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May 8, 2018 at 7:03 PM Post #40,291 of 42,298
JLoud said:
I have a WA5 le v2 with a Schiit Yggy. Running the Yggy balanced into the WA5. I use the LCD 3 and 4 as well as a pair of Utopia's with this set up. I absolutely love the amp. Beautiful sound stage and great detail and tone. The WA5 puts out 8 watts out of both balanced and SE jacks. While it is a single ended amp the balanced jack is for convenience. While I feel going balanced from a DAC is worth it.(provided dac is hardware balanced. Like the Yggy.) I don't really hear any difference between balanced and SE on amps such as the Jotunheim. But if wonderful, full, detailed midrange is important, the WA5 is definitely worth a listen. Huge step up from my WA6 se.
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Can you explain how you are running balanced outputs into unbalanced inputs? I'm not tracking something. The WA5 is single ended. It can't 'do' balanced.
 
May 8, 2018 at 8:40 PM Post #40,292 of 42,298
The WA5 has balanced inputs that are summed internally.
 
May 8, 2018 at 9:13 PM Post #40,293 of 42,298
Yes the balanced inputs and output are for convenience. But according to Schiit, they recommended rather strongly, to use balanced output from the yggy. I tried SE and balanced out of Yggy to WA5. I did prefer the balanced. The WA5 takes the balanced input and converts to SE. And does it very well. WA5 is SE, just capable of accepting both types of signal. The whole balanced vs SE is way overblown. But just go with what sounds best to you. That's what this hobby is all about, personal audio nirvana.
 
May 18, 2018 at 8:07 PM Post #40,294 of 42,298
Got my Sophia 274B in my WA6SE tonight. Here's a long exposure of its glow!
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May 22, 2018 at 8:22 PM Post #40,301 of 42,298
nathanoakes said:
Got my Sophia 274B in my WA6SE tonight. Here's a long exposure of its glow!
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Beautiful photo. I love what the Sophia Princess did to my amp's sound stage and low end. I know that the rectifier tube "rectifies" AC to provide the DC rail voltages, but I was very surprised that a tube not actually in the audio amplification chain could make such a difference (from the stock Chinese tube supplied).
 
May 22, 2018 at 10:38 PM Post #40,302 of 42,298
JLoud said:
Yes the balanced inputs and output are for convenience. But according to Schiit, they recommended rather strongly, to use balanced output from the yggy. I tried SE and balanced out of Yggy to WA5. I did prefer the balanced. The WA5 takes the balanced input and converts to SE. And does it very well. WA5 is SE, just capable of accepting both types of signal. The whole balanced vs SE is way overblown. But just go with what sounds best to you. That's what this hobby is all about, personal audio nirvana.
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That suggests that the Yggy's XLR outputs are better for other reasons I guess.

Anyway, I'll be joining this club very soon, getting the same exact amp as you actually my good sir. But are good rectifier tubes for under $200 or even $250 (pair) hard to find now or what? Sheesh.
 
May 24, 2018 at 10:59 PM Post #40,304 of 42,298
This morning I pulled the trigger on a WA33 (standard) which should be here within the first week of June. I Did read some impressions about the WA33 (standard) from some of the CanJams, and all were very positive. I've owned my WA6 for +/-6yrs now, and I still enjoy it very much, so I'm thinking I can't go wrong.
 
May 24, 2018 at 11:22 PM Post #40,305 of 42,298
I heard the WA33 at the CanJam and it's impressive. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
 
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