X-Can v2 conversion

[marco]

Mike,

It’s well known that Musical Fidelity originally planned to make the X-cans with nuvistor valves, but decided that it would be too expensive.

So… I have a spare V2 and some spare nuvistor valves… my question is; is it possible to convert a standard v2 into a nuvistor headphone amp??? And if so, what would need to be done?

I saw on these boards photos of an open X-P100, they appeared to use the same circuit board as the nuvistor but shoved some transistors in the place of the valves… which got me thinking about my conversion idea.

What do you think?

[PinkFloyd]

Hi Marco,

I discovered this tube many years ago: rockgrotto.proboards.com/thread/9798/sylvania-7963-best-e88cc-planet works wonders in the X-CAN V2

There are now adaptors available for the 7963 here

The 7963 are almost impossible to get hold of these days and those who are selling them are charging very high prices: dbtubes.com/en/philips/3653-7963-jan.html

Anyhoo hope this helps Marco

Here is another forum commenting on my discovery of the 7963 back in 2014 killerdac.com/index.php?topic=2668.0

[PinkFloyd]