[fhuang]

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Congrats for the new amp. 

 It look great and well matched your Rudistor underneath. You will not regret about the silver color, I have owned a WA6SE in black and it's a dust magnet.  

 
BTW, you order the amp from DMA?
 
EDIT. Look at those stock tubes in your WA5, you will have a long way to go and HUGE INVESTMENT for rolling those OLD LIGHT BULBS

i ordered it from aura.  sister company with dma i think. 
 
 
yea stock tubes so far.  i did get myself an extra full sets of tubes.  nothing fancy but i just want to have an extra set just in case.  plus they were on sale last month from wi wi   still i would switch them just yet.  wa5 sound so good just with the stock tubes. 

 

[fhuang]

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Smart man and she is a keeper...

oh yea she is a keeper no doubt. 
 
 
and she listen to the woo last night for an hour too

 

[fenom60]

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Of course, it the to use EML 5U4G or 596...

 
Oh, an internal surgery is also recommended.

Can't wait till I get my 596 adapter from Woo 

 
btw wiwitubes.com has the Mullard ECC32 matched pair instock and its $850 O_o but they recommend to try the Jadis ECC32 which the owner there worked with Full Music owner and tuned it to sound just like the Mullard ECC32. Can anyone with a pair of Mullard ECC32 willing to try the Jadis ECC32 for comparison ?? 

 

[fhuang]

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I will hold you to that... we are planning a business trip to Osaka and I may take a weekend trip to HK.  

  You can freely use "Old Light Bulbs" and "Expensive Old Light Bulbs" when ever you feel like to.  

 
 
can you make it around mid august?  the hk hifi show is starting on the 10th

 
 
http://www.audiotechnique.com/av_show/hifi_show.htm

 

[jc9394]

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can you make it around mid august?  the hk hifi show is starting on the 10th

 
 
http://www.audiotechnique.com/av_show/hifi_show.htm

 
Unfortunately if we are able to go, it will be in late Sept or early Oct time.  Perfect time for those yummy crabs...

 

[jc9394]

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Can't wait till I get my 596 adapter from Woo 

 
btw wiwitubes.com has the Mullard ECC32 matched pair instock and its $850 O_o but they recommend to try the Jadis ECC32 which the owner there worked with Full Music owner and tuned it to sound just like the Mullard ECC32. Can anyone with a pair of Mullard ECC32 willing to try the Jadis ECC32 for comparison ?? 

 
For me, I don't think the ECC32 is worth that much over the TS BGRP.  If the price is around $500/pair, I will give it a try.  I have issues/can't justify tubes over $500.  That is one of the reason I still have not upgrade to WA5 yet.

 

[dannie01]

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Smart man and she is a keeper...

 
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 Solved.

 
Can't agree more. 

 

[dannie01]

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Unfortunately if we are able to go, it will be in late Sept or early Oct time.  Perfect time for those yummy crabs...

 
I'm in 

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For me, I don't think the ECC32 is worth that much over the TS BGRP.  If the price is around $500/pair, I will give it a try.  I have issues/can't justify tubes over $500.  That is one of the reason I still have not upgrade to WA5 yet.

 
Absolutely, the price raise sky high this day and I paid about $500 plus shipping for my pair about 1 and a half year ago. You are right in the tube issue, I am too rush to make the decision without count both future cost and hidden cost on the WA5LE.

 

[dannie01]

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i ordered it from aura.  sister company with dma i think. 
 
 
yea stock tubes so far.  i did get myself an extra full sets of tubes.  nothing fancy but i just want to have an extra set just in case.  plus they were on sale last month from wi wi   still i would switch them just yet.  wa5 sound so good just with the stock tubes. 

 
Try some fancy one and you'll find it will sounds much better than expected. 

 

[fhuang]

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Unfortunately if we are able to go, it will be in late Sept or early Oct time.  Perfect time for those yummy crabs...

 
 
yea it's the time of the year for those hairy crabs. 
 
and if you need any help on getting audio stuff, i can help.  i'm sure Dan can too

 

[fhuang]

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Try some fancy one and you'll find it will sounds much better than expected. 

 
 
it's already very good.  with a simple rca cable(zu oxyfuel) and a very bad a power cord that i hate very much(cardas cross)

 

[Ultrainferno]

Keph, I'm back home. Here are your 596 tubes, they're ready to go!
 

 

 

[nututubes]

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For me, I don't think the ECC32 is worth that much over the TS BGRP.  If the price is around $500/pair, I will give it a try.  I have issues/can't justify tubes over $500.  That is one of the reason I still have not upgrade to WA5 yet.

 
John, you're right about the difficulty in finding a logical justification for this. My tube collection is worth many times what the WA22 and HD800 cost (also indefensible but purchased with disposable income so, guilt free). I have two pairs each of the ECC32 and the TS BGRP. Can't justify it, but it makes me happy when I'm listening.
 
Lately, I have been using TS 7236, Mullard ECC32 and Mullard GZ33 in my WA22.

 

[jc9394]

John, I do have a fairly good toy budget every year but it still bugs me the tube cost over $700. You should really try the 596, it is like Mullard GZ34 metal base with wider soundstage. It pair very well with GEC 6AS7G and TS BGRP, especially with HD800. My source is too hot to use TS 7236 and TS 5998 with HD800 but very well with LCD-2.

 

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i ordered it from aura.  sister company with dma i think. 
 
 
yea stock tubes so far.  i did get myself an extra full sets of tubes.  nothing fancy but i just want to have an extra set just in case.  plus they were on sale last month from wi wi   still i would switch them just yet.  wa5 sound so good just with the stock tubes. 

IMO if you want to upgrade tube go with a pair of 596, a pair of 6F8G (any brand) BG/RP and a nice pair of 300B. I am running right now EML 300B Mesh, Emerson (TungSol) 6F8G BG/RP and 596 and really love the sound.