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Mint Julep - This unit reminds me of me Focusrite Red 1. The grayhill pot for gain was stepped and often it seemed the optimal setting would have been between the two settings available. When I heard it, it was very nice and articulate. It would be one of those things I would think about on acoustic sources. Pretty impressive.
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Most all of the units were good or great but the 2 LaChappel's just f**kin slayed! The 512C was another great unit as was the P1, MA5, Mint Julep, JM-130 and Mono Gama.
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Thanks for the thoughts and comments guys. Pan has mentioned the 6dB steps in the past as well and we will look into the possibly of adding a gainswitch with finer steps and or an output pot to attenuate the signal. In the meantime an A-Designs's ATTY will be a perfect companion to those trying to find the 'sweet spot'.
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Somebody tell those Mint Julep guys that the face plate needs to be the same color as the PC board. I couldn't even find it in the pictures. If you're calling it MINT, it doesn't need to be gray
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Yeah but is it 'mint' as in the flavor/color or are we talking about 'mint' when used in conjunction with things like hockey cards etc... ( although I agree gray/grey is less than exciting :))
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YEAH! I mean COME ON who makes a white front panel! I reckon we find those 2 guys and drag them into the streets and flog them, good for nothing audio engineers.... Hah hah!
Lynn, if that PCB is not GREEN enough I'm not sure what is, LOL.
Obviously the name 'Mint Julep' stems from the beverage popularized by the Kentucky Derby, which is a HORSE Race, but somewhere along the line we decided to go with the racing theme, but more along the lines of track racing. It evolved into being white with the black pine stripe running through it. All the switches are illuminated in green when depressed (they get that way often these miserable good for nothing things!) to add to it's Minty Charm.
Here is a better shot of Minty, albeit with the wrong gain knob.
Cheers
Matt