Eastern Electric MiniMax Tube CD/HDCD Player

newrival
newrival Posts: 2,017
edited March 2012 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
Excellent Tubed CD Player with an excellent built in headphone amp! I had considered keeping this for my bedroom since you could have this player and a nice set of cans and not need anything else! VERY nice sound.

Anyways I'm asking $525 and I'll include shipping and insurance

here are some pics:

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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited February 2012
    *********** MODS - ANY WAY YOU COULD PUT THE "FOR SALE" LOGO ON THE THREAD FOR ME? ***********

    please and thank you :)
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited February 2012
    I'm really surprised there's not more interest on this awesome player.
    design is where science and art break even.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited February 2012
    why are you selling it?
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited February 2012
    Simply because my lifestyle doesn't support it. I'm extremely wrapped up in my work for the near future and my listening sessions are squeezed into 15 minutes here 45 minutes there. I don't have time to sit down for 2 hours and listen (at least not more than a couple times per month). This being said, tube components just arent conducive to that. I found that the tube players sounded best after a good 10 minutes of warm up. They did sound pretty good off the bat, but a tad thinner. Also turning them on and of three times a day makes me susceptible for very short lifespans on the tubes. I initially thought I would keep one tube player and one SS, but the truth is that I'll never use them both as much as I'd imagine. I bought 4 CD players for the purpose of my demo and I'm keeping one. But the truth is that my decision is mostly a lifestyle one and not one based on sound necessarily. Every player I had was super enjoyable. It all comes down to how an individual listens. This was my and my friend joe's favorite tube player, Erniejade and my wife liked the Jolida most. I think the fact that this one plays HDCDs and has a head-amp make it a steal, and i personally found the sound characteristics a very happy blend of tubey warmth and SS detail. Again, my choice here was one of convenience. Otherwise I would have kept them all :)

    I really like this player. Especially after popping a couple Amprex goldpins in it.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited February 2012
    I can attest this is a solid player. Im glad the tube roll brought more life to it!!! I had a feeling thats all it needed

    Whoever buys this player wont be disapointed.
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited February 2012
    Thanks EJ.

    Maybe this is better suited for the 'gon. The sell for $550-$650 + shipping all day over there, but I wanted to skip the fees and pass the savings onto my polkie brethren. I'll give it a little longer.
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited February 2012
    anyone?
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited February 2012
    will entertain offers
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited March 2012
    about off to the gon. Any takers on this player?

    I'm kind of blown away there haven't been any takers on these CDPs. I know there are a lot of people that could really up their source. It's funny that people spend so much time upgrading amps when often they affect the system 1/10 the amount a good so
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited March 2012
    this is SOLD
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