That’s the combination I use. I feed it with Roon/HQPlayer and have been really pleased with the results.

I have the Holo Audio May KTE and have good results with it. https://www.kitsunehifi.com/

You’d rather have 10 “these are OK” than one “OMG”?

They are. That’s fine, I’m so happy with them I don’t really care. And I got them during the $1,000 off sale so there’s that……

The ones I bought a month ago here in the states have a 2 year warranty according to the registration confirmation I got from Focal.

Just curious how you came up with that. The only times I’ve ever seen are 2 years and 5 years. In any event, the time that Focal told me officially was 2 years.

I bought my Utopia 2022’s about a month ago here in the States and when I registered them Focal said I had a two year warranty. Is that correct or are do they actually have a five year warranty?

I used the WA22 for many years (still have it in fact) but after hearing my LCD 3’s with a Headamp GSX-MK2 at a local show I ended up buying one. It seems to control the music in a way the WA22 doesn’t, has deeper bass and a dead silent background. All of the tubes for my WA22 are NOS and it...

Seriously? You have a bunch of posts so you're not new to this. Two or three minutes of search would reveal literally thousands of posts answering your questions. Or are you asking that, after a decade or so of people discussing those topics on Head-Fi, that we'll start at the beginning for you?

My WA 22 is like that but a couple of years ago Woo changed the topology so if you buy a current WA 22 that description is no longer true. You get the same volume out of the single ended inputs as the balanced ones with the current model.

The 5998's are Power tubes. I really like the sound of mine.

I've got Glenn's adapters for the 6F8G's with the left/right orientation for the wires so they're out to each side and the Woo adapter for the 596 but none of the adapters have shielded wires so the tubes can't be used at the same time without hum. It's not a problem, just a combination that...

Actually, it might not be. I've found I get a loud hum when I try to use a 596 with TS 6F8G's, I assume because of all the unshielded wires.

Thanks for the heads up. The only thing I play in my Sony SCD 777ES are SACD's which I don't run through the Gumby so I haven't been aware of that particular problem. I'll plug the optical out from the Sony into the Gumby to play some CD's and see what I get.

Not sure what you mean by "extensively clicking" when playing CD's. There is a relay in the Gumby that you can hear click when the music changes resolution. If I play a song that is 16/44 and the next song is 24/96, there will be a click from the Gumby between them as it adjusts to the new rate...