[isquirrel]

Decided to give Joe's (Abyss) work with KR Tubes a go. Chances are high that they will be outstanding if Joe has anything to do them. The following are on their way. This is a link to them.
 
https://www.thecableco.com/Product/300B-Balloon-HP "designed for serious Headphone listening" Not sure about the 2A3's of the one sI have tried they tend to be a bit too clinical for my tastes.
 
300B Balloon HP
2A3 HP
274B HP
 

 

 



 

 

[isquirrel]

Be interesting to see how they go compared to these. Finally got my hands on a decent pair. Heavenly is the only way to describe the midrange. Thank you to those members on this forum that have tried to help me find matching 274B's unfortunately nothing so far but singles and that's a dubious move.
 
The Takatsuki 274B really pairs vey well with the WE's. Anyone in the Brisbane area is welcome for a listen at the beginning of Jan when we are having a mini meet.
 

 

 

 

[isquirrel]

A noobie question, what direction does the flow run in using the 234 fuse holder?
 

 

[artemart]

  A noobie question, what direction does the flow run in using the 234 fuse holder?
 

I do not think that it matters. Fuse is just a wire and it brakes when it got too much power going though them.

 

[phase0]

  Decided to give Joe's (Abyss) work with KR Tubes a go. Chances are high that they will be outstanding if Joe has anything to do them. The following are on their way. This is a link to them.
 
https://www.thecableco.com/Product/300B-Balloon-HP "designed for serious Headphone listening" Not sure about the 2A3's of the one sI have tried they tend to be a bit too clinical for my tastes.
 
300B Balloon HP
2A3 HP
274B HP


 

 
Looking forward to your impressions! Really loving my WA5 tonight w/ Utopia... just mind blowing. Theoretically I could eek out a little more performance with some other tubes. Have to say I'm pretty happy now tho.

 

[davehg]

I don’t know if any of you are into Dylon, I am not really but he has just won the Nobel prize for Literature, Patti Smith sang one of his most celebrated songs. It certainly bought more than a few tears to my eyes. Even if you are not into either its worth watching and listening to the lyrics.
 
[COLOR=121212]Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]I saw a white ladder all covered with water[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard[/COLOR]

[COLOR=121212]And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=121212]http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-transcendent-patti-smith-accepts-bob-dylans-nobel-prize[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=121212]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVXQaOhpfJU[/COLOR]

Dylan absolutely deserves this. To celebrate, I listened to Dylan Covered, a great playlist on Tidal of various bands doing Dylan tunes. From Springsteen to The Band to Adele to Odetta, bunch of great covers.

 

[musicman59]

  A noobie question, what direction does the flow run in using the 234 fuse holder?
 

I am not 100% sure but I think the fuse should be tun 180 degrees based on this diagram.

 

[Arcamera]

Just a Kudos! for the WA22 here. Loving what I'm hearing...(Using the Woo recommended tube upgrades-- Sophia/RCA/Tung Sol).

 

[pippen99]

 
 
 
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no problem.  you mind to share some pictures when the cable comes?  also your music tower and how you place them?  curious to see.  thanks

First apologies for the crappy pictures.  The new cable is only 6" longer but I needed just that 6" extra.  Construction and materials are identical to stock.  The tower is a Whalen 5 shelf tower.  It was the only one I found with enough clearance on the second shelf to accommodate the height of the transformers and tubes.  The load capacity for the shelves are just 50 lbs so the transformer(40 lbs) went on the bottom shelf.  The amp section(34 lbs) is on the second shelf.  The Directstream DAC and Auralic Aries Mini streamer on the third shelf splitting the amps.  Cavalli Liquid Gold is on the fourth shelf.  The hangers for the headphones (LCD-X and ETHER) did not work with the glass shelves so they sit on a towel on the top shelf for the time being.

 

[HiFiGuy528]

Showing some LOVE for my classic Denon D7000 headphones with WA7 Fireflies. 
 

 

[Arcamera]

Nice! I've always been a fan of the D7000.

 

[jerick70]

The WA7 is an excellent all-in-one.  I pair it with TH-900s at work an love it.  I need to find a pair of D7000s to try with it.  I always have people ask what the WA7 is.  When I tell them they are mesmerized.  Excellent conversation starter.

 

[davehg]

A question for the WA5 owners - have you hooked up a high impedance phone (like the HD650) to the 4pin Neutrik headphone connector? If so, how did it sound? Was it overloaded?
 
Have you run a pair of low impedance phones via the same output (like the LCD3)?
 
My WA5 has a 4pin Neutrik headphone connector, but I've read that this was really intended for full power delivery to hard to drive headphones like the AKG1000. It is not a true balanced output and the power delivery via this connector is far greater than the 1/4 inch headphone connector.
 
My WA22 also has a 4 pin Neutrik output, and it is fully balanced (when used with a balanced source) - but the power delivery via the Neutrik connector is not increased.
 
I have a set of Cardas cables for the HD650 on the way, with a 4 pin XLR connector, and was curious if I could run them off the 4 pin XLR output on the WA5, even though they are high impedance phones.

 

[jerick70]

  A question for the WA5 owners - have you hooked up a high impedance phone (like the HD650) to the 4pin Neutrik headphone connector? If so, how did it sound? Was it overloaded?
 
Have you run a pair of low impedance phones via the same output (like the LCD3)?
 
My WA5 has a 4pin Neutrik headphone connector, but I've read that this was really intended for full power delivery to hard to drive headphones like the AKG1000. It is not a true balanced output and the power delivery via this connector is far greater than the 1/4 inch headphone connector.
 
My WA22 also has a 4 pin Neutrik output, and it is fully balanced (when used with a balanced source) - but the power delivery via the Neutrik connector is not increased.
 
I have a set of Cardas cables for the HD650 on the way, with a 4 pin XLR connector, and was curious if I could run them off the 4 pin XLR output on the WA5, even though they are high impedance phones.

 
It sounds like you have a WA5 v2.  The 4 pin Neutrik connector does not deliver more power on the WA5 v2, it is the same as the 6.3 mm connector.  The WA5 v1 did have a second 6.3 mm connector that did work this way. Woo has designed the WA5 v2 to be very versatile so it will work with many headphones.  There are three knobs and switches on the front of the WA5 to adjust the amp for various headphones, Low and High impedance.  You can adjust the power output, gain, and impedance with the three knobs and switches.  Below is a graphic that Woo has released that will give you the proper settings for various headphones.  FYI.... I only own low impedance headphones so I don't know how high impedance headphones fair with the WA5.  I've heard they are superb though. 
 

 

[davehg]

It's a v1. No separate toggles for power or impedance. Just a selector switch for speaker, hi, low, and the Akg setting. And two headphone outputs, the neutrik and 1/4 inch.

The table above suggests the HD650 may not like a high power setting, maybe it is noisier?