SOVOX MiniMax3 Desktop in Titanium Silver seen from above, showing the aluminum enclosure and desk stand

MiniMax3 Desktop

Q: What warranty does the MiniMax3 Desktop come with?

The MINIMAX series includes a 1-year standard warranty covering material and workmanship defects under normal use, plus an optional +3-year extended warranty available through product registration. Register the product with a valid proof of purchase; the extended period is added after the standard warranty expires. For a claim, contact customerservice@sovox.com with your serial number and proof of purchase.

Q: Can I return the MiniMax3 Desktop if it does not work on my desk?

You can return your SOVOX product within 30 days of receiving it for a full refund, provided it was purchased from the SOVOX Official Store or an authorized dealer and is returned in its original packaging in new or near-new condition. Email customerservice@sovox.com to request an RMA number; once issued, the product must reach us within 14 calendar days. Shipping cost and transit risk for returns are borne by the customer.

Q: Where does the MiniMax3 Desktop ship from, and who handles support?

Ships from within the U.S. Support, RMA numbers and warranty claims are handled directly by SOVOX at customerservice@sovox.com — there is no third-party distributor in between.

Q: What is the difference between MiniMax3 Desktop and MiniMax3 Monitor?

They use the same four drivers. MiniMax3 Desktop is a main and sub speaker pair with an external power supply, and takes USB, optical, coaxial, RCA and Bluetooth 5.4. MiniMax3 Monitor is two independent speakers with built-in power, and takes balanced XLR and RCA, with placement presets for audio production.

Q: How is a 3-way coaxial speaker different from a 2-way speaker of the same size?

A 2-way speaker crosses over from woofer to tweeter around 2-3 kHz, in the region where the ear is most sensitive to timing and directivity errors. The MiniMax3 Desktop crosses at 240 Hz and 3.6 kHz, so a dedicated 3″ carbon fibre midrange covers the vocal band without also moving air for the low end. Mounting the 1″ silk dome tweeter on the same axis as that midrange makes the pair behave closer to a single point source, which keeps the response consistent as you move vertically at a desk.

Q: How much desk width does the MiniMax3 Desktop need?

Each speaker is 108 mm wide, 192 mm high and 199 mm deep, so a stereo pair occupies 216 mm of total width before any gap to a display or wall. Net weight per speaker: [TBC].

Q: What can I connect to the MiniMax3 Desktop?

USB-C, optical, coaxial, RCA and Bluetooth 5.4 all go into the main speaker, so a computer, TV or phone connects directly, with no audio interface. There is no XLR input; for balanced XLR, see MiniMax3 Monitor.

¥3,380.00 ¥3,719.00

The most compact 3-way coaxial desktop speaker
108 mm-wide aluminum enclosure
Patented ISP™ coaxial architecture
Three-way design with a passive radiator
Controlled bass down to 46 Hz
Bluetooth 5.4, USB, optical, coaxial, RCA

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Desktop Monitor

Color: Silver

SilverSilver
BlackBlack

Product variants

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Desktop vs. Monitor

Same drivers.
Different connections.

Both use the same four drivers. Desktop adds Bluetooth and digital inputs; Monitor keeps balanced XLR and placement presets.

Desktop vs. Monitor Same drivers. Different connections. Both use the same four drivers. Desktop adds Bluetooth and digital inputs; Monitor keeps balanced XLR and placement presets.	Main speaker, rear MiniMax3 Desktop ~~¥3,719~~ ¥3,380 a pairPre-order discountPre-order	Speaker, rear MiniMax3 Monitor ¥4,404 a pairView Monitor
System	Main + sub speaker, external power	Two independent active speakers, built-in power
Drivers	1″ silk-dome tweeter, 3″ carbon-fiber midrange, 3.5″ carbon-fiber woofer, 5″ passive radiator	1″ silk-dome tweeter, 3″ carbon-fiber midrange, 3.5″ carbon-fiber woofer, 5″ passive radiator	Same on both: 1″ silk-dome tweeter, 3″ carbon-fiber midrange, 3.5″ carbon-fiber woofer, 5″ passive radiator
Inputs	USB, RCA, optical, coaxial, Bluetooth	RCA, XLR
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.4	None
Manual tuning	Treble and bass trim	Treble and bass trim, plus placement presets
Best for	Entertainment at your computer	Desktop audio production

Reviews of MiniMax3 Monitor, which uses the same drivers.

MiniMax3 Desktop

¥3,380.00

MiniMax3 Desktop

Yes, that’s a
three-way coaxial.

A true three-way coaxial, in a cabinet 108 mm wide.

240 Hz / 3.6 kHz

Crossover points

46 Hz

Bass extension, −6 dBBass, −6 dB

Two-way vs. three-way

The vocal no longer rides on the kick.

MiniMax3D gives the voice its own 3″ midrange, so each part of the mix stays distinct. A typical compact two-way plays the kick and the vocal through one small woofer.

2-WAY

Typical compact

Bass and voice share one cone.

Tweeter · Above ~2.5 kHz

Highs

Woofer · Below ~2.5 kHz

Kick, bass and voice

3-WAY

MiniMax3D

Every layer gets its own driver.

