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."