[iancraig10]

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Originally Posted by kenratboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow... I have no idea what just happened. The little gremlin inside of my amp just flipped the switch from 'really good' to 'oh my god!'. After about 100 hours, this amp has just transformed itself (and its not in my head...I think). Bass is deeper, tighter, and more defined, and the mids and highs have mellowed out and become more neutral. The interesting thing is bad recordings sound pretty good (takes the edge off), good recordings sound great (get the most out of them), and great recordings are allowed to shine through in their full glory. Doesn't matter if its a YouTube video, or a 24/96 recording - it all sounds better than before - it is the best of both worlds (mellows out the harsh, protects the fragile & pristine). I now fully-appreciate why this amp is $500. The kicker is I am not even pushing it with a really good source, I'll be hooking up a Primare CD player in the next few days to see what this thing can REALLY do. And to think I can get it even better with new tubes/upgraded power supply. Thanks again for the help!

This happened with mine. I never mentioned it because I thought that it was me.

The trouble is, I'm also burning in K701's and both the headphones and the amp have changed.

Bass hits hard now whereas at the start, my 701's were edgy and the V8 is still very new. Suddenly, the bass seemed to focus and I'm not sure whether it's the result of the amp settleing down or the heavy burn in on the K701's.

Talk of the K701's lack of bass isn't true in my case with the V8. I liked the V8 with the Senn 600 and 650, but even more with the K701. It provides an enormous amount of 'space' in the sound imo.

I'm using the same valves from Mike and the Little Pinkie.

Ian

 

[darlim]

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Originally Posted by Zombie_X /img/forum/go_quote.gif Indeed this amp is awesome. Glad to see those 6H23N's worked out darlim. Did you get the upgrade idea from me ? kenratboy, indeed it does get better. Try letting it run for a day non stop then listen. The sound will be very transparent and will gain more air. Now all that has to be done is put some tube dampers on the tubes and the bass becomes even tighter and more defined.

YES! And thank you !!

I have ordered a set of brass tube anchor and am gonna see what difference it will make

 

[darlim]

OH.. Anyway its Xmas EVE here and will be Xmas in 5 1/2 hours time.

WIshing all a MERRY XMAS !!

May all our audio wishes comes true!!

 

[usinare]

i got the xcan v8 2 weeks ago and i am extremely happy. very warm, open, detailed and laid back sound. it is not harsh at all. i am using it with cambridge dacmagic and sennheiser hd800 and apple lossless files. i am thinking of exchanging it for the x-can v8p.

 

[pytter]

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Originally Posted by usinare /img/forum/go_quote.gif i got the xcan v8 2 weeks ago and i am extremely happy. very warm, open, detailed and laid back sound. it is not harsh at all. i am using it with cambridge dacmagic and sennheiser hd800 and apple lossless files. i am thinking of exchanging it for the x-can v8p.

Usinare - what is the difference between the x-canv8 and x-canv8p? Sorry if this is a silly question!

 

[jcoops16]

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Originally Posted by pytter /img/forum/go_quote.gif Usinare - what is the difference between the x-canv8 and x-canv8p? Sorry if this is a silly question!

I think the only difference is that the v8p has a pre amp circuit apart from that there is no difference.

 

[Zombie_X]

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Originally Posted by pytter /img/forum/go_quote.gif Usinare - what is the difference between the x-canv8 and x-canv8p? Sorry if this is a silly question!

I can answer this for you. The main difference is that the V8P has a Pre-Amp circuit built in.

 

[anvious]

Where are you guys getting your X-Can V8's? I'm in the States and I can't seem to find any distributors that offers it in the 110v...

 

[Zombie_X]

Music Direct still has them here > MUSICDIRECT - MUSICAL FIDELITY - X-CAN v8P HEADPHONE AMP

 

[anvious]

Funny information on the X-Can. I emailed both Music Direct and Tempo Marketing (US distributor) about the disappearance of X-CAN V8P off websites (it's back on music direct yesterday) and the two answers were very intriguing:

Tempo (Distributor says)

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Unfortunately, the X-CAN V8P is no longer available. We will be introducing a replacement model in June or July. Right now we do not have any details on the new model, but expect to hear some news about it in the next couple of months. Thanks for your interest in Musical Fidelity and let me know if you have any other questions.

Music Direct Says:

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Thank you for your email. There is a new US distributor for the Musical Fidelity X-CAN V8P and we are currently looking into getting them back into stock. We are expecting to be updated soon. I will update you when the information is provided to me.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

 

[darlim]

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Originally Posted by anvious /img/forum/go_quote.gif Funny information on the X-Can. I emailed both Music Direct and Tempo Marketing (US distributor) about the disappearance of X-CAN V8P off websites (it's back on music direct yesterday) and the two answers were very intriguing: Tempo (Distributor says) Music Direct Says: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

Looks wierd. Discontinued items usualy are taken off the MF web site. its still available there though.

 

[Zombie_X]

I can clearly see that on the distrubtors order page that they are not in stock. I'll contact MF direct to see what happened.

 

[iancraig10]

This was flying around in October when I got my V8. I bought mine from a private dealer and he said at the time:

a) V8P - more may be coming in November. (At the time there wasn't a lot of stock)
b) MF may not be making any more since sales are low.

Ian

 

[estreeter]

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Originally Posted by iancraig10 /img/forum/go_quote.gif This was flying around in October when I got my V8. I bought mine from a private dealer and he said at the time: a) V8P - more may be coming in November. (At the time there wasn't a lot of stock) b) MF may not be making any more since sales are low. Ian

That's disappointing - I read a review in one of the Brit magazines a couple of months back where the reviewer used the original V8 as a preamp (lineout from the headphone out into a variety of expensive power amps) and raved about its capabilities as a pre-amp. He was most impressed by the bass impact he got from each combination, and the fact that the V8 worked so well with some very powerful amps. I don't know much about pre-amps, but if you look at the RSA site (among others), its pretty clear that they are usually an expensive proposition.

 

[darlim]

i am into starting a Speaker set up. And i am actually experimenting with the idea of using the V8 head phone out as a pre amp. So i actually runs a wire out of the V8 to amp and use the another headphone jack for my head phone.

the effect is more than satisfactory.

It has lots of juice to drive my book shelf spaeaker rated at 50W. Not sure how it will fare with Floor stander. But i will try it if i have any chance

As my set up is not really up to par, won give any serous comments but all i can say is it is good

Seriously, its hard to find a valve pre amp at this price. It is a very excellent headphone amp and pre amp unit in it self.

As to the technicalities why it is so, its beyond me.. but from what i read in MF web site.. its what sparks the creation of the V8p.

The amount of stuff you can get out of this amp at this value is really something