Thrang
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It's all a matter of perspective I think. I liked the WA22 when I had one, but that is a very lush, warm, romantic sounding amp. Beautiful, but very far from neutral. So comparing the WA22 to the Oppo would certainly make the Oppo seem bright by comparison. But in absolute terms, the Oppo isn't bright, IMO. Whereas the WA22 is clearly very rose colored
This is precisely my feeling of the amp, as well as the Sennheiser HD800's via balanced. The most you can ask is that a rig faithfully reproduce the original material. Nothing is perfect, but I find my setup stunning in this regard.
When you buy a DSLR, you don't look for one that softens the sharpness or saturates reds excessively. You want something that captures an image as faithfully as possible. Later, you can dress it up all you want in Photoshop.
Similarly, I'd much rather optionally and subtely salt to taste those recordings that are subpar with a high quality EQ than have my gear pre-apply a singular set sonic signature.