For the Dad who is always on the go, the new ZE8000 from Final are a perfect match. Truly great audio out of such a portable package!
Maybe you're looking for a gift for the dad who loves audio and gaming? Audeze's latest headphone has both covered. The Maxwell's have been one of our hottest items this year.
Maybe you think your shopping for the man who has all the gear he needs. One helpful addition to any system is isolation. Isoacoustic's Orea Pucks can be added underneath just about any piece of gear to help isolate them form harmful vibrations.
If none of these options seem quite right, feel free to reach out to us for assistance. No matter what you choose we hope all the Father's out there have an amazing weekend!
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Digital Source
SW1X DAC IV Special
SW1X USB to COAX
Amplification
VAC Master Pre
Ampsandsound Arch Monos
Speakers
Acora Acoustics SRC-1
Power
Isotek Aquarius V5
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]]>Listen to any of their catalog and its hard to miss what they are doing. What some might call a "house sound." Truly smooth and liquid sounding without sacrificing any detail is how I would describe it. Every aspect of their build is well thought out and executed flawlessly with no sacrifices made. They have overspec'd pretty much every part they can. From ultra-wide bandwidth custom transformers to overspec's resistors and capacitors, its hard not to see these as some of the best made amps in the business. We are extremely excited to offer ampsandsound to all you here as we truly believe in these products. Check them all out here.
]]>Blumenstein focuses mainly on full range drivers in gorgeous and meticulously constructed cabinets. Clark tunes his cabinets carefully like musical instruments opting not for MDF board like many other manufacturers. He instead relies purely on hardwood plywoods for his enclosures with solid wood internal bracing.
His Orcas and Marlins have been seen all over as a true reference monitor speaker. Get yours here today!
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]]>We are pleased to offer STAX's legendary lineup to our customers. Find all their offerings here.
]]>Spirit Torino is an Italian company with some very unique and interesting designs. Check out their collection here.
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]]>First launched in 2016, Utopia headphones rank amongst the best in the world! In 2022, these iconic headphones present a reworked design blending sophistication with great distinction, as well as improved exclusive technologies born of Focal's unique expertise. With sensational listening quality characterised by striking realism and unrivalled sound purity, they deliver design and sound performance in perfect harmony.
Made in France in the Focal workshops, Utopia headphones are the result of over 40 years of innovation and the creation of high-end speaker drivers and loudspeakers. Their full-range speaker drivers with pure Beryllium ‘M’-shaped dome are completely open at the back, running with zero passive or active correction from 5Hz to over 50kHz: the listening experience offers striking realism, neutrality, dynamics and transparency! Focal engineers have also developed a copper and aluminium voice coil for a revamped and uncompromising sound signature. Blending comfort with sleek styling, Utopia is made from fine materials such as leather and forged, recycled carbon. It also has “honeycomb” grilles or Black Chrome-finish rings; impressive details to make these outstanding French headphones truly unique.
Get yours today here.
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While we are not able to have a booth at CanJam this year, we know of a lot of great other vendors who will be there that represent the best in audio. These include brands like Dan Clark Audio, Focal, Hifiman, Sennheiser, Spirit Torino, T+A, ZMF, and many more. If you are in the area, it is a great event to see the best and the brightest in the field.
We will be on the show floor and available for demos off-site Thursday, Friday, and Monday. Please feel free to reach out to us through our contact form if you are in the area and would like to set up a time.
]]>Even after the sale we hope you keep going to Double Helix Cables as they provide quality stuff at all levels!
Please visit them here.
]]>Let's talk about the new, groundbreaking, headphone system from Raal Requisite, the CA-1A, found here at your one-and-only Mimic-Audio.com.
For those that don't know, Raal started selling ribbon ear speakers (the first to do a True-Ribbon headphone, in fact) with the SR-1A in 2019. They paired up with a group of passionate people in Serbia, designed an entire listening experience and set it free to the masses.
It wasn't perfect, but what is? It did set them on the path to the product we're talking about today, the CA-1A. Instead of using a near-field, infinite adjusting panel to aim the sound near/at the ears, it's circumaural, or over-ear. The main advantages here are a more comfortable fit and a much more accurate sound without having to do trigonometry every time you put the headphone on.
With the new fit comes a new way to get music to and out of the headphones, the TI-1B. This lets you use most any standard headphone amp as it presents either a 16 or 32ohm load to the amplifier's output instead of the 0.2 that the ribbons naturally would measure at. Of course, you can still get the HSA-1B or VM-1A (depending on your preference of solid state or tubes respectively), but for someone that's curious about what their music can sound like out of a ribbon transducer, the TI-1B is a great toe dip to get started!
You can find all five Raal items, and more, here at mimic-audio.com.
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Escape into your own world of high-quality sound
Naim launches Uniti Atom Headphone Edition: the ultimate music source
for headphones.
