Good recording

We often have an urge to get something bigger, better more distinguished to satisfy our primal need for entreatment. Well you don't need all that you might think you need to get. It's simple if you want to enjoy music than you can choose in variety of great and affordable devices. You can quickly set up a budget system and dive into music. We have to get into water first and then swim. You can happily live with an amp like Big Joe for long time. And when you feel the urge, you think twice, compare and then make your move. Don't let the commercials or senses push you over the "intelegensia" level.

Little big boxes

People often ask me what to use with small power amps like Big Joe. There is a lost to choose these days. You might like something like Kingrex- John blue JB3, JB4 or even JB8. Those are nice performers. Check them out

Range me full

Do you like acoustic music. Do you like string ensembles, solo artist, vocal music? You might get yourself one on full range speakers and connect them to nice power amp like Firestone Big Joe. I remember building my first full range speakers with japanese paper driver and running them with 300b monoblocks. 

for the holidays

What is a great thing about holidays and headphone listening. Well that you can take your whole rig with you. Yes it portable and movable :). Almost whole line of Firestone audio products from Cute Beyond to Fubar III and Spitfire DAC are in small sturdy package. Take your laptop, ipod or portable DVD player and you are ready to go.

My recent favorite cd

This is one of the discs that spin in my Burmester rig a lot lately. Ramya Devi dasi plays traditional Vaishnava songs accompanied with the acoustical genuine instruments. This is something to do for your soul and spiritual bank account. Just 15$ and great recording. Feed your amplifier with nice 24bit AD conversion from Firestone audio Spitfire and enjoy. Highly recommended.

fine spiritual

I just found few new great spiritual cd's. If you want to entrap yourself into deep meditation and contemplate something other than everyday music, then go and shop. This is nice bhajan-kirtan cd with a great devotional music. Connect you Firestone audio Cute Beyond and feed your soul.

Stock op amps again

One of the highly respected headphone enthusiasts over at Head-fi (Headphone addict) is saying the same thing about op-amps. The ones that come with the Firestone Audio Cute Beyond seem to do the job more than fine. He also mention that Cute Beyond is a bit better than Fubar III which is logical, since there are 2 different units in one.

Here is the comment:

"I stand by the fact that the Cute Beyond is a great amp with the stock opamps, and the Fubar III has a similar tone and timbre but lacks the detail and ambience of the Cute."

happy customers makes happy manufacturers :)

I just spot great new comment about Cutye Beyond headphone amp. It seems that designer surely know what he is doing :)

"Have to agree, for what it's worth. I've been very impressed with the stock Cute Beyond. In fact I'm surprised it's not making more of a stir. I suspect some people are turning their noses up at this cheap little op amp based upstart that doesn't look as if it could possibly sound as good as it does."

Well head-fi is place to trust about that.

new arrival

I just got new package from Netherlands. Few of fresh releases from audiophile publishing label 2L. Those are really nicely recorded disc. I haven't found the time to go through all of them but a String quartet. Pack the Cute Beyond and pair of favorite headphones and string yourself :).

Arvid Engegård decided at the age of ten, that the string quartet was the ideal medium for making music. Major milestones in his life include an influential period as concertmaster of Camerata Academica in Salzburg, before leading the Orlando Quartet for several years.Atle Sponberg will be recognised by many from the finals of the European Broadcasting Union competition in 1982. As concertmaster of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Atle is a main figure in Norwegian musical life. He also directs projects with Scandinavian ensembles including the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Trondheim Soloists. A prizewinner of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, Juliet Jopling has appeared as soloist with orchestras including The Philharmonia, London. Juliet has been a member of a quartet nearly all of her life, starting in childhood with her family quartet.Jan Erik Gustafsson ("Gusse") won third prize in the European Broadcasting Union in 1986, second prize in the Leonard Rose Competition and won the US Young Concert Artists agency prize in 1994. He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras including the Berlin Radio Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Stockholm Radio Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Washington National Orchestra.  Gustafsson played with the New Helsinki String Quartet for thirteen years. The great quartets of Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Bartók are the backbone of the Engegård Quartet's repertoire.

sounds of nature

Do you need to escape from the pressure of everyday? Trying to link yourself with the nature. I strongly recommend some of live stereo recordings of sound landscapes from all over the world. In few seconds you can be easily reaching the symphony of the forest inhabitants or mystical breezes of Himalayan top. Good headphones and capable headphone amp like Firestone Cute Beyondd is great a combination. if you manage to find any binaural field recording; go for it. On archive.com you can find all sort of music with some patience. Internet is here to be used and you can go hunting every day. I hope that you sit

In ear world

Recently I found myself more and more listening to the in ear monitors from Westone. They are UM-2 headphones. I have to say this is one of the really good bargains. I love the sealing, environmental sound blocking and good quality of reply. This little but powerful in ear monitor compliment many audio devices. From my Blacberry cure to the Firestone audio Cute Beyond. UM-2 give quite some for the asking price. My ears are very happy with every inch of information, that you might miss with open Headphones. Be careful with fitting and driving them. Don't make mistake with loud volume. It hay badly damaged you ears.

Deeper realms

Should music float with message round the globe. Well It depend on what we would like to perceive. Sometimes we just want a musical stimuli and sometimes deeper understanding and experience of the music. There is really a lot of real deep and spiritual music. You have to search on the right places and listen to the right advices. Real spiritual music can give your musical listening a note above. Lots of times the best way to give yourself a pure transcendental panache is a headphone rig. You don't want to miss any bit. Grab a nice set of headphones and something like Firestone Cute Beyond. Float in a deeper realms.