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 Musical Fidelity X-CAN v8
Beware of the Musical Fidelity X-CANv8.

It doesn't have sufficient power (current & voltage) to drive either low impedence, or high impedence headphones to reasonable volumes, without hiss / noise... without a using a pre-amp / line stage, or exceptionally high gain signal output from your source.

Think... like... 75% to 100% POT setting to achieve reasonable volume with noise / hiss in the background.

Tested this headphone amp with 5 different sources, and 5 different "top quality" headphones - with the same results.

Retailer says its performing up to MF specs - so I returned it for a refund.

Beware... avoid this amp... until MF releases an updated version.
 
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  • External mains transformer
  • Input impedance: 47K Ohms
  • Frequency response: 30Hz to 75kHz < ± 1.0dB
  • Power requirement: 12 - 0 - 12Volts AC 500mA
 

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