Veniogenesis
Headphoneus Supremus
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- Impressions to come soon.
Long, blog-like story follows below:
The Story
There has been a lot of talk about Firestone Audio equipment over the past few months here at Head-Fi. I've noticed a lot of praise for their cute little amplifiers and DACs. I had been looking for a nice external USB DAC for a few months now, but nothing really lept out at me. My budget ranged from just $100 up to $300.
When Firestone Audio became a Head-Fi sponsor, I visited their website a few times and then soon forgot about them in the back of mind. I had read 6moon's positive review about their amplifier, but an amplifier wasn't exactly what I was interested in.
Last Tuesday (11/22/2005), I happened to come across the NYC Mini Meet 11-20-05 Thread and decided to visit the Firestone Audio website once again. To my surprise, I didn't know that Firestone Audio was based in Taiwan! I called my dad, who was going to leave Taipei for San Jose on Wednesday, and gave him the Taipei address on the Firestone Audio website. I told him to check out the Fubar II USB DAC for me. A hour later, he called back and told me that he had bought it for me! Yays!
My dad was going to stay in San Jose for a week, but he decided mail it to me via USPS Priority. Sweet.
The DAC just came in about 10 minutes ago. Impressions to follow! Sorry for the long story.
Impressions
11/28/2005 - I've opened the box and going to hook it up. Let's see what this little thing can do.
Cheers,
Venio
- Impressions to come soon.
Long, blog-like story follows below:
The Story
There has been a lot of talk about Firestone Audio equipment over the past few months here at Head-Fi. I've noticed a lot of praise for their cute little amplifiers and DACs. I had been looking for a nice external USB DAC for a few months now, but nothing really lept out at me. My budget ranged from just $100 up to $300.
When Firestone Audio became a Head-Fi sponsor, I visited their website a few times and then soon forgot about them in the back of mind. I had read 6moon's positive review about their amplifier, but an amplifier wasn't exactly what I was interested in.
Last Tuesday (11/22/2005), I happened to come across the NYC Mini Meet 11-20-05 Thread and decided to visit the Firestone Audio website once again. To my surprise, I didn't know that Firestone Audio was based in Taiwan! I called my dad, who was going to leave Taipei for San Jose on Wednesday, and gave him the Taipei address on the Firestone Audio website. I told him to check out the Fubar II USB DAC for me. A hour later, he called back and told me that he had bought it for me! Yays!
My dad was going to stay in San Jose for a week, but he decided mail it to me via USPS Priority. Sweet.
The DAC just came in about 10 minutes ago. Impressions to follow! Sorry for the long story.
Impressions
11/28/2005 - I've opened the box and going to hook it up. Let's see what this little thing can do.
Cheers,
Venio