[Ahzari]

thanks for the information, now time to start looking haha..

 

[jc9394]

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thanks for the information, now time to start looking haha..

Try look for a vintage Marantz receiver and use the tape loop out to Woo.  They are quite good on the phono stage.

 

[hodgjy]

X2.  Also, the Bellari phono stage is pretty nice for the price, and it does allow you to tube roll as well to fine tune your sound.
 
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Try look for a vintage Marantz receiver and use the tape loop out to Woo.  They are quite good on the phono stage.

 

 

[jc9394]

Howdy my fellow Woo owners, I have been busy playing with the new iPad and tweaking the MKII upgrade.  
 
One thing I noticed this afternoon when I'm listening to Patricia Barber and Diana Krall, their voice is so live and human sounding after the MKII upgrade.  The HD800 just sings out of the WA22 with my flavor set of tubes.  

 

[Silent One]

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Howdy my fellow Woo owners, I have been busy playing with the new iPad and tweaking the MKII upgrade.  
 
One thing I noticed this afternoon when I'm listening to Patricia Barber and Diana Krall, their voice is so live and human sounding after the MKII upgrade.  The HD800 just sings out of the WA22 with my flavor set of tubes.  

 Although I'm rollin' Sarah Vaughn tonight, it seems these two female vocals have you enchanted all the same... great to hear, jc9394! The MKII upgrade was well worth the wait!
 

 

[Silent One]

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thanks for the information, now time to start looking haha..

I'll be following your Woo/TT journey with interest...

 

 

[Ahzari]

 
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I'll be following your Woo/TT journey with interest...

 

 

 

[Ahzari]

Has anyone tried the psvane tubes on their WA6SE?

 

[Zeruel the 14th]

Can't say that I've heard a WA5 Variant, the WA2 is my first (currently only) Valve amp, Purchased unheard on a pre-order when I learnt there was a Aussie Distributer (got in on the first shipment yay). Maybe I need to pay a visit the distibuter's street address (Addicted to Audio Melbourne) and may be arrange a listen someday. It doesn't seem to get a lot of talking about in this thread, could be a combination of those various factors (cost, size, questionable spouse acceptance factor).
 
May I ask few questions of you two.
What sort of lifespan are you getting out of you tubes? I'm not a 'sit down listening session' person. So I rack up a lot of hours, with gaming, music and all of that.
Did you have to arrange a special space for it. Side by side seems prohibitive, over and under on a shelf? (I used to run multi monitors...now I have too much crap on my desk for that)
 
I had a bit more of squiz to see the costs of various suitable tubes, ranging from the What lol to beard stroking reasonable. But I suppose it always comes back to lifespan. I'm not even sure how I'll fair with the WA2, (Just swapped in some Woo Supplied tubes, But I'll go back to stock to try run those in to the dirt).
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Have you listened to a WA5 before?
They might be big, bulkey, brick looking (as you said) and the 300B tubes expensive plus you need two of each kinf of tubes (rectifier, driver and power) but the sound justifies everything. The WA5 IMO blows away any other Woo amplifier with the exeption of the $10,000 monoblock. I even like it better than the WES with the SR009.
When I was buying my amp I tried every single Woo and also I tried the Zana, Pinnacle and Mannley 300B. The WA5-LE suited my taste the best.
 
 

 

 

[San Raal]

 
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May I ask few questions of you two.
What sort of lifespan are you getting out of you tubes? I'm not a 'sit down listening session' person. So I rack up a lot of hours, with gaming, music and all of that.
Did you have to arrange a special space for it. Side by side seems prohibitive, over and under on a shelf? (I used to run multi monitors...now I have too much crap on my desk for that)
 
 

Not 100% sure if I was one of those two the question was directed to, but would like to share my experience of tube lifetimes. 
 
Had 2 TSRP 6SN7 fail on me after 3000 hours of use, web implies 10,000 hours use from NOS and these were bought NOS. It was very strange failure - 3 heaters out of 4 went at once, a sad and expensive day - which is why I'm trying new production tubes out recently.
 
