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RE: Opinion: Just spent time with the EE MinMax DAC Plus...

Thanks Bob, I'll pass along the suggestion.

I think he's a bit disappointed by the tube stage given the hype and I think this is the first tube anything he's bought.

As I suggested in my mini-opinion, I thought it sounded decent. Didn't hear anything to make me go "wow" despite some of the fluff pieces floating around like this (one time when I wish the article would provide people to leave feedback to correct some inaccuracies & BS):
http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=798

Anyhow, as for op-amp rolling, I've done some of that over the years with various DAC's and am not a strong proponent. My feeling is that most equipment should sound decent without much fuss once "burned in" and it's unlikely a few bucks in op-amps make any difference. 3 years ago I bought the GD-Earth discreet component op-amp and didn't notice much difference with a DIY AD1852 DAC compared to NE5532/OPA2604/OPA627x2.

Good article (I think the EE uses the NE5532):
http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/08/op-amp-measurements.html

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