Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC (VERY early impressions)

[PRYML]

... and I've just replaced the incompatible Siemens E88CC/6922 with a compatible favourite Pearl CryoValve that I've had forever (to the point that I no longer remember which NOS vintage they are )

It's a Mullard Pearl CryoValve!

Found the packaging during my regular ritual of looking for something and finding something else instead

[Yoga]

Out of interest, where did you source one of these from, and for how much? :¬)

[PRYML]

Out of interest, where did you source one of these from, and for how much? :¬)

I got it around 15 years ago from a HiFi dealer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; vaguely remember paying around 200 Malaysian Ringgit for it then

[Yoga]

I got it around 15 years ago from a HiFi dealer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; vaguely remember paying around 200 Malaysian Ringgit for it then

Nice!

[Yoga]

Malek, where did you source the DAC? I'm very tempted by one of these.

[PRYML]

Got it from www.hitaudio.com for HKD5200, during last year's High End Audio Visual Show

[Yoga]

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...#ht_1906wt_995

£612. Quite tempted by one of these along with a Matrix M-Stage headphone amp (rather than the Burson HA-160D).

Hmmmmmmm :¬)

[Spur07]

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...#ht_1906wt_995

£612. Quite tempted by one of these along with a Matrix M-Stage headphone amp (rather than the Burson HA-160D).

Hmmmmmmm :¬)

Yeah, I thought about one of these to. I've got a mate in the US who could bring it over to me keeping the costs considerably lower. Its certainly tempting. The Audiolab MDAC will be out in the summer though.

[Yoga]

Yeah, I thought about one of these to. I've got a mate in the US who could bring it over to me keeping the costs considerably lower. Its certainly tempting. The Audiolab MDAC will be out in the summer though.

There will be a version 2 (Minimax) this summer also...

Sabre ES9018
Italian M2Tech A Sync technology
Separate power transformers for digital and analog
High frequency relays/resistor input selection
improved PSU
improved tube output stage
improved 24/96 and 24/192KHz playing
volume pot removed
socketed opamps
tube/ss output selection

What's good about the Audiolab MDAC? Rough cost too? :¬)

I'm tempted to buy a Fiio E7 and use that for a couple of months while these new DACs arrive.

[Spur07]

There will be a version 2 (Minimax) this summer also...



What's good about the Audiolab MDAC? Rough cost too? :¬)

I'm tempted to buy a Fiio E7 and use that for a couple of months while these new DACs arrive.

Yeah, I guess the new minimax will this time be able to play 24 bit via USB.

I heard the Audiolab CDQ last year at Bartletts and was very impressed. I'm hoping the MDAC will be priced around the £399 mark which should make it very good value. I noticed last night in another thread Jerry has recently compared his Mtech Yound dac to a friends CDQ so maybe he will enlighten us further. Reading his post I wasn't sure which he preferred although I'd imagine it was the Young. I think the Young comes in at around £600 though?