I am currently in the process of obtaining a pair of the HE-6 phones. I got the amp Thursday via FEDEX. A Ray Samuels Dark Star. For now I have LCD-2's and T1's.

I'm back to road shopping, meaning I move around a bit. Tubes are not the best traveling companion. Way to delicate. So I found a new home for the Woo WA-22 and tubes (which I thoroughly enjoyed using, primarily with a set of balanced T1's). The new owner has told me he is very happy with his...

I just recently sold all my tubes and the balanced tube amp. Going balanced solid state. Been looking at the violectric v181, but the new one is very interesting. Hope there are more details soon. And by soon I don't mean the end of the year. I want to purchase something by mid June, and I...

  Quote:     I have had nothing but good experiences using E-bay and Paypal for tube buying. And I get them from Turkey, Spain, England, Hong Kong,  etc. Not a single issue.The tubes have always been exactly as advertised and shipped quickly. Customs can be a PITA, but thats not the...

Had a very good morning. Made some coffee, sat down to drink it and wake up and there was an NOS pair of matched Tung-sol 7236 power tubes on E-bay. Couldnt Paypal those quick enough. My WA22 will like those. Its gonna be a good day.   I looked at the ECC32 drivers. Decided they were way to...

Counterfeiting is a legitimate concern. Its a huge problem in China, though I am not personally familiar with any such proven activity regarding vaccum tubes. But the truth is, anything is possible, and just because I havent heard of it does not mean its not occuring at some level. Risk is part...

I have a laser heat gun. So maybe Ill take a reading with the current cheapie rectifier prior to plugging in the GZ37 and we can see if there is any difference. And exactly what that difference is.

  Quote: It is easily the most detailed and accurate CD player Ive ever listened to. Its hooked to the WA22 with a pair of Acoustic Zen silver reference II XLR interconnects.   I had this WA22 built with 2 balanced input pairs. For $90, Woo will delete the RCA's and install a second...

Quote: Ayon CD-1. Balanced, tube output. Bought a real nice used one off of Audiogon. Jack was very clear that to get the full benefit of the WA22, balanced sources were a requirement. I cant argue with that. The Ayon pairs extremely well with the WA22. Im still doing all my listening with...

Last call for this. While its possible I can make a second buy, it will be somewhat of an annoyance for my contact. And its always possible a request for a second purchase (through this contact) would be refused. I would then need to establish a second contact. Do-able, but an additional task I...

Quote: Thanks for that input. I will check the temp out. Should have that NOS Mullard GZ37/CV378 rectifier in a couple of weeks. Its bought and paid for, but international mail is very slow.    

Ill second the Tung-sol 5998 for power tubes. Ive had my WA22 for about 6 weeks (maybe a bit longer) and thats the power tube I use. I found mine in Britain, and they were NOS JAN still in original boxes, dated 10/61. Im currently using Treasures for the driver tubes, but I'm going to try the...

A while back I posted that I had found a seller in the far east with 49 GEC A1834's. Supposedly all NOS. Pics were posted. I have checked the website and seller out, and it appears to be the real deal (Ive had people we work with there do the checking). I set out to find a contact there that...

Well then I better stop screwing around and grab a pair.

I use my headphone setup at work. At home I can listen to music or watch movies in the theatre (in the basement) where I dont bother anybody. When Im designing at work, and dont want to be annoyed/bothered/distracted I just put my headphones on. I work with a bunch of electrical engineers, and...