Modded X-CAN V3 plus brand new Little Pinkie for sale
Oct 26, 2013 18:10:27 GMT
Post by PinkFloyd on Oct 26, 2013 18:10:27 GMT
Modded X-CAN V3 plus brand new Little Pinkie SE power supply
I modded this X-CAN V3 about six weeks ago but can't justify owning two of them so have decided to put it up for sale. It will come with a pair of Russian (NEW) matched valves and I will also include a brand new Little Pinkie SE power supply so (IMO) you will have the ultimate X-CAN V3.
I think that £300 is a VERY fair price for the complete package. UK only due to the sheer weight, it wouldn't be viable to ship it abroad.
Here is the original thread created on 25th August 2013:
25th August 2013 - Mike's (Pinkies) X-CAN V3
First I got rid of the 4 x 40ohm (3 watt) wirewound resistors in parallel which made a total of 10ohm. I replaced the four 40 ohm resistors with ONE Mills 10ohm, non inductive 12 watt type. The wirewound resistors are magnetic the Mills non inductive is not.... it runs only warm to the touch but I fitted some heatsinks onto it for good measure (belt and braces).
I normally use 10uF non polar input coupling capacitors (or sometimes none at all) but this time decided to try 3 x 3.3uF film caps (WIMA) in parallel giving me almost 10uF. No capacitor is best but, seeing as I will be selling this amp, it's best to have it belt and braces with input caps in place. Film caps are better than electrolytics for this purpose and this seemed a good way to get 10uF of film cap out of relatively small package. You can see both 10uF film "packages" in situ here.
Capacitors are 2200uF panasonics.... the big tall, skinny ones are also 2200uF. ALL Bypassed with 470nF film caps.
100uF caps are Samwha VA series (135C) and are bypassed with 1uF film caps.
The output coupling caps are Nichicon Muse (non polar) 1000uF / 16V types (the green ones!).
The 470nF film caps were replaced by UK made ICW 1uF types, they are the yellow ones and are 1uF. These are bypassed under the board with 33pF polystyrene caps.
1N4007 diodes were all replaced by Ultrafast UF4001 types.
New gold plated quad phono socket has been fitted.
Plastic valve sockets were replaced with ceramic types.
I've got a crazy large stash of Wima film caps so decided to bypass all of the electrolytics with them.... a total blunderbuss shot of WIMA on the underside
I've had her fired up for a couple of hours now and the results are VERY encouraging indeed.... it's way too early to say anything other as the amp will require a good 100 hours to stabilise BUT, getting rid of the 4 x wirewound resistors and replacing with the Mills 10ohm non inductive type has definitely done something VERY nice to the sound I may consider incorporating these in my kits after further evaluation (along with the belt and braces resistor heatsinks ).
This one will be going up on ebay in a few weeks time along with one of my (soon to revealed) revamped Pinkies..... I'll put a link to the ebay ad as soon as it's burnt in and ready to go...... I'll be including a very special pair of hand matched valves with the amp, so keep your eyes peeled if you're interested in owning a very special V3 with the very latest Pinkie.