This happened to a friend's WA-33 as well. He was very upset and eventually sent it back to Woo. They replaced one of the transformers and it apparently came back quiet.

I am very happy with this downgrade and it is making me question a lot. I am selling my Luxman and WA22. Putting the funds towards some Magico A1s and maybe an LCD5. I really want to try the R800i with the 300b’s as well. Can’t go wrong with this one, especially if you can find a used one...

I think whoever said that the headphone out is running through solid state is incorrect. If you look at the wiring picture from the bottom there is a brown wire that connects to the board that goes to the output stages from the tubes. Furthermore, when you press the TR/UL button it makes the...

So I have been on Hiatus from Head-Fi for about 6 years. I came back about a month ago as a lurker to decide on my next pair of cans since my HD800's are getting very long in the tooth, and I don't like listening to my Stax SR-007's and Audio-Technica W3000 Anv's on every genre. After lots of...

I just received my U12 and am connecting from Mac Pro to PS Audio Directstream DAC...   It works great with AES/EBU and sounds very good.   When I tried I2S with HDMI, however, there is a brief amount of sound from the left channel and then it only plays out of the right channel.   If I...

I think Sonus Faber probably makes the most attractive speakers on the market if you consider their entire range.

MusicMan,    I think you are being a bit overly sensitive from whatever happened on the other thread.  I, as a third party, read the thread and did not get the impression any one was doubting you, they just genuinely wanted to see what the speakers look like (me included).   ...

+1 I will get one and keep my PWD2 once you can get them for a discount through a dealer.

@ToddR Mine did exactly the same as yours. My solution was to use foobar2000 to make an additional copy of the albums I want to play gapless as a single file and add a (Gapless) to the album title with MP3Tag. It takes up a bit more HDD space, but allows you to play gapless over the bridge...

I think I spent about $1700 with all premium parts.

That was probably me. To me, the NCores sounded great powering the HE-6. It was definitely better than my BHA1. I sold the HE 6, so I haven't tried it with my new Karan KAI-180, which is a class AB integrated that is HEAVILY biased to class A. I have tried the Karan with HD800 with the HE...

I was going through the same though process and found that the Spotify app works on my Transporter.  Haven't tried it on an Old Skool SB though because I don't have one.  I suspect that if MOG works, then Spotify will work also. 

I tried the D100 recently at the stereo shop fed both redbook and HD stuff from a macbook.  I only listened to it briefly with my HD800, but I have to agree that it sounded GREAT!  I hope they make a D101 or something with an analog input for folks that want to use vinyl also.  If they do that...

I have accidentally left mine going overnight or even for several days and it gets hot but has never shut off.  I keep it in a closed media cabinet (which is why I forget to turn it off sometimes).  I think there is definitely something wrong with the one that is shutting down. 

Sounds like a loose solder joint or a fractured wire. I would send it to AT for repair. It is probably covered under warranty.

I have switched mine dozens of times with no ill effect. I have also made DIY cables for it and I don't see a problem with frequent switching.

My best tubes for hd800 in a WA-22 are Western electric 421A, PSVane cv181t mark 2, and PSVane WE replica 274. Still need to try the sophia tubes though.

Thanks guys. Just curious, because when I ordered my NCore kits from the Netherlands, I had to pay like $130 customs to get them. Didn't want any surprises.

Does anyone know what the customs charge is on a SR-009 or SR-007 coming to the US from Japan?

I know, it would only go to 10/160 volume steps on the He-6, so I didn't even try the hd800

Yes, I have done just that using an HE adaptor off of my hypex NCore amps using a BAT VK-52SE pre-amp. It sounded very, very good. I never had the sack to hook it straight to the speaker taps on a 400 watt amp though.

Holy Resurrection Batman!

Quote: This is obviously the Burson HE-6 amp...duh