The MiniSub Chroma is a single box solution for conditioning an entire AV system. It incorporates many of the technologiesfeatured in the SubStation range, with help from the VMC1080 video conditioner, at a much more affordable price. There are six outlets with a total combined continuous capacity of 10 Amps. One is for video displays […]
Gramofon makes it easy to stream music over the cloud to any audio system you own, from portables to hi-fi separates. Simply plug the little black box into your system via the supplied stereo RCA cable, connect it to your home Wi-Fi network and get streaming from any Wi-Fi-enabled device – smartphone, tablet, PC or […]
The C1100 preamplifier from McIntosh has, say the company, “high level inputs having the lowest noise of any McIntosh preamplifier ever produced”. It utilises a two-chassis design where the control and power sections are completely separate from the audio section. The C1100 is comprised of the C1100 controller and the C1100 vacuum tube preamplifier. Inside […]
As part of the Clarity Alliance, GIK Acoustics-Europe will exhibit at The National Audio Show held at Whittlebury Hall in Northamptonshire from Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th September 2015. They will have several products on display including otheir new Evolution PolyFusor. Introduced in July, the GIK Acoustics is a curved panel that Evolution PolyFusor smoothly transitions from a low-frequency bass trap […]
Blumenhofer Acoustics got in touch to tell us about their new loudspeaker, the Genuin FS3MK2 This loudspeakers bears several new features: – Harmonic construction – 25cm (10″) (instead of 20cm 8″) paper woofer based on the company’s own development – easy time alignment system on top of the main cabinet matching the style of the […]
Kennerton, the luxury brand of Fischer Audio, was founded by professionals with a single purpose: “to provide its customers with high-end quality sound”. Fischer Audio have been watching the evolution of the audio industry for a long time and noticed the decreasing amount of products that offer quality sound particularly the large number of fancy […]
Audiolab has redesigned its most famous component to deliver an entirely new level of performance. The 8300A is the latest in a long line of Audiolab integrated amplifiers that began in 1983 with the 8000A which Audiolab claim is ‘one of the most influential British audio products of all time.’ The original 8000A was the […]
Linn launched its Exakt technology in September 2013 and Series 5 further adds to this family by delivering two new Exakt systems – the Linn 520 System and the Linn 530 System. The elegant Linn 530 System provides the power, precision and incredible musical accuracy of a loudspeaker filled with technology – Exakt electronics, 300W […]
Linn has launched Exakt support for three more loudspeaker models from other manufacturers. The performance improvements of Exakt are now available for Kef Reference 5, PMC Twenty26 and JBL K2 S9900, in addition to the existing list of supported speakers which includes B&W Nautilus and 802 Diamond, Kudos Super 10, Super 20 and Titan 808. […]
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT In the last couple of months Hifi Pig has seen a surge in readership and an increase in support from the audio industry. To this end we have made the decision to give all our readers the opportunity to enjoy the many benefits of Hifi Pig Extra’s content, but without the need to […]
For almost 40 years, Bowers & Wilkins have produced generation after generation of 800 Series loudspeakers. Now, on the eve of the company’s 50th anniversary, they say that ‘the latest 800 Series Diamond redefines what is possible from a loudspeaker system, it is the result of an intensive seven-year project to make the best better. […]
Melodika, one of the biggest Polish manufacturers of hi-fi class cables is introducing a completely new range of reference products, the audiophile Brown Sugar speaker cable series, which is characterised by what Melodika describe as their ‘typical Melodika, consistent and smooth sound.’ Some of the key features are Triple low capacitance, dielectric isolation made of […]
Burson Audio, manufacturer of fine USB DAC/Headphone Amplifier/Preamplifiers, Headphone Amplifiers and Stereo Amplifiers, and its subsidiary Supreme Sound Audio Components, will be running a demo day in the USA, showcasing both lines. There will be brunch and drinks and everyone will get a gift. Sales Manager Martha Manea and US Service Centre Engineer Mike Mona will present […]
Meridian Audio announces that its co-founder, Bob Stuart, is to receive the CEDIA 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. First awarded by CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) in 1992, previous recipients include some of the electronics industry’s most brilliant entrepreneurs, inventors, engineers, and leaders. A graduate of Imperial College London, Bob’s passion for music led him […]