High · Above 3.6 kHz

Cymbals, air, detail

1″ silk-dome tweeter · 20 W

Mid · 240 Hz – 3.6 kHz

Vocals, guitars, keys

3″ carbon-fiber midrange · 20 W

Low · Below 240 Hz

Kick and bass

3.5″ carbon woofer + 5″ passive radiator · 40 W

High · 1″ silk-dome tweeter · 20 W
Mid · 3″ carbon-fiber midrange · 20 W
Low · 3.5″ carbon woofer + 5″ passive radiator · 40 W

One amplifier per way · Third-order crossoversTwo-way shown for illustration; crossover points vary by model.

Patented ISP™ coaxial

Set the presence. Sit back. It’s gone.
Stop mixing with your head in a vise.

With separate drivers, the 3.6 kHz region shifts every time you move, right where vocal presence lives. ISP puts both drivers at one point, so it stays put.

Separate drivers

Lean in, and the presence region drifts.

ISP coaxial

Lean in or sit back. It holds.

Illustration of the crossover region, exaggerated for clarity.

3.5″ carbon woofer

Kick and bass shouldn’t blur together.
Not even on a 3.5″ woofer.

Keeping the kick and the bass apart takes control, not just depth. So the low end gets its own dedicated 3.5″ woofer that never plays the vocal, built part by part for one job: the magnet, the motor and the coil, plus a passive radiator.

HLMS™

High-linearity motor

46 Hz

Bass extension, −6 dB

No port

Passive radiator

The 3.35-inch (85 mm) magnet of the MiniMax3D woofer

01 · 3.35″ magnet on a 3.5″ woofer

The kick ends when the track says so.

A denser field in the gap gives the voice coil a firmer grip. It starts the cone on the hit and brakes it on the release, so the tail you hear is the tail you mixed.

Why size matters — more field in the gap, a tighter kick

Panels are illustrations of the effect, not measurements.

Cutaway of the MiniMax3D woofer motor with the copper Faraday ring and the demodulation ring

02 · SOVOX HLMS™ · two rings in the gap

Louder doesn’t mean dirtier.

Turn a small woofer up and two things go wrong: it adds harmonics you never put in the mix, and it starts squashing the peaks. SOVOX HLMS™ tackles both in the gap: a copper Faraday ring keeps the push even, and a demodulation ring keeps the field steady under current.

Why it works — the push stays even from one end of the stroke to the other

Harmonics stay low as you push the level

Peaks come through at high level, not squashed

Panels are illustrations of the effect, not measurements.

The six-layer voice coil of the MiniMax3D woofer

03 · Six-layer voice coil

The last mix of the night sounds like the first.

As a voice coil heats up, it quietly loses level, and you start pushing the fader to make up for it. A custom six-layer coil puts more copper in the gap to take that heat, so the woofer stays where you set it.

Output at a constant high level, over an hour

Panels are illustrations of the effect, not measurements.

The 3.5 × 6.3-inch passive radiator of the MiniMax3D

04 · 3.5″ × 6.3″ passive radiator

Nothing chuffs on the drop.

On a ported speaker, part of the low end you hear is the port itself: air noise on loud notes, and a tone from the tube. MiniMax3D has no port. A 3.5″ × 6.3″ passive radiator takes the bass down to 46 Hz (−6 dB), so what you hear is the woofer, not the tube.

A loud bass note on an analyzer: ported vs. no port

Panels are illustrations of the effect, not measurements.

Treble and bass trim

Your desk is part of the speaker.
Trim it to match your room.

A desk under a speaker, or a wall behind it, adds bass that isn’t in the recording. Trim treble and bass from the knob on the rear panel to match your room, not to flatter it.

The volume and function knob on the MiniMax3 Desktop rear panel

Treble

+2 dB0−2 dB

Bass

−4 dB−2 dB0Dynamic

Set from the knob on the rear panel.

Curves illustrate the trim steps; they are not measurements.

Rear panel

One main speaker.
Every connection in one place.

Inputs, volume and power all sit on the rear of the main speaker. A single cable from OUTPUT runs to the sub speaker.

Inputs

1 Bluetooth 5.4BT/ANT Antenna connector for wireless audio.
2 USB USB-C audio from a computer.
3 Optical Digital audio from a TV or console.
4 Coaxial Digital audio over a single RCA cable.
5 AnalogAUX L / R Stereo RCA from any line-level source.

Specifications

Don’t take our word for it.
Take the measurements.

Every figure lists its test condition, so you can line it up against any review or datasheet. The charts below were measured on MiniMax3 Monitor, which uses the same drivers.

