Woo Audio Amp Owner Unite

[Seamaster]

I mean WA22 I have. Sorry

 

[h.rav]

^ My WA6SE transformers is also barely lukewarm after 12 hours.

 

[atbglenn]

Depending on the amplifier design and the transformer being used, they can get very hot, also normal. Back in the day I had a Dynaco MKIII poweramp I used in my bass guitar amp setup. You could not keep your hand on top of the power transformer for more than 5 seconds. I used the thing for years and never had a problem other than tube replacement. Transformers are usually pretty durable from my experience.

 

[immtbiker]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarKu /img/forum/go_quote.gif ) I listened yesterday to my WA6 SE for abut 1-2 hours and i touched the Sophia Princess, it was sooo HOT! .

Is it possible that the heat in your house/apartment, is warmer than in the AC months during the other seasons. Ambient temp plays a big role. Perhaps a small 12Volt or AC computer fan mounted behind the unit will solve the problem. That's what I use for the back of my iMac 24 by the vent at the top since it is in a small "nook" where my 19" CRT used to be. Can't breath.

Do have any other similar tubes you can roll in to see if you yield the same results?

Old Joke: A man walks into a doctors's office, and says, "Doc" it hurt me everytime that I do :This".
The Doctor replies, "I know just the thing, don't do that, anymore"!."$100 please"!

 

[sillysally]

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Originally Posted by Seamaster /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sondstage only can stretch so far, then become fake. It depends on amp used. Strange, when HD800 hooked up with Meridian G08 and Phonitor, HD800 have full body sound with kick ass bass. At same time Phonitor have less soul than WA22. I made my mind to let Modwright to mod the PC board where all the caps are.

I don't know what EML you are using, but I have found the EML 274B solid plateto be a very good match for my HD-800SE, WA6SE max with circa 1963 RCA big bottles and my Oppo BD-83SE Nuforce Edition.
With my Oppo BD-83 the Princes for CD and SACD sounded better than the EML, however for BD movies the EML sounded better. One of the main reasons why the Princes sounded better of its speed.
However with my BD-83NE the speed is about the same for both the Princes and EML. I think the reason for this is mainly because of the new 8-channel Sabre32 Ultra (ES9016) DAC chip and Oppos use of stacking 4 DACs for each of the Left and Right channels plus the Nuforces mods.

ss

 

[DannagE]

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Originally Posted by immtbiker /img/forum/go_quote.gif Old Joke: A man walks into a doctors's office, and says, "Doc" it hurt me everytime that I do :This". The Doctor replies, "I know just the thing, don't do that, anymore"!."$100 please"!

Ah, classic Tommy Cooper joke.

I went to the doctor the other day,
I said 'it hurts when I do that'
he said ' well don't do it'

As in, don't touch the tubes

On other news, still waiting for shipping of my amp

 

[peanuthead]

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Originally Posted by DarKu /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey guys i think i have a problem (maybe) I listened yesterday to my WA6 SE for abut 1-2 hours and i touched the Sophia Princess, it was sooo HOT! i thought for one moment that it will explode, if i remember correctly previously i can touch her (The princess) for more than 3-4 seconds and it was not that hot, The drive tubes RCA 6FD7 are also very very HOT, much like the Sophia, how is your Woo acting? The same, or it is a problem of my amplifier? I really don't want to sent it back to Jack ... PS: some time ago i remember touching the drive tubes and the rectifier but it was not that hot, i hope everything is fine.

Dude, why would you touch the tubes while the amp is on? As you've found out already, it gets really really hot.

 

[jjinh]

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Originally Posted by peanuthead /img/forum/go_quote.gif Dude, why would you touch the tubes while the amp is on? As you've found out already, it gets really really hot.

lol, +1, arent tubes supposed to get very warm, if not hot?

 

[Seamaster]

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Originally Posted by sillysally /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't know what EML you are using, but I have found the EML 274B solid plateto be a very good match for my HD-800SE, WA6SE max with circa 1963 RCA big bottles and my Oppo BD-83SE Nuforce Edition. With my Oppo BD-83 the Princes for CD and SACD sounded better than the EML, however for BD movies the EML sounded better. One of the main reasons why the Princes sounded better of its speed. However with my BD-83NE the speed is about the same for both the Princes and EML. I think the reason for this is mainly because of the new 8-channel Sabre32 Ultra (ES9016) DAC chip and Oppos use of stacking 4 DACs for each of the Left and Right channels plus the Nuforces mods. ss

I did call them ask for EML 274B solid plate 1st, but I already missed the boat at that point, so I got mesh plate. EML 274B mesh did everything very very well but impact. Today I ordered Sophia 274B mesh plate, see how it goes. I also ordered T1 instead HD800.

By the way you guys should watch movie Avatar in 3D. It blowed me away

 

[yilmaz196]

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Originally Posted by Seamaster /img/forum/go_quote.gif Use DeoxIT ® GOLD, you won't regret! I clean all my tube pins with them before use, I clean all my sockets and connectors very 2 months. They are still shinny like new. Home - CAIG Laboratories, Inc.

Deoxit gold is only for protect i think? We can also use this for cleaning? If not which product we can buy to clean pins on tubes?

 

[Seamaster]

No, They have cleaning product too. Or The one I use, just spray on, it does both cleanning and protect.

 

[regal]

Hello, I am looking at the Woo6 and moding it to sound as good as the SE.

The main reason that the SE sounds better than the standard model is that the output is taken from the plates, ie no cathode follower as in the standard model. (also splitting the PS will nearly equal the SE.)

So my question is what tube has the lowest plate resistance that works in the Woo6? Moding to a plate output will require a tube with a low plate resistance to keep the output impedance low.

Do the standard tubes in the SE work in the standard model?

 

[OutdoorXplorer]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do the standard tubes in the SE work in the standard model?

i believe those tubes are interchangeable between both standard and maxxed.

 

[atbglenn]

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Originally Posted by regal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do the standard tubes in the SE work in the standard model?

Yes. The only exception that I know of is the 6FD7, which will only work safely in the standard 6, not SE.

 

[OutdoorXplorer]

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Originally Posted by atbglenn /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes. The only exception that I know of is the 6FD7, which will only work safely in the standard 6, not SE.

I totally forgotten about this.. My apologies.