Both the Sophia and Valve Art are good tubes. I have the rigid plate princess. There are different values between the rigid and mesh. They have a very different presentation then the other rectifiers I've used. You can hear front to back very well and you seem to be able to hear more into the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lee Brindley Hi These upgrades - did Jack offer these to you by as in this is the max he could do - or was it part of a bigger menu? On the Woo web site there are no upgrades listed for the WA5 - so you dont know how big a list of potentials there is ...

Quote: Originally Posted by takezo very nice acquisition...i'm thinking of selling my wa-6maxed and mpx3 slam se and getting the wa-5le maxed...just not sure if my wife may blow a fuse...LOL if you don't mind, how much did the upgrades cost you? please post your impressions when...

Quote: Originally Posted by jamato8 That is the only way to really do it right with output transformers. That is a nice line up of tubes. The WE's should be a very good addition. Are they NOS or new WE's? The WE's will be new.

I ordered the 300B's from Galen Carol Audio, Galen Carol Audio Homepage. WE closed down for maintenance and will close down from Xmas to new years.

I've had the WA5-LE for about 6 weeks. First the difference between the LE and the WA5. This amp is only for headphones, no speakers and no AKG 1000! The money I saved by doing this I put into upgraded parts. These are the parts upgrade: V-cap 0.15/600V Jensen 220u/450V BG vk 150u/350V...