MCD550 CD/SACD Player

McIntosh Laboratory has launched a new CD/SACD player, the MCD550. The new player has been designed to offer exemplary playback of both CD and SACD discs and “transform the audio quality of digitally connected devices”, thanks to its three-input internal DAC. At the MCD550’s heart lies an eight-channel, 32-bit/192kHz PCM/DSD digital to analogue converter that […]

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Audeze LCD-X and LCD-XC UK Launch

Decent Audio in the UK got in touch to tell Hifi Pig about the launch of two new products from Audeze: the open reference LCD-X and closed-back LCD-XC.The Audeze LCD-X and LCX-XC will be officially launched in the UK at Sound & Vision 2014, Bristol, 21st – 23rd February 2014. As regular readers will know […]

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Gato’s New Preamplifier and DAC

Gato have announced that they will release the latest addition to their DIA range from next month. The new addition will be a preamplifier and DAC with the name PRD-3. The preamplifier will be based on the company’s DIA integrated amplifier and will include the DAC circuits from their DIA-250 and DIA-400. Price will be […]

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New PureVox Loudspeaker From B.M.C

B.M.C. Audio (Balanced Music Concept) has introduced the new PureVox speaker. The PureVox is B.M.C.’s entry-level speaker and the cpmpany claime a number of innovations for the speaker. Most conventional  speakers have good depth of  image in the centre of the sound-stage, but much less so at the sides.  Responsible for this lack of realism are the […]

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Hifi Review – Astintrew Concord Powered USB

As the title may suggest the Concord USB is a powered USB cable from Astintrew and Danny Worth has been listening to one for the last few weeks. “Tones were nice and relaxed and unforced, there was an ease to the sound, a silky flow to the music and, most importantly, the nasty upper bass […]