HiFi PiG Visit Audo Note UK
HiFi PiG’S OSCAR PAYS A VISIT TO AUDIO NOTE UK
Behind the Brands
Burmester Berlin Visit
HiFi PiG VISITS BURMESTER IN BERLIN In September Hifi PiG’s Lin and Stu were invited to Berlin, Germany to visit Burmester and take a look around their new factory and experience how the company works.
HiFi PiG Interview – Paul Tiernan of NVA
HiFi Pig chats with Paul Tiernan (left) of NVA (Nene Valley Audio).
Wilson Alexia V Launch At KJ West One
Hifi Pig’s Eric van Spelde travels to KJ West One´s new auditorium in Central London to get a taste of Wilson´s latest loudspeakers.
ATR Audio Trade (Germany) Open Day
OPEN HOUSE AT ATR AUDIO TRADE, GERMANY Eric van Spelde visist an open house event at ATR Audio Trade, Eltville am Rhein, Germany.
ProAc And Stewart Tyler
HIFI PIG LOOKS INTO THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH BRAND PROAC, ITS CREATOR AND FUTURE AS A FAMILY BUSINESS Founded by Stewart Tyler in 1979, ProAc, an abbreviation of Professional Acoustics, is a British designer and manufacturer of loudspeakers.
Interview With Gabi Rynveld Of Crystal Connect
HiFi Pig caught up with Gabi this summer and asked her a few questions about her life in the HiFi Industry, music, working with her family and much more…
Thirty Years Of PMC – An Interview With Peter Thomas
Hifi Pig takes the opportunity of the PMC 30th Anniversary to have a chat with Peter Thomas, PMC’s owner and founder.
Interview With Alfred Vassilkov Of Estelon
Estelon is a high-end loudspeaker manufacturer based in Estonia and this year they are celebrating ten years of creating what they hope are “the world’s best loudspeakers”. Hifi Pig caught up with chief designer and engineer Alfred Vassilkov to ask him a few questions about the brand, their philosophy, and more.
Interview with Jordan Jackson Of English Acoustics
Last week Hifi Pig published a review of the English Acoustics Stereo 21C amplifier, a modern take on the classic Leak Stereo 20. Here we have a quick chat with Jordan Jackson, Chief Operations Officer for the Wiltshire based company.
INTERVIEW – Matt McNulty
Matt McNulty is well known for his refurbishing work on the classic Townshend Rock turntables and has moved into re-bodying cartridges. Stuart Smith has a chat with him.
Coronovirus Pandemic And the Hifi Industry
Linette Smith catches up with several Hifi Brands to see how they have coped and adapted during the times of Coronavirus.
Birds’ Eye View – Meet The Future Of The Hifi Industry
Hifi Pig talks to three young women, working in different roles in the Hifi Industry, and finds out that the future really is female.
Musical Journeys With Chord’s Colin Pratt
Colin Pratt is the sales director and all-round good egg at Chord Electronics. We chat with him about the music that moves him and how he developed his taste in tunes.
INTERVIEW – Up Close and Personal With David Jefferys
Hifi Pig gets up close and personal with David Jefferys, a well-known character on the international audio scene.
INTERVIEW – Karl-Heinz Fink of Fink Team
Karl-Heinz Fink is the man behind Fink Team and the fantastic Borg loudspeaker we reviewed here. In this interview, he talks to Stuart Smith about his background, his designs and more.
Interview – Lee Taylor of Leema Acoustics
Lee Taylor is the founder of Leema Acoustics, the lead designer and the ‘Lee’ in Leema. A BAFTA winner, Lee has had an incredible career in music and audio, and following what is (still) the most valuable of audio educations, sound engineering at The BBC, Lee went on to work on some of the BBC’s […]
Interview with Russ Andrews
Russ Andrews is the founder of the well known and well loved UK based retailer selling upgrades, cables and accessories and bearing his own name. Hifi Pig catches up with Russ and asks a few questions of him.
Interview With Lukasz Fikus Of Lampizator
Lukasz Fikus was a cult figure on the audio scene long before the launch of his wildly successful commercial brand Lampizator. Previously he was known as THE guy that modified common or garden audio products and elevated them to giant-killing stature, now he makes what some believe to be the best audio available right now. […]
Kris Sawicki Of North West Audio Show
Hifi Pig chats with Kris Sawicki, the man behind the highly popular North West Audio Show which takes place Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June at De Vere Cranage Hall Estate in Holmes chapel in Cheshire, England.
Interview With Atlas Cables’ Kevin Kelly Plus Factory Visit
Kevin Kelly is the Managing Director of Kilmarnock (Scotland) based cable manufacturer Altas Cables. Here we visit their headquarters, take a tour, have a demonstration of their cable range and talk to Kevin about the history of the company, the company’s design philosophy, a teensy bit of football and we avoid studiously the subject of […]
Interview – Dan D’Agostino
Dan D’Agostino needs little or no introduction being the legend that he is on the high-end audio scene. Dan D’Agostino was the founder and chief engineer of Krell Industries through 2009 and he is perhaps the audio industry’s most passionate promoter of high-quality, high-powered amplification. His current brand, Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems, is unmistakable […]
Interview – Auralic’s Xuanqian Wang
Xuanqian Wang, the President and CEO of Auralic speaks to Hifi Pig about the company’s innovative products and what goes into them.
Interview – Phil Wannell Of Audio Concierge
Phil Wannell has been in the industry for some time and is a well-known face at Hifi shows and events throughout the UK. Recently he has decided to take the leap into self-employment and has founded Audio Concierge, a bespoke service offering portable audio and headfi products to a discerning clientele.
Interview – Angela Cardas
Angela Cardas is Chief Awesome Officer (yep, you read that right) at Oregon (US) based Cardas Audio. Many will know the company for their cables but they also produce turntable accessories and much more besides. Hifi Pig has a chat with the awesome Angela about the company’s history, what it’s like to be a woman […]
Interview With Ricardo Franassovici Of Absolute Sounds
Hifi Pig chats with Ricardo Franassovici, the founder and managing director of UK high-end distributor Absolute Sounds about what inspired him to launch the company, what high-end means to him and where he sees the future of high-end audio going.
INTERVIEW – Holger Fromme of Avantgarde Acoustic
Holger Fromme is the man behind the German horn loudspeaker manufacturer Avantgarde Acoustic. Here he talks to Hifi Pig about what drove him to build these speakers and where he sees the role of innovation in loudspeaker design going forward.
INTERVIEW – Kostas Metaxas
Kostas Metaxas is the creative powerhouse behind high-end brand Metaxas & Sins. As well as his wonderfully inventive “High-end audio sculptures”, he has an extensive collection of concert recordings from some of the top names in the music world. Not limiting his imagination to the audio world, Kostas also designs for some of the most well-known […]