[Nigel]

Quote from Musical Fidelity supremo Antony Michaelson,

"I believe in the sound of tubes, & the fact that I've sold
35,000 X-10D's, 1,500 X-Pre's & 18,000 X-Cans is a testament to this. It's probably more than all other tube amplifier manufacturers put together."

 

[AndrewB]

Wow, good numbers for a "niche" market!

 

[Nigel]

Yes, I wonder if the 'headphone amp' has reached the highest point of it's popularity. In the UK at least, I can't think of one headphone amp before the X-Cans or Creek, now there is quite a few on the market.

!8,000 is a lot of sales.

 

[Trawlerman]

Nice to see MF doing so well.

I think headphone usage overall has increased in the past few years. Thanks to Head-Fi, Headwize and Headroom more and more people are taking headphone listening a bit more seriously.



I was surprised to see that the X10D has sold nearly double the amount of XCans. The X10D seems to be rarely talked about these days and very few people even know what it does?

 

[Hirsch]

Quote:

Originally posted by Trawlerman I was surprised to see that the X10D has sold nearly double the amount of XCans. The X10D seems to be rarely talked about these days and very few people even know what it does?

Even those of us who have owned them are not completely sure.

 

[daycart1]

Quote:

Originally posted by Nigel Quote from Musical Fidelity supremo Antony Michaelson, "I believe in the sound of tubes, & the fact that I've sold 35,000 X-10D's, 1,500 X-Pre's & 18,000 X-Cans is a testament to this. It's probably more than all other tube amplifier manufacturers put together."

THat's "tube amp". I wonder if the Airhead can beat that?

 

[Nigel]

In the UK at least, I can't think of one headphone amp before the X-Cans or Creek.>>

Oops, I forgot about the little headphone amp QED used to/still
make.

 

[Trawlerman]

Quote:

Originally posted by Nigel In the UK at least, I can't think of one headphone amp before the X-Cans or Creek.>> Oops, I forgot about the little headphone amp QED used to/still make.

By all acounts, the QED is quite forgettable as a headphone amp. Piss poor performance from what i've been told. (I've never heard one myself)