[Clayton SF]

My WA4, Leben, beta22, are all plugged into a cheap power strip connected to an extension cord which is connected to an outlet that is not grounded. I have no complaints. Also, no one else, save Silent One, has heard this system and he had had nothing but praise for the WA22's sound when it was plugged into this same line.

 

[LUMAZ]

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My WA4, Leben, beta22, are all plugged into a cheap power strip connected to an extension cord which is connected to an outlet that is not grounded. I have no complaints. Also, no one else, save Silent One, has heard this system and he had had nothing but praise for the WA22's sound when it was plugged into this same line.

Hello guys and please excuse me if sometimes I write too much and I become boring!
My WA22 is not plugged directly into the wall but it is plugged into a mains conditioner (the Italian's Nightingale) that give to it more body, presence, bass frequency and silence (and thus air) between the voice and the intruments. Instead I had removed my Naim from the conditioner because it had bad influence on his trasparency and cleanness. (It is right to say that Naim's external power supply costs more than the double of my Nightingale and so it purifies directly by himself the sound).
Why anyone of you has ever answered to my question about the utility (or no?) of modify a Woo ampli? I am dubious about it and I need some good advice!
Also, anyone of you has ever heard the song "Splanky"? And do you know the Italian pop singer Mina. If you want, please watch at this link.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE2nToNs1Hw 
It is an old black and white Italian television Video (made in 1967) where she sings and scats wonderfully: Louis Armstrong, Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra and other American artists consider her one of the most great singers of the XX century.
GIve me your opinions, thanks!
 
 


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Is anyone currently running their Woo 'naked' plugged directly into the wall? Or via strips, conditioners, regenerators? For those of you going into the wall, notice any improvements with dynamics or resolution?

 

 

[musicman59]

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Is anyone currently running their Woo 'naked' plugged directly into the wall? Or via strips, conditioners, regenerators? For those of you going into the wall, notice any improvements with dynamics or resolution?

I am have mine connected to a dedicated line with Furutech outlet and Auricaps in it. I have my Threshold 550e and my WA5-LE connected in that dual outlet but I never have both on at the saem time anyway.
 
The main difference I noticed was lower floor noise not having anything else in the circuit.

 
 
 

 

[SpudHarris]

Hello Guys,
 
I've not posted here in a while as my dream of owning a WA22 kind of fell through because of personal issues and sadly I don't think I'll every get to own one   and I was soooo close at one point I could almost touch it......  I don't want to derail the thread so I'll be brief...
 
I have two or three nice pairs of tubes which I collected over time listed along with my WA6, I don't have a classified for any of them specifically so if you are looking you may not know I have them. The WA6 etc... is in my signature. Please don't post on here and get me flamed, like I said I don't derail the thread, just PM me if interested in any of them.
 
Thanks guys

 

[Icenine2]

MM,
 
Did you get the cool Furutech Carbon Fiber cover plate?  I don't need one but really want one!
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I am have mine connected to a dedicated line with Furutech outlet and Auricaps in it. I have my Threshold 550e and my WA5-LE connected in that dual outlet but I never have both on at the saem time anyway.
 
The main difference I noticed was lower floor noise not having anything else in the circuit.

 
 
 

 

 

[Icenine2]

Clay,
 
Looks like people walking beneath the skyscrapers!
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And the Woo4, too! Betcha nevah heard a 4 be4!
And when I return from Amsterdam the Liquid Fire will here too!

 
 

 

 

[Clayton SF]

^ you're funny! Great observation. I'm going to pick up some Lego people (Star Wars maybe?) and replace the tubes with the Legos for a photo shoot! Now I know where I'm going this afternoon. There's a toy store on Market Street.....

 

[mikemalter]

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For me the soul of an amp is in it's capacitors...and I'll argue that in the science forum any day.
 
 

I was thinking about this the other day and wondering about the place of capacitors in an amp.  Why are capacitors so important?
 
 

 

[Clayton SF]

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I was thinking about this the other day and wondering about the place of capacitors in an amp.  Why are capacitors so important?

Isn't it the reservoir for electrical energy? It's responsible for the fast recovery of spent electrical energy that set your headphones on fire in the first place.
 
 

 

[mikemalter]

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Isn't it the reservoir for electrical energy? It's responsible for the fast recovery of spent electrical energy that set your headphones on fire in the first place.
 
 

Sure, but what makes them the most important part of an amp?  Why are they so important?  Is bigger always better?  Would I want to get the biggest physical caps I could for my WA22?
 
 

 

[Clayton SF]

Perhaps you should ask jc9394 and danny01 about caps. You want caps--they got caps in their WA22.
 

 
 

 

[WarriorAnt]

 
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Sure, but what makes them the most important part of an amp?  Why are they so important?  Is bigger always better?  Would I want to get the biggest physical caps I could for my WA22?
 
 

Check out the link and description of these caps.  I can't give you scientific data as to why they are important but caps seem to have a big influence on the sound.  There's something about about the way they charge and release their energy that plays an important role. 
 
http://www.v-cap.com/products.php
 

 

[MilesDavis2]

Just got my WA6 today. Still in the office and I can't wait to get home. Would like to thank Csericks, Grokit, Nova 13, SilentOne, Skylab, X_Calibur255 for steering me in the right direction.  Thank you.

 

[bobeau]

FWIW, just purchased sillysally's maxxed WA6SE.  So now I have 2 of these amps at my disposal, the stock and now this maxxed one which should be showing up next week.  Will post impression on the difference once I take delivery.  The stock one will definitely be let go though, do prefer my DNA Sonett to it, though not by any significant margin.

 

[mikemalter]

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Perhaps you should ask jc9394 and danny01 about caps. You want caps--they got caps in their WA22.
 

 
 

Where did he get his WA22 modded.  Is it offered to be done, or is it private.


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Check out the link and description of these caps.  I can't give you scientific data as to why they are important but caps seem to have a big influence on the sound.  There's something about about the way they charge and release their energy that plays an important role. 
 
http://www.v-cap.com/products.php
 

This looks good, I'll read it.  Thanks.