Blogs
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Styl:us Show 2016
|It’s surprising that no-one came up with the idea sooner, but an audio show dedicated to all things vinyl is – in hindsight – an obvious choice for a niche show. Over the weekend of ...read more -
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Classical is more than a hold button!
|Back in the day (whenever that was), lots of people were regularly exposed to some form of orchestral music. The first recording artist ‘stars’ were often operatic singers like Caruso, and the first few decades ...read more -
CanJam SoCal 2016 Report, Part 4
|Below, please find Part 4 of our four-part SoCal CanJam 2016 report highlighting—in alphabetical order—a set of manufacturers ranging from Questyle to WyWires. Enjoy. Questyle Questyle Audio Engineering’s CanJam SoCal 2016 demonstrations were, to a ...read more -
Robert Wyatt interview
|The Canterbury Scene was not just the place where Paul Messenger (mis)spent his youth, it was a musical movement of the 1960s that resulted in some of the most original British bands of the era. ...read more -
CanJam SoCal 2016 Report, Part 3
|Below, please find Part 3 of our four-part SoCal CanJam 2016 report highlighting—in alphabetical order—a set of manufacturers ranging from JDS Labs to Puro Sound Lab. Enjoy. JDS Labs JDS Labs showed its Element headphone ...read more -
CanJam SoCal 2016 Report, Part 2
|Below, please find Part 2 of our four-part SoCal CanJam 2016 report highlighting—in alphabetical order—a set of exhibitors ranging from Cavalli Audio to HiFiMAN. Enjoy. Cavalli Audio Austin, TX-based Cavalli Audio wowed show attendees and ...read more -
CanJam SoCal 2016 Report, Part 1
|This past weekend I had the privilege of attending one of the headphone world’s most important events: CanJam SoCal 2016, for which Hi-Fi+ proudly served as a media sponsor. CanJam SoCal was held on March ...read more -
Coopetition - the Viking way to success!
|‘Coopetition’ is an ugly portmanteau word, meaning ‘cooperative competition’. Although coined in the 20th Century, the concept can trace its origins back to the Vikings. Fierce and bitter Viking trader enemies would spend most of ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Products of The Year
|Welcome to our first Awards in several years. The audio world went through some fairly radical changes in the last few seasons, and we felt it was so fast moving that to give a product ...read more -
First Listen: Ultimate Ears UE Pro Reference Remastered CIEMS
|If you spend much time in the company of serious high-performance earphone and CIEM enthusiasts you will inevitably encounter the famous Irvine, CA-based firm Ultimate Ears. During its formative years Ultimate Ears was a standalone ...read more -
Bristol Show Preview
|Now in its 29th year, the Bristol Sound & Vision show at the Marriott City Centre hotel in Bristol, UK remains the most important audio show on the UK map. Running from 10am to 5pm ...read more -
What's in the bag?
|In the run-up to the Bristol Sound & Vision show, I thought it would be a good idea to showcase precisely what equipment we might typically take to cover a show, and why. It also ...read more -
We need to talk about Vegas... again
|Last month, I posited a tough question for the specialty audio business (http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/we-need-to-talk-about-vegas/):do we still need to show up for the annual CES in Las Vegas every January? The response was fascinating. There was the ...read more -
The Thomas Treasury
|Down at this end of the audio food chain I don’t get to see a vast array of audio products flowing through the house. I have heard no cheap DACs and have a seriously uninformed ...read more