Musical Fidelity X-Can Upgrade....Grotto's Upgrade Kit! WOW...and easy!

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Sonny

All right, got a used X-Can along with my HD650 Headphones about a month ago and came across Grotto's thread on the upgrade of capacitors and diodes...and ordered it from Mike.  Great person, fast shipment and answered all my "dumb" questions.  Here's a link to Mike's Site: http://www.rock-grotto.co.uk/Neilxcan2.htm

So, here are some pictures first off:

Stock Boards


Main Board


Power Supply Board


PS Board, Caps removed


PS Board w/ New Caps & Diodes


Main Board w/ New Caps


Boards reassembled with Herbie Tube Dampeners


Upgraded X-Can w/ blue LED


w/ HD650 Headphones


w/ HD 650 and DIY Cable


So far...only 5 minutes...sound???  Better...more details to come!

Ronm1

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Nicely done
Did you try any tubes he recommends, Nos Mullard EC88's were excellent

Sonny

Nicely done
Did you try any tubes he recommends, Nos Mullard EC88's were excellent

Not yet....but the guy I bought it from had the Apperex Orange Globe 6922 in it, and that's what's in there now...

it's now burning in with my ipod on random...1 hr so far...