From what I gather, the new WA5 model will no longer have the K1K out (110ohm), instead it will be 25 ohm to be more compatible with today's slew of new planar headphones. The WA5 that mrspeakers uses to demo Ether is an early prototype. That is why Ether can use the xlr out without a lot of noise. Those small switches I think are used to control the xlr output. Again, I am speculating here.
I didn't know about the price hike, perhaps I should turn off the ad and keep my WA5.
I didn't know about the price hike, perhaps I should turn off the ad and keep my WA5.