Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC (VERY early impressions)

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Originally Posted by 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 :lol: )

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It's a Mullard Pearl CryoValve! :eek:

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

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

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Originally Posted by Yoga

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

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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 :)

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Originally Posted by PRYML

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 :)

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Nice!

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

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

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 :¬)

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Originally Posted by 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 :¬)

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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.

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Originally Posted by Spur07

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.

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

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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

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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.

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Originally Posted by Yoga

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.

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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?