[Silent One]

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Love my WA-22, but I'd upgrade to a WA-5 in a heartbeat. And I'd rather have a stock WA-5 than an upgraded WA-5LE.

 
X2, I even considered sell both WA22 and beta22 for WA5.

 
Go on 

 do it...do it now! 

 

[Silent One]

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The last upgrade I have done is the umbilical cord. I went from the stock to one made for me by our friend Keph based on Neotech OCC solid copper wire. I was able to notice and increase in dynamics and cleanness in the sound with the new cord.

Was just talking to Keph today and he is going to make one for me.  Also ended up getting a few NOS tubes from him (as if I needed any more)...looking forward to trying it out.

I'm looking around the room for something keph can fabricate for me... 

 

[jc9394]

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Go on 

 do it...do it now! 

 
You are really a 

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[redcat2]

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Love my WA-22, but I'd upgrade to a WA-5 in a heartbeat. And I'd rather have a stock WA-5 than an upgraded WA-5LE.

What is the real difference between them? please.

 

[jc9394]

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What is the real difference between them? please.

 
Design, power, and tubes used (300B) are the major difference.  The 300B is a hit or miss on personal preference, IMHO, I love it the first time I tried.

 

[Swatcsi]

Does the upgraded WA5/WA5-LE, have an increase in the life of the amp? I'm assuming it improves sound, but how so?

 

[musicman59]

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What is the real difference between them? please.

The WA5 have different transformers to provide higher output for the speakers tabs and K1000 output.

 

[San Raal]

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So for you guys that go for an aftermarket upgrade of caps, who do you get to do the work?  Is it something you do yourselves?  I would be very interested in getting some Mundorf Silver (or gold silver) caps in my WA6SE...but I really don't think I'm up to installing them myself!

My local dealer does this for me. I don't trust myself with a soldering iron 

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[San Raal]

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Design, power, and tubes used (300B) are the major difference.  The 300B is a hit or miss on personal preference, IMHO, I love it the first time I tried.

 
x2 Fell in love with the first 300B amp I heard (The Audion Duo) this narrowed my original K1000 headamp choice to the WA5 and EC BA. I chose the WA5 over the EC BA because of the speaker outputs (share the love!) and the WA5 internals were neater.

 

[188479]

Hey all, a quick question for this group. I'm thinking it's time to get a set a planar headphones for myself. I've been looking at the LCD-2( rev 2) and the HE-500. I know both of these headphones are somewhat amp dependent, but have seen many people state that both can be driven with a WA6-SE. So the big question, for those who own or have listened, is one of these a better match with my amp?

 

[jc9394]

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Hey all, a quick question for this group. I'm thinking it's time to get a set a planar headphones for myself. I've been looking at the LCD-2( rev 2) and the HE-500. I know both of these headphones are somewhat amp dependent, but have seen many people state that both can be driven with a WA6-SE. So the big question, for those who own or have listened, is one of these a better match with my amp?

 
Get the LCD-2, much better headphone than HE-500.  WA6SE with high gain tubes drives them perfectly fine.

 

[Ultrainferno]

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Get the LCD-2, much better headphone than HE-500. 

 
I tend to disagree. It's personal preference

 

[Ahzari]

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Hey all, a quick question for this group. I'm thinking it's time to get a set a planar headphones for myself. I've been looking at the LCD-2( rev 2) and the HE-500. I know both of these headphones are somewhat amp dependent, but have seen many people state that both can be driven with a WA6-SE. So the big question, for those who own or have listened, is one of these a better match with my amp?

+1 for the LCD 2 Rev 2, better build, a much better audio experience (soundstage, bass, details, midrange), and better synergy with the WA6SE - to my ears.
 
One note though: if you can save up a bit, then get the LCD3s, they do everything quite a bit better than the LCD2, if you always have upgrade'itis like me - I figure its easier to save the $ and go straight to the top.

 

[redcat2]

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Get the LCD-2, much better headphone than HE-500.  WA6SE with high gain tubes drives them perfectly fine.

I use a set of LCD2 v2 with the WA6SE sound great.

 

[MomijiTMO]

I swear you end up reading the same regurgitated impressions wherever you go. Best thing you can do is try both of them.