Post pics of your builds....

Millett Hybrid MiniMax and a BantamDac

Very creative DAC Scy!

That is a really beautiful case, great work.

God, I so want to try out that amp.

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Isnt there an old phrase, dont judge a book by its cover

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Assuming from your statement that you are displeased with the performance of the MiniMax?

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Its not really my cup of tea but that is just one beautiful amplifier!

Scy thats an awesome lot of builds! I especially like your Bantams clear case, original!!

Today is a day of mixed emotions - the end of the first chapter of my DIY story. I'm moving to Halifax, Canada for work in a couple of months and leaving my soldering station behind. I am also selling one of my DIY creations for the first time today...... to a fellow Head-Fi'er no less, who is picking up my Millett Max this afternoon.

So here is the last DIY photo I will post for many months, even years, depending on how much spare time and money I find myself with in my new job. A huge thanks to everyone who provided help and inspiration. It has been a blast!



Top: γ1 DAC x2, Millett Mini Max x2
Middle: σ11 PSU, Millett Max, MMM
Bottom: Buffalo DAC

Beautiful stuff Beefy, congrats!

Congrats beefy on those beautiful builds!

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I hope you're taking that equipment with you. Best of luck with your move.

Thanks for the kind words

rds: the Millet Max is essentially sold. The black Mini Max will be sold once I have done some more stress testing on it. One of the y1 will be sold. The other y1 and silver Mini Max are *definitely* coming and will become my work/desk rig.

The MMM and Buffalo I would dearly love to keep as a home rig... but I'm just not sure if it is practical yet. Desperately trying to talk the missus into letting me bring them

wow, I didn't know the Buff is that longggg!
Very nice stuffs indeed

Since I play games, I didn't want to miss out on all the fun effects the X-Fi engine offers, but I didn't want to sacrifice sound quality much either.

My main music setup utilizes the ESI Juli@'s direct I2S output to my DAC, but for gaming effects, I needed to use a Creative X-Fi card (as they are the only ones that pass 3D-CMSS through S/PDIF). Now I didn't really like the weird and overdone S/PDIF implementation of their cards so with the wonderful help of Colin Toole (cetoole on the forum), I tapped the S/PDIF output straight off the X-Fi card (before it gets multiplexed and messed around with), installed a pulse transformer, 75 Ohm wiring and a BNC jack output that now runs to my DAC. Needless to say, it works wonderfully and passes all the gaming effects.

Thanks goes out to Colin for all his help. I now get called a cheater in CounterStrike source because I hear everybody moving around behind walls, can tell where they are because of the great positioning and of course get freaked out when I hear things behind me and turn around.