I worked in a studio that had both, and the Minimus did much the same job as the NS10s, namely spot checking mixes. I found the Minimus even more unpleasant to

I worked in a studio that had both, and the Minimus did much the same job as the NS10s, namely spot checking mixes. I found the Minimus even more unpleasant to listen to (even more bandwidth limited), but I wasn't listening to them for pleasure or for extended periods of time. I just wanted to zoom in on the midrange to make sure that crucial area was actually as in balance as I thought it was, and they served that purpose well enough.