X10-D clone help needed
Dec 23, 2016 11:28:54 GMT
Post by jtmrpink on Dec 23, 2016 11:28:54 GMT
Hi
Two years back went to my local HiFi shop Audio Counsel in Oldham and had the pleasure to listen to the Audion sterling valve amp since then i have wanted one but have never had the funds (something always crops up to empty the piggy bank), so while i save i thought about a tube buffer and the musical fidelity's x10d looked a good bet and i liked the idea of modding one but rather than purchase the genuine article for me to practice on i bought one of the clones off ebay.
On its arrival i couldn't wait to try it and on wiring it up i was very disappointed, the distortion was bad not just a bit bad but very bad (crackling you couldnt hear music) so i left it hoping the valves would break in then after many hours and no change i purchased some Mullard and Philips valves but these made no difference so after experimenting with different source equipment i found that i could stop the distortion if i used my ibasso dap or phone via the headphone socket and turned the volume right down unfortunately my amp needs to be up full to hear it, so i came to the conclusion that the output volume from my cd player (and anything else with line out connection) is to high for the x10d clone.
in a bid to get it working i decided to replace some of the parts a bit at a time rather than purchase a full upgrade kit for it still not to work. So far i have replace the 6 low-value capacitors with 4 WIMA MKP10 and 2 ELECTEL MKT72 but sadly it made no change to the distortion, i also have some Panassonic power caps but have not swapped them yet, has anyone any ideas why it cant take the input single
Two years back went to my local HiFi shop Audio Counsel in Oldham and had the pleasure to listen to the Audion sterling valve amp since then i have wanted one but have never had the funds (something always crops up to empty the piggy bank), so while i save i thought about a tube buffer and the musical fidelity's x10d looked a good bet and i liked the idea of modding one but rather than purchase the genuine article for me to practice on i bought one of the clones off ebay.
On its arrival i couldn't wait to try it and on wiring it up i was very disappointed, the distortion was bad not just a bit bad but very bad (crackling you couldnt hear music) so i left it hoping the valves would break in then after many hours and no change i purchased some Mullard and Philips valves but these made no difference so after experimenting with different source equipment i found that i could stop the distortion if i used my ibasso dap or phone via the headphone socket and turned the volume right down unfortunately my amp needs to be up full to hear it, so i came to the conclusion that the output volume from my cd player (and anything else with line out connection) is to high for the x10d clone.
in a bid to get it working i decided to replace some of the parts a bit at a time rather than purchase a full upgrade kit for it still not to work. So far i have replace the 6 low-value capacitors with 4 WIMA MKP10 and 2 ELECTEL MKT72 but sadly it made no change to the distortion, i also have some Panassonic power caps but have not swapped them yet, has anyone any ideas why it cant take the input single
