Cha Cha Cha
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Almost looks like a Portable WA7... Would i be right to asume it can drive IEMs like the WA7?
Almost looks like a Portable WA7... Would i be right to asume it can drive IEMs like the WA7?
I didn't get chance to listen to both yesterday but did hear both at CanJam and would give my vote to the Woo.... Caveat being they were/ are still in prototype mode and impressions were in noisy environments with people breathing down your neck for their turn to hear it, so it is somewhat useless to make a judgement call based on all that... Also ALO's table was out in the pavillion where it was much noisier and the Woo table was in the hotel in a much quieter room.
Even so I think the Woo rig is the first true portable amp that can replace desktop amps and it runs on a true tube circuit... I am even more certain of that after this weekend. I've never heard the Analogy Squared TU-05 though so maybe its the 2nd. But I've owned 2 different Continentals and IMHO the The CDM strikes me more as a Continental Version 4 with a robust DAC built in. I know they've done a lot more improvements to it than that with power supply engineering and I appreciate the design choices they made to keep tube rolling options open and make battery replacement easy...And they will be first to market so they will make their money. But I am saving my money and waiting.
I just think the Woo has the edge on sound quality. It's a 100% tube circuit but does NOT suffer the typical losses tube based amps usually do... No one in their right mind can say it has a rolled off low end. It is lowrider approved.
I listened to the WA6SE, the WA8 (both with HD800) and the WA5 with the Hifiman HE1000 in the WOO room and while the HE1000/ WA5 combo (A $6500 rig mind you) was better... more texture, more air and space, more refined... It wasn't by much... And I think the WA8 is dead even with the WA6SE.... Considering the WA6SE is a Head-Fi standard bearer for mid range desktop, I think the WA8 is pretty damn special.
That's it? No updates? Anyone?