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Thread: Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC (VERY early impressions)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spur07 View Post
    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?
    Yeah £675 for the Young iirc. Would like to hear it compared to the Rega.

    So many DACs, so little time :¬)
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    Indeed. I've heard good things about the Rega also.

    getting them all together in one place wouldn't be easy
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    Default Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Plus

    http://www.digitalaudionews.net.au/2...e-minimax-dac/

    presumably better but dearer...

    Not sure if I'll be "upgrading" just yet though
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    Quote Originally Posted by PRYML View Post
    http://www.digitalaudionews.net.au/2...e-minimax-dac/

    presumably better but dearer...

    Not sure if I'll be "upgrading" just yet though
    Considering the global praise the MKI got, you won't need to. For a long while!
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    I still think the MK.1's built-in pre-amp a significant weak link though

    Had they done away with it, (in all likelyhood) it would've sounded better and cost less; resulting in staggering value for money sound-wise
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    I noticed that users on another forum are "rolling" OpAmps in the Mk.I and the DAC Plus is to be released with "socketed" OpAmps...

    Does that mean the OpAmps in the upcoming model can be manually plugged in/unplugged for installation of alternatives?
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    Yep :¬)

    There's a huge thread on HeadFi about MKI tube and opamp rolling, some great info if you're interested.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ali Tait View Post
    I guess the Mullard may be tired.I've found them very good in the past. How's the dac sound now you've got a few hours on it?
    The tube-rolling bug bit again and after going through several forums, I decided to give the MULLARD CV4003 (KQDD/K is also printed on the plain white box) another chance, as there are a few posts that recommend a significant burn-in period.

    So I set the second track of Isotek's Full System Enhancer/Rejuvenation CD running on repeat overnight and the sound started to open up and progressively got better as I played more music through it

    They weren't kidding about the NOS reference, considering the lengthy burn-in period

    It sounded so promising that I placed an order for the Cryo Valve version from UK's Watford Valves, even as it continues to burn in

    It'll be a long wait though as, according to their website, all orders can only be processed next month; maybe they're off on holiday
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