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Modify your Woo 6. . Sophia and EML 274B . Images pages 32, 33, 34 of int. and ext. and discussion of the SE . . .

Oct 23, 2008 at 12:30 AM Post #691 of 893
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Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Give the Sophia 50 plus hours also but I pretty much enjoyed it right off.


Even with my Chinese 5AR4 this sounds pretty damn good. Oh, and of course I'm listening with my senns, since I wouldn't sacrifice my modded D2000's at any cost
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Once I get my slim 6EW7's I'm trying my NOS GZ30. But then again, Sophia might take too much listening time.

Thanks a lot for all your tweeks jamato8, after all your mods and help even a newbie like me could mod my WA6
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Oct 23, 2008 at 12:54 AM Post #692 of 893
Sure. As others have noted, with the mod you can really get more out of the rectifiers. The music is just more alive and exciting.
 
Oct 23, 2008 at 1:48 AM Post #693 of 893
nice job jantze... great soldering work, as usual.
took me approx. another 300 hrs. for the amp to sound exquisite
after modding the power supply.

and congrats gradofan2... after some up and downs in the sq due
to the blackgates settling, you'll end up with one hell of an amp
for the price...

think about it this way, if john didn't open up his unit and started
to experiment with it, we'd all still be ponying up for the stock
wa6... thank you john.
 
Oct 23, 2008 at 2:59 AM Post #694 of 893
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Originally Posted by takezo /img/forum/go_quote.gif
nice job jantze... great soldering work, as usual.
took me approx. another 300 hrs. for the amp to sound exquisite
after modding the power supply.

and congrats gradofan2... after some up and downs in the sq due
to the blackgates settling, you'll end up with one hell of an amp
for the price...

think about it this way, if john didn't open up his unit and started
to experiment with it, we'd all still be ponying up for the stock
wa6... thank you john.


Thanks! And thank you! You, too, have helped me out so much during my tube rolling and modifications.

I'm so happy that John actually opened his WA6 back in the day and started to modify this small miracle
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I think all WA6 owners should start a "free beer for the boys" -campaign for you two. I'm in
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Oct 23, 2008 at 3:43 AM Post #695 of 893
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Originally Posted by jantze /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I think all WA6 owners should start a "free beer for the boys" -campaign for you two. I'm in
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Put me down for at LEAST a case worth. I am lucky enough to live a reasonable distance from John, and I was fortunate to have him modify my WA6 for me, as I would no doubt start a house fire if I tried it.
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I owe him a big debt of gratitude for taking my amp up several notches!
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Oct 23, 2008 at 4:01 AM Post #696 of 893
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Originally Posted by cAsE sEnSiTiVe /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Put me down for at LEAST a case worth. I am lucky enough to live a reasonable distance from John, and I was fortunate to have him modify my WA6 for me, as I would no doubt start a house fire if I tried it.
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I owe him a big debt of gratitude for taking my amp up several notches!
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I think it would be easiest if they both would just put their paypal account addresses here. I would chip in!

Free beer is the best one
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Oct 23, 2008 at 4:37 AM Post #697 of 893
I like dark beer but to be honest I am happy that you guys are really enjoying the change. I mean we more or less hear the same thing now, have great sounding amps and are sharing in this experience.
 
Oct 23, 2008 at 4:41 AM Post #698 of 893
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Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I like dark beer but to be honest I am happy that you guys are really enjoying the change. I mean we more or less hear the same thing now, have great sounding amps and are sharing in this experience.


I consider it as an insult if decline from free beer
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Oct 23, 2008 at 4:52 AM Post #699 of 893
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Originally Posted by jantze /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I consider it as an insult if decline from free beer
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Now I feel in a bind. I don't want to insult anyone. I mean I am a very sensitive guy! :^)

I have been running the 6 all day with the EML 274B but I have changed my source. The iBasso D3 will output directly from the dac and bypasses the internal amp so I have been using this USB based dac to drive the 6. The sound is really very, very good. Great depth and width and explosive dynamics. I hope my Monica II isn't in need of retirement! The thing about Monica is I can take her everywhere and can use my iRiver optical out or any of my Sony portable CD players with optical out. Well I shall see.
 
Oct 23, 2008 at 5:12 AM Post #700 of 893
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Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Now I feel in a bind. I don't want to insult anyone. I mean I am a very sensitive guy! :^)


I understand. Just PM me with your PayPal address, and I only send you $10. That should cover one proper export beer
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Oct 23, 2008 at 5:36 AM Post #701 of 893
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Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Now I feel in a bind. I don't want to insult anyone. I mean I am a very sensitive guy! :^)

I have been running the 6 all day with the EML 274B but I have changed my source. The iBasso D3 will output directly from the dac and bypasses the internal amp so I have been using this USB based dac to drive the 6. The sound is really very, very good. Great depth and width and explosive dynamics. I hope my Monica II isn't in need of retirement! The thing about Monica is I can take her everywhere and can use my iRiver optical out or any of my Sony portable CD players with optical out. Well I shall see.


The real trick is getting a high quality good sounding mini-RCA cable. I now have several - with my ALO SXC on top, Soloz 12-strand in second but still very good for half the price, and then highflyin9 and barqy have both made me a decent affordable mini-RCA with SPC that is just behind the Soloz for half the retail cost of the Soloz.

I still think my Headroom Micro DAC portable with optical from Macbook is slightly ahead of the D3 USB DAC, but I have no complaints about the D3 so far. The Pico as a DAC/Pre-amp is also still slightly better.
 
Oct 23, 2008 at 5:38 AM Post #702 of 893
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The real trick is getting a high quality good sounding mini-RCA cable.


Try Signal Cable Silver Mini.
 
Oct 23, 2008 at 5:57 AM Post #703 of 893
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Originally Posted by jantze /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Try Signal Cable Silver Mini.


Too late - I already have the best! ALO cryo SXC... I was trying to make sure Jam was using top notch as well.
 
Oct 23, 2008 at 6:21 AM Post #704 of 893
Maybe I will make one, one of these days. I make my mini to mini using hyper pure silver (dead soft). I used to make and sell IC's and they were compared to some of the best but I haven't bothered on the RCA to mini for some reason. I am using a Pivot. It does a good job.
 
Oct 23, 2008 at 6:24 AM Post #705 of 893
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Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Now I feel in a bind. I don't want to insult anyone. I mean I am a very sensitive guy! :^)

I have been running the 6 all day with the EML 274B but I have changed my source. The iBasso D3 will output directly from the dac and bypasses the internal amp so I have been using this USB based dac to drive the 6. The sound is really very, very good. Great depth and width and explosive dynamics. I hope my Monica II isn't in need of retirement! The thing about Monica is I can take her everywhere and can use my iRiver optical out or any of my Sony portable CD players with optical out. Well I shall see.


i'm glad you found a way to get a good sound thru the EML. the source is
something i rarely think about in the chain but it may be the most important...
 
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