MomijiTMO
Headphoneus Supremus
It's winter in Australia. A not so cold 8C this morning . Hot weather all the time here lol.
Arghh wish summer was a bit longer.. Winter here could reach up to -15c..but nvm i got lots of tubes to heat my room haha
I just love the combo of the 596 with 6DR7 Tubes, With the FM274b i like it when paired with 6FD7 for more bass and 6EW7 for normal listening sessions..haven't tried putting 6SN7 with my 6SE though..people say 596 + 6SN7 is the way to go..
jack says its probably deteriorating and should be ok until the sound quality gets bad.
guess i'll have to get ready to buy a spare soon.
also any comparisons with the 596 vs the princess? i heard that the 596 doesn't have much bassthat would be bad cause the grado, lcd-2, and denons need moar bass.
If you find 10 new buyers, I'll do another sale
The 596 can handle it better even though it really is the same as a 5U4GB The big thing with the WA5 is the fact that the rectifier filaments are in series running off 10 volts
These filaments are not rated for series operation. This diagram is what Woo audio sent to Jac at jacmusic and his recommendations on fixing the problem but not the fact
that the tubes are in series.
Also the 596 has a more exact filament so they handle being hooked in series in a WA5.
I'm in for a pair for my WA2...
596 in a WA2? Is that even possible?
I'm glad Ahzari stopped by to lend his experience with the recs and drive tubes, which is similar to your setup. On the other side of your two listening rooms sat my experience - I ran 6SN7 series shortly after buying my Woo. All things considered (front-end; source; cable & accessories), Miss Sophia & USAF-596 pushing 6SN7 series returned a different experience. The USAF-596 brought not just better details, but better depth and better quality Bass.
I did enjoy Bass with Miss Sophia, as I listen to a lot of Jazz, Zydeco and African music. Her presentation was warm and friendly with enveloping Bass. The '596' a bit more aggressive, quicker, tighter andstriving to hit me upside my big head! This can be striking when listening to percussion, where the quality of Bass plays a key role.
Happy to hear DSG will be getting a replacement.
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I'm in for a pair for my WA2...
596 in a WA2? Is that even possible?
Quote:I'm glad Ahzari stopped by to lend his experience with the recs and drive tubes, which is similar to your setup. On the other side of your two listening rooms sat my experience - I ran 6SN7 series shortly after buying my Woo. All things considered (front-end; source; cable & accessories), Miss Sophia & USAF-596 pushing 6SN7 series returned a different experience. The USAF-596 brought not just better details, but better depth and better quality Bass.
I did enjoy Bass with Miss Sophia, as I listen to a lot of Jazz, Zydeco and African music. Her presentation was warm and friendly with enveloping Bass. The '596' a bit more aggressive, quicker, tighter andstriving to hit me upside my big head! This can be striking when listening to percussion, where the quality of Bass plays a key role.
Happy to hear DSG will be getting a replacement.
Yes, I forgot to mention that but totally agree, the 596 has a faster presentation than the SP. I hope to some day have the opportunity to try the 6SN7s with the 596 I think that would be a nice pairing but with my current main listening tubes - 6FD7s - I liked the SP the most. I think the GZ is also a great rectifier to have in the arsenal, it brings a completely different presentation that works really really well with some vocal tracks.
It did catch my attention. Sitting atop adapters, that'd be wicked. Fortunate for me, my OTL will accept a '596.'