Miniature Audio

How the big guys in Redmond are doing it

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:16:00 +0000

This is where audio things are planned for WIndows. Things are
optimized in this room for your listening media pleasure from your
favorite PC. You don't have to envy this grande audio room. Simply
enjoy your windows audio files with Firestone Audio Fubar III
headphone amp and USB DAC. No compromises on your behalf :)

Head with headphones

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:57:00 +0000

Grado offers more for their money.

The Platinum and Sonata models use a modified four piece OTL
cantilever technology achieving a 10% tip mass reduction over the
Prestige series and ultra-high purity long crystal (UHPLC) oxygen free
copper wire in the coils. The Platinum model uses Grado's specially
designed elliptical diamond mounted on a brass bushing, and the Sonata
model uses Grado's specially designed nude elliptical diamond.

For 300$ you'll get very good pickup. If you don't know how to feed
your Firestone audio Korora phono preamp with good sound, here you'
have it.

Mobile beauty

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:43:00 +0000

Cowon P5 includes a 5-inch touch screen with a 800x480 screen and a
new haptic feedback. P5 runs MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, WAV, FLAC, APE music
files. This is quite a machine for round 400$. You don't have to drag
any of those multifunctional big boxes round. Future is know. Connect
you Firestone audio Cute Beyond headphone amp and there you go.

Creek Wyndsor

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:39:00 +0000

Creek Wyndsor is a very nice contender for a great vinyl rig. Is this
a fashion or a real revival of analog? Well will see what future
brings us in the analog domain. Enjoy the steady vinyl releases while
it last. With affordable Firestone Korora phono preamplifier. Korora
stood up with many much more expensive contenders. Don't be afraid
investing much more in turntable. You'll get more than quality with
Korora and the given price. Rush!

Good sound and good intentions

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:51:00 +0000

Don't be a miser if you're in the shopping mood for cables. Do
something that will benefit also to others while you're feeding you
Firestone Audio Fubar III from your laptop. Enjoy the good sound with
the good intentions.

Tacet nicest

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:44:00 +0000

If you are into classical music you don't want to miss the small
audiophile label Tacet. They offer CD's, SACD's and vinyl for your
listening pleasure. Check their site http://www.tacet.de/ for the
lisiting. Warm up for Firestone Korora or Spitfire DAC and rejoice :):

John Mellencamp on high rez

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:17:00 +0000

Well known T-Bone Burnett has released "proprietary audio technology" (CODE). CODE is a DVD-Video disc that will be included with a standard CD in all of T-Bone's new releases starting with John Mellencamp's Life, Death, Love and Freedom. This album contain a 24/96 PCM stereo files, that can be plaid back in any DVD player. Great! You just connect digital out of your Firestone Audio Spitfire 24bit DAC and enjoy!

400 GB on one disc?!

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:50:00 +0000

Pioneer has developed the quite astounding 16-layer optical disc that can store up to 400 GB of music. New multilayer technology we'll be also able to use with multilayer recordable discs. Imagine all those original wav files stored on on single disc. You just connect simple affordable player to Firestone Audio Spitfire 24bit DAC and you're good to go to new audio universe.

Jazzz and Iztok Zupan recordings

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:37:00 +0000

I just got few new great recordings from Iztok Zupan. He is real enthusiast and audiophile. Some of the recordings are done in the chapel in Austria. Even with mp3 you can enjoy some of this great captured moments. Pop up your Spitfire 24bit dac and jump in ecstasy. Here is the link: http://jazzz.si/

Good recording

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:24:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:16:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:13:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:56:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:56:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:52:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:04:00 +0000

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 :)

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:57:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:54:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:12:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:19:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:10:00 +0000

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.

the sun of the musical fun

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:21:00 +0000

I love to share my insights with all that love good music and nice reproduction. Just today i burned some of my favorite acoustical Indian spiritual music on CD. It is great how the message remain deeply carved when recording technique is simple and direct. When there is no technical overflow with capturing sound, sometimes results are quite amazing. The should of the performance and the music itself is very fresh and feels like breathing. Sometimes you have to go trough many of the recordings but it is worth it. Simple can be so much more than complicated procedure many times. And when you find some of the acoustic jewels grab your phones and turn on Cute Beyond and explore the horizon in the wholesome meaning.

Time to listen

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:01:00 +0000

It's hard to follow up with all the new music that is coming up. Our computers offer us vast storage medium that can hold thousands of music files. But how often do we listen to all of them. Are we simply flickering like with most of the things in our daily life. Music should be something profound and personal to the real lover. I recently purchased the CD player and I'm burning myself cd's again and search for the one that are hidden under the shelves or in the boxes. Bob Ohlsson said that singles might be killing the music businesses and specially the artist. There is quite some material to think about. What i do is start listening to CD's or LP's as whole album. Or even burn cd with favorite tracks and enjoy the whole CD. Attention is back and music is back. Buy medium priced CD or DVD player hook it up to the Spitfire DAC and go swim into the music

All phones leads to heaven

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Do you found yourself troublesome by all the choice today. If you want to buy a headphone amp like Firestone cute beyond and pair it with the new set of headphones you might fall into a contemplating wonder what to get. There is vast offerings from all over the world and from all "big" names. Headphone listening lost the nice market label long time ago. You need to take a close look and dig the net for reviews and fair tests. If you willing to put a dollar more into headphones you would hardly go wrong with some legendary names like AKG, SENNHEISER, GRADO etc. I'll cover few of the in upcoming blog posts and make the choice easier for all of you.

Phones to entertain us

noreply@blogger.com (Miniature Audio) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:21:00 +0000

Phones are getting more and more capable machines. They are actually a sophisticated computers or dare i to say, multimedia and communication monsters. If we take a look decade and half back in time and see what progression technology has made. Well it's all miniaturized today. What would take a whole car space back then you can carry in your shirt pocket today. I often find myself in situation where i just want to listen to music quickly and without too much hassle. And my Blackberry curve offers nice mini jack audio output. Few click and your favorite track, podcast or audio book is at you ears disposal. If you suffer from low gain just use some headamp like Firestone audio Cute Beyond and you're good to go.