This paper investigates the problem of model-order reduction for linear systems arising from minimum-phase circuits and filters, where stability and frequency characteristics must be preserved. The MPPBT framework uses a Riccati–Lyapunov Gramian pair and constructs a balancing transformation with the sequence of MPPBT singular values, from which a relative error bound in the norm and a scoring function, , are derived to select the model order. We apply the algorithm to a fourth-order Butterworth low-pass filter with a full-order state dimension, , and reduced-order models with are examined. The results show that the model with yields an error of approximately and an error of approximately . The model with gives an error of approximately and an error of approximately . The model with attains a composite score of , preserves stability and the minimum-phase property, and is regarded as a balanced choice between accuracy and complexity. A further comparison on an RLC ladder circuit of order shows that at , MPPBT achieves the lowest error among BT, PRBT, and MPPBT, while retaining an error close to that of BT.