I went from a Vendetta to a Minimax and love it. I also tried an ARC 5 and felt it was very similar to the Vendetta, but the Minimax was superior to both, IMO. In the Stereophile review, Fremer says the Minimax is great fun to listen to, and I would say that is correct. It does all the audiophile things like imaging and detail very well, but it is also very dynamic and just plain FUN. I am using it with a Skala, into ARC Ref gear, and it works great in this context. Plenty of gain, very quiet, fairly quick warm up, and it looks great as well.
Eastern Electric minimax phono vs. Hagerman Cornet
These are the two phono preamps I'm looking at to replace my bottlehead seduction. I am aware of the basic differences between the two. Function-wise ( hagerman is mm only minimax is mm/mc) etc. But I am hoping to hear from someone who has actually heard both units. FWIW I'm using denon dl103 /variants with cinemag sut's.