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Daily Audio News — July 02, 2026

Highlights: NWAS 2026 Golden PiG Awards; Bad news for Tidal users as the music-streaming service reveals an August price hike; Looking for powered speakers on a budget? We recommend this neat, affordable and talented four-time Award winner; Vertere Phono-1 LX; Ask the Reader: what are your favourite movie soundtracks to test your sound system?

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North West Audio Show 2026 Report

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TEAM HiFi PiG REPORT FROM NWAS 2026 AT CRANAGE HALL IN CHESHIRE North West Audio Show, NWAS 2026, or Cranage 2026…whichever name you like to call it, the show is a spectacular early summer event, well placed for visitors and exhibitors, just south of Manchester, in Cheshire, UK. Team HiFi PiG, Lin, Stu, Oscar, Kelly […]
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NWAS 2026 Golden PiG Awards

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NORTH WEST AUDIO SHOW 2026 GOLDEN PIG AWARDS AND PORTRAITS OF THE PEOPLE OF CRANAGE 26 Team HiFi PiG reveals who deserved the three Golden PiG Awards we decided to give out at last weekend’s NWAS 2026 event at Cranage. At each HiFi Show we visit, we bestow one or more small, yet significant, Golden […]
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Shanling SCD3.3 review: tubes, R2R and a grin*

The Shanling SCD3.3 is a top-loading CD/SACD player that folds in some very basic USB drive file playback and Bluetooth streaming. It asks US$3899 (€3790), which makes it exactly double the price of the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 Tube we looked at last week. For that money, Shanling includes three […]
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