Count me in.  Will haul the WA5 again if someone wants to listen.  LAX Hilton has plenty of parking, but he convention halls...

Quote: Yes, I think this should be an easy mod to float the output.  Which, after talking to Craig, is what Eddie Current does (his 1/4" jack disconnects the common "ground" when nothing's connected).  Craig was confident in the safety, and he's got way more experience and knowledge. ...

Thanks John for hosting and excellent food.  Amazing location. You can see the tantalizing surf right outside as we listened.   Overall, I went in with too much expectations from the new gear.  The Blue Hawaii was a major disappointment mainly because I was expecting too much after reading...

Count me in.  Will need 3 outlets (I'll bring a power strip just in case).  Hoping someone will daring enough to let me hook up my stats to their stax amp .

April 30 good for me. Will try to haul a WA5 (stock) if someone's bringing a LCD2 or HD800.

Quote: What's under discussion is the output section.  The amplification section is no doubt differential/push-pull, which is more "balanced" (whatever this term has come to mean) than the Balancing Act's single ended active section for example.   The output however, has both channels'...

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Quote:     With center tapped output transformers, is this how the balancing act would be wired since it also has a 1/4" SE jack?  This seems to negate the isolating "ground" as one of the supposed benefits of going "balanced."  Only amp I see this isolation is a KG amp / GS-X. ...

Quote:   Interesting, I've been wondering how transformer coupled tube amps do this in general without floating the output.  For WA22 and Balancing Act (one 6sn7, so single ended into a transformer I'm guessing?), don't the output have to be grounded to avoid risk of shock if the...

Excellent review. Love how you include the songs.  W11JPN was one of my favorites.  Very informative hearing how it compares.   Quote:  “W5000 headphones.  I strongly prefer the W11 brothers...” Care to do a quick comparison?  I've been thinking about a W5000, but not sure if it comes...

  Quote: It's a Shuguang 274B.  I guess Jack includes them as stock sometimes.

Dropping in on the conversation...        Just got a WA22 and want to share some initial impressions for anyone else looking to pair them with D7000. Now I wish I had joined you guys years ago. I normally don't give initial fanboy honeymoon impressions, but couldn't help it this time...

I wonder if it was a wireless router in addition to a new tube.  I've heard pops like that when my wireless router was blasting packets to the laptop.  If it comes back, make a temporary "cage" with some aluminum foil.  If it helps, then it's probably external. Quote:

Quote:   oops, just saw this..   Spritzer, care to share which one worked the best or easiest to obtain?  I also saw that PVA + ink formula by chinsettawong.  He seems pretty confident in it, and built full ESLs with it.  I'll have to give it a try too.  Have you tried Licron Crystal...

Quote: Definitely, I tried a low resistance coating one time (almost silver from graphite) and it did a continuous series of "buzzzzzzzZZZ POP."  Do you have any specific recommendations for coatings that worked for you?  I've seen the glue recipes but they're more for ESLs.  Seems like...