Keith Monks Launches Two New Record Cleaning Machines
Keith Monks Audio is celebrating the record UK sales of vinyl with the launch of two new Record Cleaning machines – the new discOvery Redux and the new discOvery microLight.
Tag: turntable
The Audio Files AT-LP5 IPT Turntable and Cartridge Package
Audio Files take a standard Audio Technica AT-LP5 turntable, add a new arm and carry out other modifications and offer a stylus upgrade to the standard cartridge. Total costs including the stylus upgrade is £835, Ian Ringstead listens to see if this is a worthwhile route to take over the original AT-LP5, available at time […]
Pro-ject 6 Perspex SB Turntable Package
Pro-Ject make a huge range of turntables to suit pretty much all pockets. Today Ian Ringstead takes a listen to the £1400 Pro-ject 6 Perspex SB Turntable Package.
Kronos Pro Turntable At KJ West One
GadgetyNews’ Jay Garrett pops along to London’s West 1 and the high-end emporium that is KJ West One for Hifi Pig for a session with the Kronos Pro turntable, Reference phonostage and power supply.
Goldring Release New MM Cartridges
Goldring is starting to ship its new E Series Moving Magnet cartridges which, they say, are “a range of high performance, premium quality, British designed products for the resurgent turntable market”.
VPI Cliffwood Turntable Launched
Good friend of Hifi Pig, Mat Weisfeld, of VPI got in touch to tell us about their new, entry level turntable, the Cliffwood: “For 40 years we have built turntables in American and kept it in the VPI family. For almost 30 of those years we have built our turntables in Cliffwood, New Jersey”.
Hifi Pig News Round Up – June 2017
We are well into the summer now but June has been a very busy month. We ended the month with a fantastic two-day North West Audio Show at the sumptuous Cranage Hall . There was plenty of other news going on though so here’s a round up, just in case you missed anything!
Van Den Hul Releases New ‘Stradivarius’ Edition Of Crimson Phono Cartridge
Like the violins, violas and cellos crafted by the Stradivari family during the 17th and 18th centuries, almost all of van den Hul’s phono cartridges are personally hand built and tuned by Dutch cartridge designer Mr A.J. van den Hul himself.
Rotation Garden Party 2017
The organisers of the Rotation Garden Party got in touch to tell us about this year’s event on the 22nd of July. A musical experience on an Audiophile System, held within the grounds of the beautiful, grade 2 listed Bishton Hall.
Gold Note Launch Pianosa Turntable
Gold Note have launched their brand new Pianosa turntable , along with an Italian walnut Valore 425 Plus.
iota-audio-design List Exhibition Equipment
iota-audio-design will be showing a series of new products for the first time alongside some existing items at this years North West Audio Show.
The AudioWorks Announce Unique Show System
The AudioWorks will be exhibiting at the North West Audio Show, showcasing a system never before seen in the UK.
HIGH END MUNICH 2017 – Who Won The Hifi Pig Loves You Award?
It’s that time again, when we announce the winner of our High End Munich “Hifi Pig Loves You” Award. There has been a real mix of winners over the years and different hifi shows that we attend. From high end manufacturers to local hifi dealers and even a music enthusiast for his talks at the […]
HIGH END MUNICH 2017 – Munich High End Show 2017 Report Part Eight
Munich High End Show 2017 Report Part Eight including: GIK, Sugden, Innuos, Line Magnetic, Roksan, Orpheus Lab, Marten, Townshend, Bryston, Kostas Metaxas, Hegel, Quadraspire, Kharma, ReQuest Audio, Absolare, Torus Power, Atomh, Atoll, Vincent, Vienna Acoustics, AVM, Gauder Akustik, O2A Cables, Stenheim, Wadax, Fono Acustica, VTL, Soulutions, De Baer, Rockport Technologies, Critical Mass Systems, Vandersteen, Harmonic Resolution Systems, Brinkman, Bergman Galder, Thrax Audio, North Star, Kubala Sosna, Meitner, Emme […]
Hifi Pig News Round Up – May 2017
What does the month of May mean if you are an audiophile and hifi lover? Of course, Munich! We, along with the whole hifi universe by the look of it, made the annual pilgrimage to Bavaria, Germany and the High End Munich Show. High End Munich 2017 was our fifth and the most incredible show […]
High End Munich 2017 – The Newcomers
Every year the High End Show introduces some newcomers to the Hifi Industry. Hifi Pig always has a chat with these exhibitors and does a feature on them as we think that the continual growth of the industry depends on new brands as well as our more well known names. Over the last five years […]
Triangle Release LN01A Speakers And Turntable Pack
Triangle have released a ready-to-listen pack featuring a turntable and a pair of amplified speakers. It has been developed by French brand Triangle, in partnership with Pro-Ject.
HIGH END MUNICH 2017 – Bird’s Eye View Of The High End Show
We have been making the pilgrimage to High End Munich for five years now. It is, quite simply, the greatest Hifi Show on earth. I love meeting people from all over the world, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones, this year I lost track of the number of people who grabbed us […]
AVID Launch Their Own Tonearms
AVID Hifi, the UK based high end hifi manufacturer, unveiled their new tonearms at High End Munich 2017. This is their next step towards “a complete AVID system”.
REVIEW – GoldNote Vasari Gold And Red Moving Magnet Cartridges
Gold Note are a well known for their very high end products but here Janine Elliot takes a listen to their €195 and €350 moving magnet cartridges.
Bird’s Eye View Of High End Munich 2017 – The Year Hifi Got Sexy And Fun.
We have been making the pilgrimage to High End Munich for five years now. It is, quite simply, the greatest Hifi Show on earth. I love meeting people from all over the world, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones, this year I lost track of the number of people who grabbed us […]
HIGH END MUNICH 2017 – Day Three News Round Up
Just preparing to head off for day three of High End Munich 2017, the last couple of days has been a whirlwind of hifi news and new products, so here is a round up of the latest from the High End Show news. Loads from KEF, Arcam, Estelon, Mytek, Mark Levinson, Sennheiser, SME, Harbeth and […]
Great British Brands At Munich – The Funk Firm
Hifi Pig Advertising Promotion Hifi Pig brings you a series of promotional articles about our Great British Brands exhibiting at High End Munich 2017. We let them tell you all about their philosophy and products. Munich 2017 – the reveal. This Munich sees Funk at its most ambitious. There, not just one but two new […]
Trinaudio Debut At High End Munich 2017
New Italian Hifi brand, Trinaudio, will make their debut at High End Munich 2017
Audio MusiKraft Customisable Phono Shells
Audio MusiKraft have announced their entry to the audiophile market with their brand new turntable products and online boutique. They say that their shells create “The world’s first and only “tweakable” And “customisable” Phono Cartridge”.
More Beatles Inspired Special Editions From Pro-Ject
On June 1st, 2017, the iconic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band turns fifty years old. To mark the occasion, The Beatles have released three Anniversary Editions of the album in association with Apple Corps Ltd., Capitol and USM. Newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell in both stereo and 5.1 surround audio, […]
Atmo Sfera Platterless Turntable High End Edition With Free Cartridge
Intimate Audio recently sent this very different looking Italian turntable to Hifi Pig reviewer, Ian Ringstead.
Bryston Promotes Gary Dayton
Bryston has announced that it has promoted Gary Dayton to VP of Sales and Marketing, US effective immediately. Dayton has been immersed in the high-performance audio community for nearly two decades, having spent nine years with THIEL Audio before coming onboard as a Product Specialist with Bryston in 2013. Dayton will interface with reps, dealers […]