[jc9394]

congratulation and welcome to the club, now go and search for tubes for rolling.

 

[WalkGood]

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Originally Posted by jc9394 /img/forum/go_quote.gif congratulation and welcome to the club ...

Are you by chance talking about this club

 

[jc9394]

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Originally Posted by WalkGood /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are you by chance talking about this club

I thought that is a "Team" not a club...

I can't link a club in this web site...somewhere I will be heading next week...

 

[bialystok]

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Originally Posted by jc9394 /img/forum/go_quote.gif congratulation and welcome to the club, now go and search for tubes for rolling.

Ha - I'll have to nurse my wallet back to health first.

 

[bdr529]

Finally got my WA6-SE today!

So far I am really liking it. I had a question about tubes though. I received two sets of 6EW7 and a set of the 6DE7, but I cant find any information if they are re-branded (I assume this, dont really see them mentioned here) and what their origins might be.

My first set of 6EW7 are made by Zenith (think it says made in the USA, washed off...) and are of the cleartop fat bottle variety. My second set are labeled United Electron and are also fat bottle but have a silver top. The Zenith ones have have a round plate at the bottom and a more rectangular one on top while the United electron have rectangular top and bottom.

My 6DE7 is also Zenith (made in the USA) with a silver top.

Anyone know what i got

?

 

[jc9394]

I'm not that familiar with tubes too but my clear top one are from GE and Sylanvia while my silver top one are from RCA.

I like the RCA one better than both GE and Sylanvia when driving my ATH-W5000.

 

[hybwolf]

Does Woo make any amps that use tubes that are still in production or just NOS tubes?

 

[El_Doug]

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Originally Posted by hybwolf /img/forum/go_quote.gif Does Woo make any amps that use tubes that are still in production or just NOS tubes?

i dont believe that ANY Woo amp requires NOS tubes. im 99% certain that there are in-production tubes that can be used in all of their products

 

[jamato8]

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Originally Posted by hybwolf /img/forum/go_quote.gif Does Woo make any amps that use tubes that are still in production or just NOS tubes?

Most of what they make can use new tubes but most of the NOS are just better. Having said that there are some nice 300B's being made now and then the power tubes have come a long ways. The Woo 6 used the 6DE7 or 6EW7 and a few other in the driver/power section and I don't believe those are made any longer. The last of the NOS of those was from the 1980's but the better ones are from the 1950's and early 60's.

 

[the_equalizer]

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Originally Posted by El_Doug /img/forum/go_quote.gif i dont believe that ANY Woo amp requires NOS tubes. im 99% certain that there are in-production tubes that can be used in all of their products

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Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif <snip> The Woo 6 used the 6DE7 or 6EW7 and a few other in the driver/power section and I don't believe those are made any longer. The last of the NOS of those was from the 1980's but the better ones are from the 1950's and early 60's.

Indeed, AFAIK there's no in-production tube that directly substitutes the WA6 driver/power tubes.

Speaking of which, can any of you guys point me to a trustworthy source for 6FD7 tubes? I feel my AKG K701 sound a bit anemic with the stock 6DE7 tubes and I want to try to beef up the output power.

cheers!

 

[hybwolf]

Just what I thought. I have been looking at the WA 6 and WA 6SE but the NOS output tubes is what turns me off. I would prefer having the option to buy new production tubes. I have used a few 6sn7 based pre-amps over the last 15 years. I can remember years ago good NOS 6sn7 were easy and cheap to find. Since then there has been an explosion of manufactures producing 6sn7 based pre-amps which really drained the easy to find 6sn7. Now all the NOS premium 6sn7 cost a fortune because they become more rare as time goes on. But atleast I can get new productions that are actually really good sounding.

The 300B amp looks sweet but that's a bit more then I would like to spend on a head phone amp. I'll need to contact Woo to see if one of their current designs can be modified to take a current production.

 

[jc9394]

The output/power tubes are pretty easy to locate on the internet and they do last for few thousand hours. There are plenty in fleabay and it is cheap.

 

[BIG POPPA]

I just sent payment for a Woo 3+ severely modified. OK from the top I ordered the Teflon tube sockets upgrade, Blackgates upgrade, FI-03 Rhodium FURUTECH , and the WBT panel mount RCA's, Have many audio grade fuses and a few power cables.

Now what tubes to order? Any Suggestions?

 

[bialystok]

Here it is - my new WA2 with DagMagic

 

[Choochoo]

Big Poppa. You may consider Sylvania 7236 and Sylvania 6SN7W Metal Base ... the sound is fantastic. This is my second rolling from Sylvania 7236 and Sylvania 6SN7GT.