x series
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1. ON/OFF, Analogue Volume Rotary with LED
Power O N (with m ode sel ectio n): Pres s and hold t he rotar y
kno b until it l ights up . The ro tary kn ob on the f ront fac eplate w ill
ligh t-up c orresp onding to the last m ode use d. Eith er rel ease fo r
last mod e or kee p th e ro tary knob pus hed in to cyc le t hrough
the t wo modes. R elease t o accept t hat mode .
LED INP UT
Gre en Ana logue ( via SE or B AL)
Blu e* Wire less Bl uetoo th (Con necte d)
Blu e* (fla shing ) Wire less Bl uetoo th (Awai ting
Blu e/Red * (flas hing) Wire less Bl uetoo th (Pair ing)
*xCA N with Bl uetoo th modu le.
The x CAN al lows 2 c ycle t hrough attem pts (ap prox. 2 0 seco nds)
for s elect ion bef ore auto matic ally po werin g off.
Powe r OFF: P ush an d HOLD the rot ary f or seve ral se conds until
all t he LEDs c hange t o Whi te then re lease t o power o ff.
Wire d/Wire less* m ode sw itchi ng: The x CAN mu st be swi tched
off a nd then p owered b ack on to c hange i nput mo de. See P ower
ON (w ith mod e selec tion) .
Wire less* M ode (Bl uetoo th):
The x CAN is ab le to sto re up to 8 pai red Blu etoot h devic es.
From sw itch on, if the xC AN is in Wi reles s m ode (Blu e), it will
'bl ink' B lue a s it s earch es for 15 se conds for a previ ously paire d
dev ice. If a stored devic e is not fo und, it will au tomat icall y enter
pai ring mo de (INP UT: Blue /Red bl inki ng).
A new Blu etoot h de vice can be ' force pai red' by pres sing the
'Se tting s' butt on (gea r icon) fo r 3 secon ds, whi le in BT Mo de.
Mut e: Eit her pr ess th e rota ry k nob to mute o r rota te so v olume
is mu ted. To unmu te press i t again O R turn t he rotar y.
con necti on)
Rot ary kno b/Volu me:
LED Volume
Red -9 t o +12 dB (10 0%-91 %)
Yellow -27 to -1 0 dB (90 %-73% )
Gre en -45 t o -28 dB (72 %-55% )
Cyan -63 t o -46 dB (54 %-37% )
Mag enta -81 t o -64 dB (36 %-19% )
Blu e -101 t o -82 dB (1 8%-0% )
Off Mu te
2. Balanced 2.5mm output
For co nnect ion of 2. 5mm bal anced h eadph ones/ IEMs.
3. Si ngle-Ended 3 .5mm ou tput
For co nnect ion of 3. 5mm sin gle- ended h eadph ones/ IEMs to
enj oy the S- Balan ced circ uitr y.
Tip: We r ecomm end the u se of bal anced w ired he adpho nes/I EMs as
this w iring c onfig urati on is sup erior a nd takes f ull adv antag e of the
xCA N's bal anced ci rcuit ry.
4. 3D +® Matrix LE D
The 3D +® Matri x ( on/of f) re create s a h ologr aphic so und fiel d
lik e li stenin g to a p air of s peake rs. I t is a pure analo gue signa l
pro cessin g circu it desi gned for li steni ng to head phone s as if
one was liste ning to sp eaker s. This addr esses the 'musi c ins ide
the h ead' im press ion whi ch is unco mfor table fo r liste ning.
5. XB ass II® LED
XBa ss II® (O n/Off ) has b een imp lemen ted in th e xCAN fo r the
fir st time . If XBas s II is use d, plea se refer t o point s ectio n 9.
XBa ss II mod es.
6.S ettings
Thi s butto n cycle s betwe en:
3D+ ®
XBa ss II+®
XBa ss II® & 3D +®
Off
Pair ing (Bl uetoo th, Hol d)
7 9 10 118
7. US B-C charge por t
The USB -C port is ONLY for charg ing (it does not per form any
oth er func tion) .
Whe n th e xC AN i s of f an d a 5V USB power sup ply is detec ted,
the LED wi ll cha nge co lour t o show t he var ious s tates of cha rge
(se e next se ction ).
8. LE D for Batter y Status
LED Stat us
Whi te* ≥ 7 5%
Gre en* 74 %-25%
Red * 24% -10%
Red ( flash ing) ≤ 10%
*Bat tery L ED will f lash wh en it is ch arging
Wit h IEMs, a fu lly- charge d batte ry offe rs appr ox. 6-8 h ours of
mus ic enjo yment .
9. XB ass II® Modes
In re cent ti mes, ne w r esea rch in to h ead pho ne freq uen cy
res ponse s howed t hat a pu rely ' flat' r espon se is not corre ct. Our
lo ng p res ent XBa ss® fit s t he prof ile of the lo w-fr equ enc y
cor recti on re quire d. H owever, it was also shown tha t a cert ain
amo unt of lowe r mi dran ge b oost is nee ded to g ive many
hea dphon es a mo re 'nat ural' sound . As th is lowe r midr ange
regi on is u suall y also c alled t he "pre sence " regio n we hav e used
thi s ter m to i ndica te th e lowe r mid range corre ctio n. In the
xCA N, XBas s II (or p erhap s bett er HP-E Q) can be s elec ted to
have ei ther Bas s + Pres ence corr ectio n, only Bas s or Pre sence
cor recti on only. S elect a ccord ing to li steni ng prefe rence.
Tip: Sonica lly-hi nderi ng DSP is NOT us ed for XBas s II® n or 3D+ ®
Matr ix s ystem s. Th ey u se th e hi ghest -qual ity discr ete c ompon ents
and ope rate pure ly in t he analo gue domai n. Hence all th e c larit y
and re solut ion of th e origi nal mus ic is ful ly reta ined.
10. Single-Ended 3 .5mm in put
For co nne cti on o f 3 .5m m s ingl e- end ed s ourc e s uch as a
Sma rtpho ne.
Tip: We reco mmend t he use of bal anced i nput t o take m aximi se the
soun d quali ty of th e xCAN' s balan ced circ uitr y.
11. Balanced 2.5mm in put
For conn ection of 2.5mm bal anced source such as a Digital Au dio
Player.
Specifications
Max O utput : > 3.8 V/45 mW ( @ 300 Ohm )
THD &N : < 0.00 5% (@ 100 mW /1.26V 16 O hm)
SNR: >
Max. I nput: 3V RMS
Gai n: -95d B to +18d B conti nuous ly
Freq uency R espo nse: 2Hz - 200 kHz (-3 dB)
Playback Time: 10 - 20 Hours (charging via USB-C port)
Bat tery : 3.8 V/220 0mAh
Dim ensio ns: 95 ( l) x66. 5 (w) x19 ( h) mm
Weig ht: 131g ( 0.29 I bs)
Warr anty pe riod: 12 mo nths
Spe cica tions a re subj ect to ch ange wi thout n otice.
S-B alanc ed:
Bala nced:
> 7.6V/ 90 mW (@ 600 Oh m)
S-Ba lanced:
Bal anced :
< 0.0 06% (@ 36 0 mW/2. 4V 16 Ohm )
S-Ba lanced:
Bala nced:
> 120dB A (@ 7.6V )
S-Ba lanced:
Bal anced :
6V R MS
> 3.5V /380 mW (@ 32 O hm)
>
3.1V /600 mW (@ 16 O hm)
> 7.2 V/800 m W (@ 64 Ohm )
> 5.7 V/100 0 mW (@ 32 Oh m)
121d BA (@ 3.8V )
adj ustab le (usi ng Volume c ontro l)
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