Raumfeld, the maker of high-fidelity multi-room streaming speakers, is launching the Raumfeld Sounddeck in the UK in December. Through innovative Wellenfeld Technology, the Sounddeck has a extremely wide-ranging sweet spot. Designed to add a much needed boost to the sound quality of modern flat-TVs, the Sounddeck provides users with both Hi-Fi music and immersive movie […]
Exclusively unveiled at IFA 2015, the global trade show for consumer electronics, the Pioneer “XDP-100R” Digital Audio Player becomes the industry’s first portable player to offer MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) support. Setting out to make its ‘best-ever audio player’, Pioneer equips the XDP-100R with support for up to 288GB storage (32GB internal + dual micro […]
“Arcam of Cambridge UK, make some of the world’s finest Home Cinema components at prices up to £5000 each. This level of skill and technology, is combined in the Solo’s aluminium enclosure to deliver quality and facilities previously only possible from large separate black boxes” says the company’s latest press release. The Solo Plus features six high-quality drivers […]
Everything vibrates, period. For the audiophile, this is a serious challenge, since vibration affects the delicate audio signals in virtually every hi-fi component and I for one am forever experimenting with vibration control. Vibrations move through the floor, the furniture and the air to enter audio equipment via the feet and chassis. And of course […]
Polish cable manufacturer have announced a new version of their best selling Monolith speaker cables. They are called Monolith Reference. The main difference on the aesthetic/functional side is that both wires are now no longer connected by the badge clamp and they come completely separated. Design has been changed and the new ribbons used for […]
If you like beautiful valve amplification then these new beauties from French company Jadis, should be right up your street! The JA80MkII is an improved version of the JA80 which brings the compatibility with the new KT150 tubes and keep the compatibility with other tubes such as EL34, 6CA7, KT88, KT90, KT120, 6550, with a […]
At the Berlin IFA 2015 show, Ministry of Sound launches its full connected range of multi-room wireless speakers. Adding to the Audio M and the Audio S Plus, there are two new connected speakers, the Audio M Plus and the Audio L Plus: both have been engineered to work together in any configuration with any […]
KBL Sound from Poland got in touch to tell us all about their new flagship Signature series, Himalaya, which they say is the culmination of their long-term efforts to create such cables allowing the highest standard of audio equipment to reveal their full potential. “We have used costly and time-consuming solutions, as no other way exists […]
Today at the IFA show in Berlin, Crystal Acoustics presents in full for the first time its WiSound Multiroom range of products, a series of wireless speakers and complementary devices that offer a uniquely flexible and easy-to-use way of organising a multi-zone music network. The full range includes the Cuby 9 standalone wireless speaker, the […]
Dali have introduced the Zensor Pico and Zensor Pico Vokal, an ultra compact, high quality speaker range with a very small footprint. Designed for people living in a smaller space, the Zensor Pico are, essentially, a scaled down Zensor One (about 30% smaller). They use exactly the same 25mm treble driver, married to a 4.5in mid-bass driver, all housed in […]
Technics have announced the launch of their « Grand » range of components which will be made up of the SU-G30 (pictured below) network amp which will retail for £3500 (or thereabouts) and will, as the name suggests be an amp and streamer in one The second unit will be a music server ST-G30 which will allow […]
One album, two men, too many instruments! Two crazy barefoot Aussies wield over 20 instruments to faithfully recreate Mike Oldfield’s epic 1973 masterpiece. Following sell-out seasons around the world and a Best Music Award-winning appearance at the 2015 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Tubular Bells for Two returns to tour the UK fresh from its third […]
The latest of Hifi Pig Extra is out and ready for you to download. It’s a fab issue with loads of reviews, loads of music reviews, live music, great columnists, a great Readers’ Lives article that follows a father and son through their audiophile journey, Forever Changes by Love is the Classic Album and there’s a […]
Audiolab has announced the hotly anticipated successor to the 8200CD, the 8300CD, which is the first model of their all new 8300 Series. The outgoing 8200 Series contained two CD players: the 8200CD and 8200CDQ, the latter sporting additional preamp facilities. The 8300CD replaces both players, adding full digital preamp functionality (among other things) to the 8200CD’s […]