Musical Fidelity X-Can V2 Tube Class A Headphone Amplifier

[Digital Man]

Hi, I wish to ask of you all, is this particular headphone amp, a, all valve unit ? or, is it a hybrid ? Thanks

[Neo]

Hi Glen

I would say a hybrid design as all xcan h/amps are

Neo

[Digital Man]

Hi, Thanks, I guess that answer the question, once and for all. Thanks all.

[Neo]

You may find this site interesting

http://www.rock-grotto.co.uk/x-ccessories.html

Neo

[Digital Man]

Hi, Yes, that is very interesting, have you personally tried the Music Fidelity X-Cans ? how would you compare them, to say, the Little Dot Mk II or Mk III ?

[Neo]

I started with xcan v-8p for my sennheiser hd 650 then got the v8 psu then got x10v3 buffer well 2 actually

Still had them in 2 of my setups until recently, sold here as I restructured my setups and they were in surplus

In regard to the other units haven't tried them so can't really comment

Edited August 22, 2016 by Neo

[Digital Man]

Hi, How did you find the V-8p ? Did you use it with any grado's ?

[Batty]

I have the v3 X-Can used with AKG Q701s and I find it very good indeed, I have fitted the Rock grotto Capacitor upgrade kit which made a difference in both bass and treble.

[Neo]

I found v8p excellent, additional refinements were added when I got the dedicated psu. 1.3w into 32ohm that's plenty to drive even the most demanding headphones

Unfortunately I only dealt with sennheiser headphones when I had that as a primary listening source, but can't imagine it being a bad match. So the headphones I used are sennheiser hd 650 300ohm, 500 and 558 which I believe are 50ohm a piece

The other wonderful thing which can be done with is tube substitution or rolling but I never done that as I preferred the sound of ecc88

The other duty that v8p saw was as a single source valve preamp that was its primary purpose in the last year or so

Neo

[Digital Man]

Hi, Are the Musical Fidelity Headphone amps, OTL ?

[Guest]

I have a X-Can V2 that I'm about to sell on the classifieds if youre interested @@LinearTracker. PM if you need any more info.

[Neo]

OTL?

[MusicOne]

On 8/26/2016 at 4:06 PM, Neo said:

OTL?

 

Output transformerless.

[Digital Man]

Hi, Thanks for the reply, but, I did mention originally, that I do not want transformerless, plus, I've given up on head phone amps, I will have one built into my next Weston valve amp, in the near future