Jgb1166, good insights on these units. I encourage you, if you still have the EE, to see my Opamp rolling article at Dagogo.com and give it a try. With upgraded Opamps the Minimax is a very pleasantly improved experience. I think others would vouch for that.
FYI, I have now removed the SS Opamps entirely from the review unit and am running only the socketed Opamps for Tube output. I understand this allows the power supply to not have split obligation between SS/Tube and the result is even better sound.
So, in the end you have heard only where the Minimax begins and not what it ultimately, with very little effort, can become. I would never return to the stock unit now.
http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=864
FYI, I have now removed the SS Opamps entirely from the review unit and am running only the socketed Opamps for Tube output. I understand this allows the power supply to not have split obligation between SS/Tube and the result is even better sound.
So, in the end you have heard only where the Minimax begins and not what it ultimately, with very little effort, can become. I would never return to the stock unit now.
http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=864