I love my Woo SE6 and the team at Woo Audio... that said, I just don't understand the WA8 appeal / market?  Is there really that big a demand for a $2K battery operated amp/dac?  If it was any good it would could replace my amp / dac units... and that would eat at the market share of the rest of...

That figures, was contemplating the Bryston but hadn't heard much about it in years...

  Let me know how it goes for you.  I have the LCD-X and didn't care for the Soloist SL match.  From what I understand the Soloist is quite different from the SL however.  At any rate I returned the SL and eventually would up with the Woo Amp which I love.  Good luck!

Quick feedback from my perspective. I typically listen to music through my SE-846 IEM's on the bus, or at work through my Astell and Kern or iPhone 6 Plus when checking things out in Tidal or Spotify. Have had my Note5 for 2 days. I hadn't even thought about the audio quality of the Note5 before...

  Wouldn't that be nice?  I believe!

Thanks for the long feedback mr bug! Indeed rolling can be fun as well as frustrating at times. I do have to get de net cables now, but Nordost seems insanely expensive for me at least. The Westinghouse 6FD7's came today, and I may have to eat my hat on this, They may ultimately be better than...

Hey there - have had my WA6SE for close to 3 weeks now, probably close to the 100hr mark.  I have the Sofia Princess rectifier and the 6GL7 power tubes that I ordered initially.  Based on the feedback of this forum, I've ordered the 6FD7 and the Brimar rectifier tube... but that said...

what a huge thread!  I picked up a Woo Audio SE-6 a couple weekends ago (instead of the WA7) as a replacement for my Schiit Lyr (with $500+ Siemens CCA tubes) and I could not be happier with it.  Tubes aren't for everyone, and I'm not someone who listens to chamber music or Norah Jones either...

Not surprising to hear he said that.... Was it Mike?

I have the Zodiac which is a fantastic DAC, but not a great headphone amp, especially for the LCD-2. I have used the Lyr for a couple years and more recently the Woo-SE6 with a ton of power and clearly I love tubes.

I had to just give up and returned it Saturday. The only solve for me is to get a network streaming device of some sort... Alex at Ayre recommended a Melco (which my dealer carried) but that was another $2K. It was interesting - when I came in the dealer hooked up a Bluetooth player for the...

Yep it's that spdif toslink cable. I was able to use the same cable for my MacBook to confirm that the optical port does "work" to some degree. I'll try my AppleTV too now. I looked for a (powered hub) in the house and then went to my local staples when picking up dinner. No dice. Honestly...

Ooooo that's nice. I may be tempted by that .....

I don't know about testing the hub theory - I haven't had one in a while. Will pick one up if it makes a difference for someone?

I made the mistake of not bringing my AK DAP with me to the audio shop (or my LCD-X's). I have slightly different musical tastes to begin with so having a demo with chamber music through 20K speakers was pointless. Ayre talked to me as if I was a fool for using optical in the first place, maybe...

:) I use my iPhone charger, just put in a micro USB cord and it charges very fast.

  My takeaway is that they took some USB standards (clearly I don't know what that is, other than they exist) and didn't really put much thought in it beyond that... and spent all their time in the unit itself.  Of the three DAC's that I've owned (including the Schiit even), this is the only...

To finalize this, got a call back from Ayre.  Confirms my suspicions. To paraphrase...   "They're primary focus is on delivering the best performance.  To them, that's with a computer through USB.  They've not tested against DAPs to know of others that might work."   They are aware of the AK...

  I tried to research the compatibility with my iOS devices and the Astell&Kern player, but there is no information out there.  Not in the manual, the internet, the dealers, or customer service.  It's basically why I made the post, to help others that might be looking for that info too :)  ...

Have had my codex for close to two weeks now... here's some of my gripes (plenty of praise is out there right now).  I'm probably going to return it this week.   Biggest.  For a system that's primarily focused on the DAC, the lack of inputs are just unforgivable.  I get that a large portion of...

Hey Klyzon - I get your question. I have a Lyr 2 and have done a lot of tube rolling with my LCDs. More recently I've tried to find an amp that's "better" than it and I just haven't. It may be the style of music that I listen to (metal, rock) but the lyr connects you directly to the tubes and...

Sorry, didn't mean to sound like a jingoistic nut.  There are so many niche brands in this hobby that are US based, for the money I assumed (stupidly) that this was one as well.  My disappointment in my lack of research led to this post :)   I will keep everyone up to date, the contact that was...

To me it looks like a foreign company without adequate support in the U.S., or growing pains. I wish I knew it was a Korean brand, not designed or built in the U.S. It's crazy to think I spent $1700.00 for what probably cost $20.00 in parts and labor. I don't want to hear about R&D. Think of...

The first time I called I got a person who told me no problem, will send you an email with an RMA and instructions. 2 days later no email, sent a follow up email to the support email posted on their site. No response. Start calling that infamous number on the site, and despite getting him...

I have been dealing with the lack of responsiveness to emails and that mysterious phone number for two weeks now as well. I have a brick AK120II on my hand. I try every day, multiple times a day, Pacific time zone as well. I am so livid with this company I hope everyone considering AK review...