I just got one of these from Rusty, the Ebay seller--very nice, fast shipping, great price. The cable is really good after about 40 hours of burn-in, has opened up nicely. Listening, it is amazing that the cryo process can improve something this much. While the cable sounded really good with...

I will check that out. Thanks for the suggestion. I need to listen to alternatives to make the best choice.

I had the opportunity to listen to the DAC 25.2 at a local dealer yesterday. The CD player was a NAD 542 which I thought might be somewhat similar to my own CD player. I listened through Sennheiser HD 595's. This is the first higher-end DAC I've listened to. The three upsampling settings made...

I am located in the U.S. I cleaned the pins on the tubes, checked the tube sockets and followed through on the other suggestions. Nothing helped. The seller was very kind and gave me a refund. He is having the X-Can checked over. I regret parting with it as it was a VERY nice sounding amp...

Just a follow-up. Nothing has worked to eliminate the noise in the left channel of the X-Can v3. Thanks to all for your suggestions. I think it is a problem that a tech would have to track down.

Yes, I am sure it is not my headphones. I did reverse the tubes, left to right, but did not help. The sockets look OK, but I will clean the pins and try a different set of IC's. It has seemed that after 1 + hours of listening, and the music has stopped, that the noise is not there. That seems...

Hi there, I'd appreciate any help or suggestions. I just purchased an X-Can v3 from someone. Rocket Logo, platinum grade (Upscale Audio) 6H23-EB's are installed. These are excellent sounding tubes, but.... There is a soft hum or buzz coming through the left channel. Faint, but noticeable...

Just an update. I haven't heard more noise. I cleaned the pins on the driver tubes. Will keep listening....

I appreciate the suggestions on the Little Dot. The noise in the right channel has actually diminished quite a lot since I posted about the problem--I hear a faint crackle occasionally now. I have left the amp on for the last several days after putting in the new Sovtek 6H30PI on the right side...

Hello to all, Some months ago I purchased a Little MKIVse from the classifieds here. I love the sound of the amp, the price/performance ratio is, for my ears, terrrific. However-- When I first got the amp, a crackling/hissing appeared in a short time in the right channel. Got on the...

Hello to all, Some months ago I purchased a Little MKIVse from the classifieds here. I love the sound of the amp, the price/performance ratio is for my ears terrrific. However-- When I first got the amp, a crackling/hissing appeared in a short time in the right channel. Got on the...

I'm very new to the Head-Fi community, but want to pose a question about 6dj8 tubes and 6922's. I am an X-cans v3 listener, the cans are Sennheiser HD595's. I hated the Jan Philips Mil-Spec tubes installed by the manufacturer in the Xcans. Absolutely painful listening. Started reading...