I know this is an old thread, but can you post what tubes you have for this amp and which combinations you prefer please? I'm in the process of purchasing NOS (all boxed, date matched and electrically matched) pairs of STC 4300A's (~1958), Mullard ECC82's (~1963) and Mullard GZ34 fat base (f31).

Apologies if this is a slightly OT, but since these are for a WA5-LE I'm hoping for some slack. I know of Dubstep Girl's rectifier thread and the Reference 6SN7 thread, but is there a dedicated 300B thread?

Thank you - much appreciated.

  Sorry, I've only just just seen this post. Lovely adapters, I like some for my WA5-LE (both 6F8G and 596) do you have a link on contact details for these please?   Thanks - Peter

  I started out with the intention of just buying a basic WA7 Fireflies.  I ended up emailing Woo Audio about four times, each time changing my order. I ended up with a fully maxed WA5-LE!  Oh, and if you do go the tube/valve route - don't under estimate the price of good quality tubes.  I was...

G'Day lojay   Thank you for the clarification  

G"Day lojay   I see in your sig that you refer to your AVVT's as AV32B's.  Being no expert on AVVT's is this a  different tube to their 32B-SL?   Cheers - Peter

  D'Day (or G'Evening!) mate.   I'm Wellington based.  Which Woo did you go for?  Have you purchased directly from Woo Audio or through a local distributor?

We'll here's the boxes (unopened) and the custom Hi-Fi rack, which is a blatant rip-off (NZ made from US oak), of the UK Hi-Fi Racks gear.  I hope they find imitation flattering rather than offensive, given that I'd have had to ship their product 13,000 miles!!!  The bottom two plinths are 40mm...

Will do!!  I can post a few pics of a big pile of boxes 

I also have a pair of the Tung-Sol 6F8G's (beautiful - pure tube porn!) and I'm waiting on the Woo Audio 6SN7 - > 6F8G Teflon adapters.   I purchased the standard (plate) EML 300B's as after a lot of research I believe that the bass characteristics will (hopefully) appeal to me.  I'm very...

  Thanks for responding to my question about the tubes.  In addition to the tubes that come with it, so far I've purchased:   Power:     EML 300B Rectifier:  Sophia Princess Mesh Plate 274B, Mullard UK GZ33  (very tall slender “G” shape, also brown base) Driver:      Sylvania 6SN7GT, RCA...

  I've a WA5-LE (maxed) that's been sitting in it's boxes by my desk for the last couple of months, pending the completion of a home office reorganisation.  And waiting for a local joinery company to build me a custom american oak hi-fi stand!   So being a fellow owner, your comments are...

Would you mind me asking how much the matched pair will cost?  I ask as some of the sellers seem to be asking top dollar.   Cheers - Peter

  Slightly OT, but a salutary lesson.  As mentioned above I was running RAID 10 (4 x 3TB).  RAID 10 both distributes the data over two drives (for speed) and duplicates each drive (for redundancy).  I also was backing up to an external 3TB disk.  About the time of the original post I started...

G'Day fellow Head-Fi'ers.   I've recently upgraded my audio gear (Chord Hugo, Woo Audio WA5-LE (maxed), Sennheiser HD600/Audeze LCD-X). I'm now looking at my Windows 7 PC.   I'm going to be driving the Chord Hugo using one of its USB inputs. All music is FLAC.   So what's the story with...

Thanks for that. Interesting (but reasonable) that you find the dx90 comparable with the ak240 when used as a digital source.   All the best - Peter

Thanks for the info, may have to bust out the soldering iron!

Yes, but not the answer I was looking for 

Can anyone recommend a digital cable for connecting an iBasso DX50/DX90 to a hugo?  TIA

Thank you - much appreciated 

I'm waiting for my Hugo to arrive, but I'd like to buy some RCA cables for it.  Does anyone know what the hole diameter of the Hugo's with the modified case is?  TIA.

Funny you should say that, I've already been in touch with some-one that has a large stock of some of the more sought after matched pairs of 6SN7's (and their variants) and 5U4G's, all NOS.  Just perusing the list he emailed me, I identified another $1,000 worth of tubes I'd like to try!   He...