I was driving past a garage sale last week, and stumbled on a pair of original Minimus 7's (not the RCA knock offs) for the grand sum of $5.00! Took them home - plugged them in, and was absolutely amazed at the sound! I was a little worried they might be blown or damaged, but it doesn't appear that way at all.  I have often read about the Realistic Minimus 7 desktop speakers and their "cult status", but have never heard them before.
 
The high end is very crisp and clean, much better than I had ever imagined from a low cost set of speakers. I used to use a pair of JBL Control 1's as a desktop (small speaker) monitor reference, but these are so much better I'll be shelving the JBL's for now.
 
I can't wait to use them on a mix as a secondary to my main monitors.

Don't fix it in the mix ... Fix it in the take!

Software: X1 Expanded,
Desktop: Win 7 Pro 64 Bit (Dual Boot to XP if required), ASUS MB w/Intel Chipset, INTEL E7300 Core 2 Duo, 2.6 GHz, 4 GB RAM, ATI 5450 Video
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Hardware: V-Studio 100, M-Audio Axiom 49, ART Pro Channel, POD X3 Live, Variax 600, etc... etc...

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I was driving past a garage sale last week, and stumbled on a pair of original Minimus 7's (not the RCA knock offs) for the grand sum of $5.00! Took them home - plugged them in, and was absolutely amazed at the sound! I was a little worried they might be blown or damaged, but it doesn't appear that way at all.  I have often read about the Realistic Minimus 7 desktop speakers and their "cult status", but have never heard them before.
 
The high end is very crisp and clean, much better than I had ever imagined from a low cost set of speakers. I used to use a pair of JBL Control 1's as a desktop (small speaker) monitor reference, but these are so much better I'll be shelving the JBL's for now.
 
I can't wait to use them on a mix as a secondary to my main monitors.

I have a pair of those two - and they are great for their size@  Very realistic too lol.  I won't ever dump them I suspect.

Billy Arnell (ba-midi)

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