I was really pleased to receive a call from Italian brand Monrio a few months ago asking if we’d be interested in reviewing one of their amplifiers as I’d owned one of their preamplifiers many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here we take a listen to the company’s MC 201 integrated amp with onboard USB DAC and costing £1600.
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Catch up now with all of the Hifi News and Hifi Reviews that we brought to you in March 2019. Expect loads more to come in April including reports from AXPONA 2019 and the run up to High End Munich 2019…it’s all go here at Hifi Pig Towers!
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There will be plenty of interesting brands exhibiting at AXPONA 2019 in Chicago, April 12th to 14th , here’s the latest updates we have on who will be where and what they are bringing to the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention centre.
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One of the most colourful characters in the Hifi world has to be Kostas Metaxas. His work is art that plays music, and he has just launched some more of his ‘Disruptive Sculptures’, flamboyant and beautiful pieces that help keep the industry interesting.
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Lehmannaudio of Germany launched the Linear headphone amplifier in 2004, now the classic design gets a complete audiophile overhaul.
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PMC UK, responsible for UK sales and support of PMC, Bryston and AVM electronics, is launching a performance check service for customers who would like to have those brands of electronics professionally examined and serviced by PMC’s trained engineers.
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Essex based Hifi retailer, The Audiobarn have a real treat on Saturday 13th April, as they are joined by both dCS and ATC for the launch of the new dCS Bartók streaming DAC and a demonstration of the ATC SCM100SE.
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After designing products for several names in the industry, Orchard Audio was launched in 2017 to independently release its own line of advanced audio products.
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T+A, have announced three additions to its flagship HV Series. Two new reference-class D/A Converters – SD 3100 HV DAC & streamer and SDV 3100 HV DAC, streamer and analogue volume control, along with a range-topping CD/SACD transport – PDT 3100 HV.
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On 24th of March in Trstenik, Serbia, at the headquarters of Supreme-Analog, there will be presentation of Serbian Hifi scene. Some of the brands will be well known to you, but there are also many brands that those of us outside of Serbia have yet to discover…safe to say, the Serbian Hifi scene looks very lively and highly interesting, with lots of new and intriguing products. More »
February may be a short month but we have packed in so much! There was loads of Hifi News and we brought you lots of brilliant Hifi Reviews too. Of course, the main event is the annual Bristol Hifi Show, 2019 was an amazing Bristol Show and we have plenty of coverage for you.
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Well, that’s all folks…we have visited all the rooms and stands at one of the UK’s best Hifi shows, The Bristol Hifi Show 2019. It was a brilliant Hifi show and it was fantastic to see all our industry friends and many of our brilliant readers. We also had a fantastic partnership with Diverse Vinyl and a fab competition to win a Nord amplifier.
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The third instalment of our Bristol Hifi Show coverage, moving up to floor two of the show, read on for more Hifi delights!
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The Bristol Hifi Show is the start of the Hifi Show year for many in the industry, with Hifi industry people and Hifi fans and fanatics alike, making their way to the show each year. Spring was most definitely in the air this year, with the warm sunshine bringing out the crowds, a welcome relief after the wintry weather of previous years.
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After a power upgrade at the end of 2018 with 2x 300W RMS into 4 ohms, the Apurna Prelude stereo amplifiers are now available with an integrated DAC.
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UK Hifi and AV distributor, Karma-AV will have several new products on show at The Bristol Hifi Show this year.
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The DV2 DAC builds on the EMM Labs technology used in Canadian brand’s flagship DA2 converter.
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French loudspeaker and headphone manufacturer Focal have launched a new pair of luxury high end headphones and their first headphone amplifier/DAC.
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Hi-Fidelity UK are the British distributor of Italian Hifi brand, Norma Audio. This Bristol Show represents a major re-launch for Norma Audio here in the UK as they have been absent for a number of years.
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Audio engineering company ATC is introducing two new system components. The CD2 CD player and SIA2-100 2-channel integrated Amp/DAC are designed to work together, or individually to upgrade existing sources or amplifiers. They join a range of audio electronic products and loudspeaker systems designed and built in Stroud, mostly by hand, for studio and Hifi applications.
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British audio company Audiolab has added a second CD player to its flagship 8300 component series. The 8300CDQ joins the existing, 8300CD and adds the following facilities:
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A valve amp at 1300 Euros sounds like a bit of a bargain. Add to the package an onboard phonostage and DAC and this Italian package starts to look even more attractive. Adam Billingham takes this latin beauty for a spin.
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January was a very busy month in Hifi, with lots of new Hifi products launched. We always bring you the latest Hifi News as it happens, but if you missed anything you can catch up here with our handy monthly Hifi News Round Up. Plus of course there are lots of fantastic Hifi Reviews from our talented team of reviewers. You will also get all the latest from the Bristol Hifi Show 2019 …which is just around the corner! More »
Debuting at ISE, the new A11 Stereo Integrated Amplifier and the CD11 CD Player are the latest additions to the Rotel 14 Series.
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French company Metronome Technologies make a whole host of kit for the digital domain, here Stuart Smith tries out their AQWO CD/SACD player and DAC with valve output stage costing £13,870 Euros as tested.
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