My first brand new Woo!
congrats - nice color
It's the only color for this particular item. It doesn't match my silver WA22 but it sits on top of a black speaker amp so it looks just swell in my rack. It's much bigger and heavier than I would have thought, one inch less wide but the same otherwise as my WA22 without transformers and tubes. And it sounds excellent with the Lambda Pros, they don't seem to take a back seat to my more expensive dynamics at all. Very pleased so far...
Sorry to hijack this thread but I have bought a Woo Audio WA5-LE (and a Woo Wes is here in 3 weeks) and I am wondering which tubes give a warm signature? I have read loads of threads about tube rolling but I don't understand all these numbers and letters. Could someone please explain this to me? Or better yet, is there a place where I can read up on the different tubes kinda like tubes 101.
Again, sorry for hijacking the thread.
From the rectifiers I have tried probably the Mullard GZ37 is the warmer one I have tried.
http://thetubestore.com/mullardgz37.html
I have not tried other 330B than my EML 300B Mesh and I really like them.
For drivers there is many you can try. The Mullard ECC32 are very nice but expensive (in the $600 range for a pair). I personally really like the Tungsol round plates/black glass 6F8G (you need an adaptor for these) or 6SN7GT. IMO some good cheaper options are the RCA Gray Glass 6SN7 or the RCA Red Base 5692.
You can read some about the different sounds of 6SN7 tubes here:
http://www.audiotubes.com/6sn7.htm
Agreed, that's not a hijack at all. More like Hi, Jack (Wu)
Another good (and closer) place to sort out the wild and wacky world of 6SN7 tubes:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/479031/6sn7-tube-addicts