Salisbury, England –11th May 2021
British hi-fi specialist, Naim Audio has launched Uniti Atom Headphone Edition – a headphone-optimised version of its multiple-award-winning Uniti Atom music streaming system, designed to be the ultimate solo listening source. Unlike traditional headphone amplifiers and DACs, which require a separate computer or streaming device, Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is a fully formed music-streaming system: just add headphones.
Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is fully re-engineered to offer the optimal personal listening performance. Using trickle-down technology from its flagship Statement amplifier, Naim has engineered a new discrete headphone amplifier, capable of powering even the most premium headphones – such as Focal Utopia – with ease.
Naim’s unique music-streaming platform serves up incredible sound quality, allowing you to escape into your own digital music collection, services such as Qobuz, TIDAL and Spotify, and a world of Internet radio – including a curated collection of HD stations - and podcasts. AirPlay 2 support, Chromecast built-in and Roon Ready status add even more streaming options, while analogue and digital inputs mean you can connect many other sources, too – including turntables – and a USB input supports playback from sticks/drives. Enjoy a huge range of music file formats, in resolutions up to 32bit/384kHz.
In addition, Uniti Atom Headphone Edition features a completely new transformer design, dedicated to providing - in true Naim tradition - the very best power supply to the headphone amplification circuitry. The new discrete transistor circuit design enables Uniti Atom Headphone Edition to gain balanced headphone outputs, on both 4 pin XLR and Pentaconn, maximising the performance of high-end headphones with those connections. There is also a standard 6.3mm output.
“We have designed this special edition of the mighty Uniti Atom to be the premium music streaming system for solo listening – just add headphones to escape into your own world of high-quality sound,” said Paul Neville, Naim Research & Development Director.
Uniti Atom Headphone Edition can also double-up as a streaming pre-amplifier, feeding active loudspeakers for an instant system, or a power amplifier driving passive speakers.
Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is available now.
About Naim
Founded in 1973, Naim is an award-winning music systems manufacturer based in Salisbury, UK. With a history rooted in engineering and design excellence, Naim has won the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise on three occasions, most recently for its ground-breaking design of digital music systems.
Naim shares the same intense relationship with music as its customers, a passion that has driven them to design and engineer audio products including streaming players, amplifiers and wireless speaker systems that connect people with their music. For Naim, music always comes first. Every product is the subject of intense scrutiny from a team of engineers who spend months or years perfecting designs, never content until the music speaks to their hearts and souls as well as their heads.
High quality cables:
https://www.mimic-cables.com/collections/frontpage/products/red-giant-headphone-cable
Headphones:
https://www.mimic-cables.com/collections/headphones
Source gear:
https://www.mimic-cables.com/collections/dap-source-gear
Come check out the new growth and celebrate with us as we push towards 2022 and our 10th year of operation!
]]>As with the rest of the world, Mimic-Cables has been affected by Covid-19 much like the reader and everyone else. Fortunately, this won't affect fulfillment of orders as near everything is on hand to make any cable. It will, however, affect shipping times as USPS is lagging and Mimic-Cable is located amidst one of the more severe outbreaks in the US so we're under stay home orders by city, county, and state guidelines.
Better news:
New colors for paracord (helix and color changing sets) and MDPC-X have been added along with updated cable and sleeve color sample pictures. Also, keep an eye out for a new flagship headphone cable coming later in the year.
While the goal is to still have product on hand by year's end, hi-fi products from Focal, Meze, ZMF, Audeze, and iFi along with DIY plugs from eidolic, KLEI, and furutech are available for drop-shipping if desired. Email info@mimic-cables.com for more information and ordering.
]]>This cable will combine audio output and mic input into one unit for your choice of headphone and then terminated for 3.5mm female on the headphone end and 3.5mm male on the in/out end for use with a modmic.
The default sleeving for this is mdpc, but all of the other sleeving options are available for a small upcharge. Because of the diameter of wire used, paracord can only be used as a braided option.
Thank you for your continued support
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Due to manufacturing changes, all standard 6.3mm (1/4") TS or TRS ends will be furutech from now on.
]]>Starting January 21st, 2018, the USPS is no longer allowing First Class Mail International (FCMI) service using the Large Envelope/Flat package type to ship anything but Documents. For any content type other than Documents, the USPS will now require shipments to use the package type of Package.
For more details on the USPS change, including what does and does not meet the criteria for a document,see links below.
This change in package requirements will result in a shipping rate increase from $7-$12 per package.
https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2017/pb22482/html/updt_006.htm
http://blog.stamps.com/2017/12/26/important-usps-making-changes-first-class-mail-international-flats/
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Second, recently added to the audio cables is the option for OCC copper and silver-plated copper. Soon, litz coated wire will be an option as well. Here's why OCC is a big deal for personal audio like headphones and amp/dac interconnects. The process with which UP OCC is made starts with a pure metal (copper or silver, which I don't offer because costs are so insane for silver right now) and is then cast in such a way where the resulting wire is 1 crystal. This ensures the best conductivity and consistency in the wire which is never a bad thing.
For those interested, a white paper detailing technical specs and conclusions in regards to performance of OCC wire is linked here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0213/4262/files/occ.pdf?1508513069569546028
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