Woo Audio Amp Owner Unite

[Clayton SF]

Which Woo be this?
I didn't know that Woo Audio made a phono amp.
I bet it does wonders for vinyl.
As it is with every Woo amp I've ever bestowed mine eyes upon--it's a thing of beauty. (Alright, I am slightly biased.)
I want one! (Gosh, even though I've never heard one.

)
 
Those look like two 0A2 regulator tubes back back there.
 

 

[Xcalibur255]

Glenn's idea sounds good too, but as I've learned over the years if there is a way to muck something up my clumsy hands will find it.  So, I'll just leave them be, but the worry that remains is if repeated trips in and out of sockets as well as trips in and out of boxes is stressing the soldering and the wires in the tube because the loose base is no longer shouldering those push/pull stresses.  I always handle a tube by the base, but when removing the tube there is still a natural separating motion between the plastic and the glass.  If the risk of failure is higher because the base is loose I'd attempt to repair them, if not then I'm not worried about the condition itself.

 

[dannie01]

Thanks for the info, Clayton. Not yet up-dated in Jack's website, does anyone knows how would this beauty little tank cost? 
 
It's so beautiful, I'm now wondering to build a cheapy vinyl system for this beauty.  

 
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Which Woo be this?
I didn't know that Woo Audio made a phono amp.
I bet it does wonders for vinyl.
As it is with every Woo amp I've ever bestowed mine eyes upon--it's a thing of beauty. (Alright, I am slightly biased.)
I want one! (Gosh, even though I've never heard one.

)
 
Those look like two 0A2 regulator tubes back back there.
 

 

 

[Icenine2]

Someone's selling their WA22, black w/all XLR inputs on Audiogon http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1308704737&/Woo-WA22-  Who's is that?

 

[brasewel]

Sigh...I feel like jumping on that 

 but I'm not

 

[Eee Pee]

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 I'm now wondering to build a cheapy vinyl system for this beauty. 

Cheap vinyl.  Hah!  Good one.  I wish cheap and vinyl (and great sound) could be used in the same sentence together.

 

[Wedge]

Why not? hehe.  Then you could join the large group that are the Woo Audio Owners officially.
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Sigh...I feel like jumping on that 

 but I'm not

 

 

[Nova13]

My tracking number for my WA3 came today, it should ship tomorrow and i'll have it soon  
 
My last post here got overlooked, and I'd like it answered, so here it comes again:
 
 
 
I have yet to receive my WA3 and I already know from reading what tubes I want to try out.  This is gonna get bad  

 

 

As a general question - is it fair to say that, "tubes are tubes"?  Meaning that assuming I want to try out a 5998 in my wa3, do they differ in terms of quality?  Does anyone have some suggestions on where to buy tubes (I am in the United States)?  Specific info on where to get the 5998 would be appreciated too, as thats going to be my first roll, me thinks.  Also, just general tips on buying tubes and what to look out for is appeciated.

 

 

PS:  I use Beyerdynamic dt880/600's 

 

[Wedge]

5998s are all made by Tung-Sol in this case if you want a 5998 than they are all pretty much the same.  Tubes are Tubes is generally not a true statement.  I use these in my WA-22 on occasion but these are generally, at least in the WA-22 interchangeable with 6080 and 7236.  I think the 5998 give a bit more bass than the 7236, but I like mid and treble of the 7236 just a little bit better.  So I will use either one.  I use Mullard ECC 32 for my drive tube, which IMO make up for the less bass that the 7236 have.  As has been pointed out to me in another thread somewhere, I am a bit of a Mullard and Tung-Sol snob.

 

[Nova13]

Thanks Wedge.  I see you are stateside too - where do you purchase your tubes?
 
 

 

[TheAudioDude]

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Which Woo be this?
I didn't know that Woo Audio made a phono amp.
I bet it does wonders for vinyl.
As it is with every Woo amp I've ever bestowed mine eyes upon--it's a thing of beauty. (Alright, I am slightly biased.)
I want one! (Gosh, even though I've never heard one.

)
 
Those look like two 0A2 regulator tubes back back there.
 

Damn it, Clayton!  I want to get a new turntable and a proper phono pre-amp.  Why must you tempt me?!  I was doing so well with saving my money and resisting the urge to buy tube-related stuff. 

 

[Wedge]

All over the place!  I have a friend that is a tube seller, Paul Lindemann, well I never met him in person but we converse quite often.  He can be found on Audiogon, and Ebay.  Or you can email him chowbeardog@sbcglobal.net, he deals mostly in drive tubes.  Tube World is an expensive but an honest place to buy hi-end tubes from.  Radio Electric Supply seems to be quite good with reasonable pricing, www.vacuumtubes.net.  Audiogon I think has more honest people on it, EBay is another place (generally has more dishonest people than any of the other places).  I have been had twice on eBay, but it happens.  Other than that, I've heard Brent Jesse is pretty good.  Tube Depot is another place to buy tubes form also pricey, but you get what you are paying for IMO.  
 
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Thanks Wedge.  I see you are stateside too - where do you purchase your tubes?
 
 

 

 

[Clayton SF]

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Damn it, Clayton!  I want to get a new turntable and a proper phono pre-amp.  Why must you tempt me?!  I was doing so well with saving my money and resisting the urge to buy tube-related stuff. 

Calm down. Put your credit card down and step away from the Woo. Step away from the Woo.

 
That phono amp is not on his website. I came across it searching for all things Woo. Perhaps it's just a prototype of some sort or other.

 

[Skylab]

Isn't it possible that phono pre is an old product?

 

[Clayton SF]

^ That is possibly the case. The "WOOAUDIO" logo on the chassis is "old style." And I have never seen, heard, or read any reviews of a phono amp from Jack. I've also seen pictures of a Woo DAC with Jack standing next to it so who knows what's being worked on in the wings--or what had been worked on....