46 Hz – 20 kHz

Frequency response, −6 dB

97 dB

Max SPL, short-term @ 1 m

240 Hz / 3.6 kHz

Crossovers, 3rd order

< 1 %

THD, 240 Hz – 20 kHz @ 80 dB

80 W

Class-D, per speaker

108 mm

Wide · 192 mm high · 199 mm deep

01Measurements

8 charts · measured on MiniMax3 Monitor

Response

In-room

Distortion

Directivity

Measurement: On-axis response Acoustic axis SPL

Full specifications

Frequency response49 Hz – 20 kHz−3 dB

Frequency response46 Hz – 20 kHz−6 dB

Max SPL @ 1 m97 dBShort-term · 100 Hz – 6 kHz

Max SPL @ 1 m95 dBLong-term · IEC 60268-5

Crossover240 Hz / 3.6 kHz3rd order

THD @ 80 dB / 1 m< 1 %240 Hz – 20 kHz

THD @ 80 dB / 1 m< 2 %100 – 240 Hz

Signal-to-noise ratio105 dB

07Finishes & in the box

Black or Silver · stand included

Photo to replace: two MiniMax3 Monitors on their isolation stands with the cable box and manual

Two magnetic speaker grilles, one face up and one face down

In the box · per pair [TBC]

Main speaker× 1
Sub speaker× 1
Isolation stand× 2
Magnetic grille× 2
External power supply× 1
Speaker link cable× 1
Bluetooth antenna× 1
Tools and manual

Finishes

BlackSilver

Specifications subject to change. Full test conditions in the manual.

Frequently asked questions

What warranty does the MiniMax3 Desktop come with?

The MINIMAX series includes a 1-year standard warranty covering material and workmanship defects under normal use, plus an optional +3-year extended warranty available through product registration. Register the product with a valid proof of purchase; the extended period is added after the standard warranty expires. For a claim, contact customerservice@sovox.com with your serial number and proof of purchase.

Can I return the MiniMax3 Desktop if it does not work on my desk?

You can return your SOVOX product within 30 days of receiving it for a full refund, provided it was purchased from the SOVOX Official Store or an authorized dealer and is returned in its original packaging in new or near-new condition. Email customerservice@sovox.com to request an RMA number; once issued, the product must reach us within 14 calendar days. Shipping cost and transit risk for returns are borne by the customer.

Where does the MiniMax3 Desktop ship from, and who handles support?

Ships from within the U.S. Support, RMA numbers and warranty claims are handled directly by SOVOX at customerservice@sovox.com — there is no third-party distributor in between.

What is the difference between MiniMax3 Desktop and MiniMax3 Monitor?

They use the same four drivers. MiniMax3 Desktop is a main and sub speaker pair with an external power supply, and takes USB, optical, coaxial, RCA and Bluetooth 5.4. MiniMax3 Monitor is two independent speakers with built-in power, and takes balanced XLR and RCA, with placement presets for audio production.

How is a 3-way coaxial speaker different from a 2-way speaker of the same size?

A 2-way speaker crosses over from woofer to tweeter around 2-3 kHz, in the region where the ear is most sensitive to timing and directivity errors. The MiniMax3 Desktop crosses at 240 Hz and 3.6 kHz, so a dedicated 3″ carbon fibre midrange covers the vocal band without also moving air for the low end. Mounting the 1″ silk dome tweeter on the same axis as that midrange makes the pair behave closer to a single point source, which keeps the response consistent as you move vertically at a desk.

How much desk width does the MiniMax3 Desktop need?

Each speaker is 108 mm wide, 192 mm high and 199 mm deep, so a stereo pair occupies 216 mm of total width before any gap to a display or wall. Net weight per speaker: [TBC].

What can I connect to the MiniMax3 Desktop?

USB-C, optical, coaxial, RCA and Bluetooth 5.4 all go into the main speaker, so a computer, TV or phone connects directly, with no audio interface. There is no XLR input; for balanced XLR, see MiniMax3 Monitor.

MiniMax3 Desktop

Same drivers.Different connections.

Same drivers.Different connections.

Reviews of MiniMax3 Monitor, which uses the same drivers.

Yes, that’s a three-way coaxial.

The vocal no longer rides on the kick.

Set the presence. Sit back. It’s gone.Stop mixing with your head in a vise.

Kick and bass shouldn’t blur together.Not even on a 3.5″ woofer.

The kick ends when the track says so.

Louder doesn’t mean dirtier.

The last mix of the night sounds like the first.

Nothing chuffs on the drop.

Your desk is part of the speaker.Trim it to match your room.

One main speaker.Every connection in one place.

Don’t take our word for it.Take the measurements.

01Measurements

Full specifications

07Finishes & in the box

Frequently asked questions

What warranty does the MiniMax3 Desktop come with?

Can I return the MiniMax3 Desktop if it does not work on my desk?

Where does the MiniMax3 Desktop ship from, and who handles support?

What is the difference between MiniMax3 Desktop and MiniMax3 Monitor?

How is a 3-way coaxial speaker different from a 2-way speaker of the same size?

How much desk width does the MiniMax3 Desktop need?

What can I connect to the MiniMax3 Desktop?

Same drivers.
Different connections.

Same drivers.
Different connections.

Yes, that’s a
three-way coaxial.

Set the presence. Sit back. It’s gone.
Stop mixing with your head in a vise.

Kick and bass shouldn’t blur together.
Not even on a 3.5″ woofer.

Your desk is part of the speaker.
Trim it to match your room.

One main speaker.
Every connection in one place.

Don’t take our word for it.
Take the measurements.