Hifi Pig

WE SENT JON LUMB ON HIS FIRST TRIP TO THE FABULOUS HONG KONG HIGH END AV SHOW 2026 We have been attending the Hong Kong High End AV Show for the last few years; this time we decided to send Jon Lumb to snoofle around the show for us, so he set off on his […]

ARCAM SA45 INTEGRATED STREAMING AMPLIFIER REVIEW Michael Fairbairn takes the very well-specified Arcam SA45 integrated streaming amplifier for a spin. I have a soft spot for Arcam. My first proper HiFi system was from the brand in the late nineties: specifically, an integrated amplifier and CD player from the Alpha 7 series. Most of my […]

Where were you in 1977? Personally, I was enjoying my toddler years, no doubt oblivious to what was happening in Germany in that same year. The event was nothing short of genre-defining – Techno, or at least foundational electronic music, was being birthed (among some other pioneers, of course) by a band known as Kraftwerk. […]

As De La Soul said – “3 is the magic number”. 3 is everywhere in human culture – think religion (pagan and Christian), acts in plays, beginning, middle and end in books, film trilogies, ghosts in Dickens… 3 is the key. This album (and this review) is also a story of 3 parts – or […]

LAIV HARMONY DAC 2 AND LAIV CRESCENDO BEAT POWER SUPPLY INTRODUCED LAiV has announced two new products: the New LAiV Harmony DAC 2, a flagship R2R DAC, and the LAiV Crescendo BEAT, a dual-output linear power supply designed for digital front-end components. Singapore-based HiFi brand LAiV describes the two products as developments of its existing […]