I had a Sophia "mesh" Princess 274B rectifier go gassy after 11 months. The tube had a funky purple gas in it when powered from cold, I pulled it as the gas allowed the electrodes to arc. Still have it on my desk as a show piece, scorched plates n all
 
Touch wood I've not had a 300B go on me whilst I've had the Woo5, JJ's were in use for a year before going back in their box as a backup.

 

[musicman59]

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Can't say that I've heard a WA5 Variant, the WA2 is my first (currently only) Valve amp, Purchased unheard on a pre-order when I learnt there was a Aussie Distributer (got in on the first shipment yay). Maybe I need to pay a visit the distibuter's street address (Addicted to Audio Melbourne) and may be arrange a listen someday. It doesn't seem to get a lot of talking about in this thread, could be a combination of those various factors (cost, size, questionable spouse acceptance factor).
 
May I ask few questions of you two.
What sort of lifespan are you getting out of you tubes? I'm not a 'sit down listening session' person. So I rack up a lot of hours, with gaming, music and all of that.
Did you have to arrange a special space for it. Side by side seems prohibitive, over and under on a shelf? (I used to run multi monitors...now I have too much crap on my desk for that)
 
I had a bit more of squiz to see the costs of various suitable tubes, ranging from the What lol to beard stroking reasonable. But I suppose it always comes back to lifespan. I'm not even sure how I'll fair with the WA2, (Just swapped in some Woo Supplied tubes, But I'll go back to stock to try run those in to the dirt).


 

I have had my WA5-LE for 20 months and I have not had any tube issues. I roll driver tubes often to change the sound and rectifiers less often but the EML 300B Mesh have been there since new and still going storng with no issues (knock on wood). I am using the 596 rectifiers which I love and those are $40 to $80 for the pair so not much investment there. You can get very nice NOS 6SN7 for great prices too. I got a pair of RCA 6F8G round plates/black glass for cheap. Other than the 300B cost I would not woory about that.
 
Regarding shelf space. I have mine side by side at the top of my audio rack so it can fit in a normal shelf designed for a standard 19" wide audio component with room to spare.
Here are some pictures of mine when I just got it. http://www.head-fi.org/t/506402/my-new-woo-audio-wa5-le-the-black-beauty
 
 
 
 

 

[Silent One]

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I have had my WA5-LE for 20 months and I have not had any tube issues. I roll driver tubes often to change the sound and rectifiers less often but the EML 300B Mesh have been there since new and still going storng with no issues (knock on wood). I am using the 596 rectifiers which I love and those are $40 to $80 for the pair so not much investment there. You can get very nice NOS 6SN7 for great prices too. I got a pair of RCA 6F8G round plates/black glass for cheap. Other than the 300B cost I would not woory about that.
 
Regarding shelf space. I have mine side by side at the top of my audio rack so it can fit in a normal shelf designed for a standard 19" wide audio component with room to spare.
Here are some pictures of mine when I just got it. http://www.head-fi.org/t/506402/my-new-woo-audio-wa5-le-the-black-beauty
 
 

Any new sources for 1956-57 USAF-596 Rec's?

 

[musicman59]

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Any new sources for 1956-57 USAF-596 Rec's?

on't know. Since I have my pair and backup I have not look form them anymore.
 

 

[Sid-Fi]

So it's been a month since I ordered my WA22. I emailed Jack to ask for an update and he replied that my WA22 would ship no later than the week of April 2 even though it's already been a month. This would push the lead time out to 6 weeks compared to the quoted 3 weeks.
 
This is definitely a little frustrating. I feel like I am dealing with Audio-gd all over again, which is not what I expected when jumping to the $2,000 mark. Is this pretty unusual from Woo Audio?
 
Dave

 

[jc9394]

For sure it is not like Audio-GD experience. I waited over 8 weeks for my WA6 before, these are hand build and probably they are backlogged due to the release of new DAC and transport.