Louis Motek of LessLoss contacted us to tell us about an interesting opportunity for audiophiles in New York to hear the Kawero! Classic loudspeaker system. The Kawero! Is an interesting loudspeaker as it’s made totally out of dense Panzerholz wood-based laminate which Kawero! claim is a first. The cone drivers on the speakers are a […]
Following the successful launch of the Anniversary Series System, British hi-fi manufacturer, Cyrus Audio, has launched the Signature Series, an exclusive range of components that continue Cyrus’s 30th anniversary celebrations well into 2013. Initially comprising a four-strong range, the components share many of the modifications seen in the limited-edition Anniversary Series System and have been […]
McIntosh Laboratory has launched their new MT5 turntable. Crafted using the knowledge gained from the company’s flagship MT10 turntable, the new MT5 sets out to offer an alternative vinyl playback system at a significantly lower price to the MT10. The new MT5 is supplied factory-adjusted: tracking force, anti-skate, cartridge overhang and arm height are all […]
International high end audio distributor Absolute Sounds contacted us to tell us about an open day at Oxford Audio on 19th of June between noon and 8pm. The open day will be showcasing the three new amplifier models from French company Devialet – the Devialet 110, Devialet 170 and the Devialet 240 – which Hifi […]
New from Krell is the Connect wireless streamer. It plays pretty much all of the formats available at the moment (excluding DSD) and plays up to 192kHz/24-bit audio and Internet radio. Gapless playback is possible. The Connect is of course, WI-FI equipped and comes in two versions – digital only or with an onboard DAC. […]
Hifi Pig caught up with Joe Jouhal, the founder and designer of the JoSound range of loudspeakers and Inès Adler, head of Voxativ, at the Munich High-End earlier this year. We’d been interested in Joe’s loudspeakers since we heard them at the Paris Show in September 2102 and so we thought we’d take the opportunity […]
electricbeach is a small company based in the UK owned by Steve Jay making a single driver, horn loudspeaker based on the well known and well loved Frugal Horn design. The Frugel3 is a hybrid, adopting a part horn and part transmission line design. The first part of its internal chambers are constructed to utilise […]
Monster is expanding its Inspiration line of headphones. In addition to its over-ear model, the company has introduced its Inspiration In-Ear headphones (SRP: £149.95). The new in-ear Inspiration headphone provides consumers with a lighter, extremely thin profile without sacrificing any of the sonic qualities of Monster Inspiration over-ear headphones. Founder and Head Monster Noel Lee, […]
“Designed by and for music lovers and audiophiles, Aria from DigiBit is a music server system that has been designed to please both the most demanding audiophiles and music lovers with large collections of CDs and digital files for whom a powerful and easy-to-use music library management tool is key. ” DigiBit’s Aria is the […]
Hifi Pig thought this was an interesting audiophile item on the business start-up funding site Kickstarter. It’s for a fully manual, belt-drive turntable called The Orbit which the people behind the project say is a turntable of “engineering and playback quality never before seen at the entry-level”. The turntable doesn’t have any gimmicks with the […]
Audiolab is set to add two new components to its compact LAB Series: the Q-DAC, a new D/A converter based on the M-DAC but set at a lower price point, and the M-PWR matching power amplifier. Like the M-DAC, the new Q-DAC serves not only as a DAC but also as a digital preamp and […]
Introduced in 2012, AKG-by-TIËSTO headphones have proved to be hugely popular with a wide audience. With TIËSTO’s input and stamp of approval, the full line of TIËSTO headphones recently earned the internationally acclaimed Red Dot-label recognition for product design in 2013. The internationally recognized Red Dot symbol is awarded to the finest in technology and […]
Earo Acoustics, a Sweden based research and development company, will be making the first public presentation of their new speaker design at T.H.E. this weekend. Named “Wally” the speaker measures only 39mm´s (1-1/2”) thick yet holds two 6,5” and one 2” driver. The design is from ground up including the drivers in order to reach […]
WyWires will debut three new products for 2013 at T.H.E. Show next week – the Platinum Series of speaker and interconnect cables, a new configuration of their Gold cables, and the Power Broker AC Distributor. These products may be found in the following rooms. Platinum is a new wire formula that contains multiple gauges […]
Arteluthe are a loudspeaker manufacturer who design and hand-build their products in Quebec, Canada. They currently have three models in their range – the Satie, Algeria and Kanatate. They are interesting loudspeakers and all are active featuring onboard amplifiers, onboard digital sound processing, XLR inputs/outputs and volume control. The speakers also utilise the company’s unique […]
A while ago we ran a news item on the Coffman Labs G1-A preamp and thought you might also be interested in their new, tubed H1-A Headphone Amplifier which will debut at the Newport Audio Show in a couple weeks Externally, the H1-A has a strong family resemblance to the G1-A. The design includes variable […]