Woo Audio Amp Owner Unite

[HiFiGuy528]

  arrived yesterday evening, and digging it !
 

 

 
Very nice!!!  What headphones are you using?

 

[jaywillin]

   
Very nice!!!  What headphones are you using?

right now, i have a new pair of lcd2's, with the fazor
i have a pair of t1's at BTG audio having mini-xlr's installed in the cups, i can't wait to hear the t1 with the woo

 

[HiFiGuy528]

  right now, i have a new pair of lcd2's, with the fazor
i have a pair of t1's at BTG audio having mini-xlr's installed in the cups, i can't wait to hear the t1 with the woo

 
That's really cool!  T1 is one of my favorite headphones.  Pls. post some pics when it's back.

 

[jaywillin]

   
That's really cool!  T1 is one of my favorite headphones.  Pls. post some pics when it's back.

will do ! deciding on a nice cable for it now too, i have a cable from double helix made of peter's synergy wire, which has some silver in it for the lcd2, but i think i'll go for just copper for the t1

 

[isquirrel]

Hey guys I am finally able to join the Woo's owners club next week 

 
I have a pair of 234's coming, cannot wait, gave them a good listen on Thursday and was absolutely staggered at how good they sounded. I will be paring them with my Audeze LCD-3's / X's and Lightharmonic DaVinci DAC. Running balanced.
 
I was wondering about tubes and I have ordered the Sophia Princesses in the 45 Mesh plates Royal Princess 300B's, 274B Mesh plates and 2A3 Sophie Princess.
 
I ws wondering what to use as the 6SN7 I have many singles of 6SN7 but no pairs: Tung Sol RP BG, RCA red base 5992, Ken Rad staggered plates, RCA grey glass etc etc. I see Woo can supply the Sylvania's are the PSVANE worth considering?
 

 

 

[bpcans]

isquirrel, whatever tubes you decide on make sure that they are the very best made and highest rated you can get your hands on. Your new amplifier looks like something from a military research laboratory.

 

[TonyNewman]

  Hey guys I am finally able to join the Woo's owners club next week 

 
I have a pair of 234's coming, cannot wait, gave them a good listen on Thursday and was absolutely staggered at how good they sounded. I will be paring them with my Audeze LCD-3's / X's and Lightharmonic DaVinci DAC. Running balanced.
 
I was wondering about tubes and I have ordered the Sophia Princesses in the 45 Mesh plates Royal Princess 300B's, 274B Mesh plates and 2A3 Sophie Princess.
 
I ws wondering what to use as the 6SN7 I have many singles of 6SN7 but no pairs: Tung Sol RP BG, RCA red base 5992, Ken Rad staggered plates, RCA grey glass etc etc. I see Woo can supply the Sylvania's are the PSVANE worth considering?
 

 

 
Wow - that's an impressive monster.
 
I use the Psvane T2 CV-181s (6SN7s) in my WA5 and my big rig TRV-845SE. They are extremely detailed, transparent and extended - they beat every NOS tube I have tried in those areas. The only thing they are lacking is some warmth - they sound perhaps a little 'solid state'. I have also had one tube blow on me in the first 50 hours of burn in (out of 6 tubes), so reliability can be an issue.
 
Pair them with warmish power tubes and the result is excellent.
 
The Shuguang Treasure CV-181s are also very good.

 

[isquirrel]

I have ordered all of the tubes from Woo on this page at the bottom:
 
http://shop.234mono.com//products/wa-234-mono
 
Also looking at the Psvane's
 
http://psvanetube.com/wordpress/purchase/psvane-vacuum-tubes/psvane-we-replica-vacuum-tubes/
 
I wonder how the 6SN7's compare to the TS RP BG?

 

[Stereolab42]

That's awesome. Are you using them with a preamp? I've always figured that's a necessity with the 234s to avoid having to adjust two volume controls at the same time. Or maybe I'm missing something?
 
It's hard to go wrong with most types of Sylvania 6SN7s. I am a fan of the brown-bases, they are good all-rounders, but are becoming harder to find. The new-production Sophia 6SN7s are also great but a touch hyperdetailed. I switch between them depending on mood. I'm not sure where to go next; the PSVane's don't appear to fit well into the WA5 because they are so damn fat, and I don't know if you'll have the same issue in the 234.

 

[isquirrel]

No preamp, no need to use one, I prefer being able to adjust the channel gain independently.

 

[bpcans]

Anybody running a pair of Shuguang CV181-Z tubes in their Woo WA6 as a 6SN7 replacement?

 

[isquirrel]

There is an interesting read on these here
 
http://www.tnt-audio.com/accessories/shuguang_treasures_cv181_pt2_e.html

 

[bpcans]

There is an interesting read on these here

http://www.tnt-audio.com/accessories/shuguang_treasures_cv181_pt2_e.html

Thanks isquirrel, in fact I read that very article not an hour ago, which as a result prompted my inquiry. I'm listening to Herbie Hancocks album "River: The Joni Letters" this morning. It's his interpretations of the music of Joni Mitchell. For anybody into jazz, or not, this is really one cool sounding set.

 

[joseph69]

   
It's hard to go wrong with most types of Sylvania 6SN7s. I am a fan of the brown-bases, they are good all-rounders, but are becoming harder to find. 

+1 Me too

 

[TonyNewman]

Anybody running a pair of Shuguang CV181-Z tubes in their Woo WA6 as a 6SN7 replacement?

 
Yes - love them. Excellent tube.
 
I am using the Woo adapters.