[EinZweiDrei]

How does the wa6se compare to wa6 in sound quality?

 

[joseph69]

How does the wa6se compare to wa6 in sound quality?

I preferred the WA6 to the SE.
I felt the WA6 had a warmer tube sound than the SE and preferred the footprint as well of the WA6. Also Glenn wasn't making adapters for the SE to use 6SN7's so the WA6 had better tube rolling choices at that time.

 

[loonacy]

Hello all,

I just purchased a wa6 and am pretty new to tube amps. I have looked through this post but there is A LOT of info here lol. I am looking for rectifier tube recommendations. I have read a lot about the Sophia princess. Does anyone know where a good place is to purchase one or a good place to purchase some others. Thanks for any help

 

[u2u2]

Hello all,

I just purchased a wa6 and am pretty new to tube amps. I have looked through this post but there is A LOT of info here lol. I am looking for rectifier tube recommendations. I have read a lot about the Sophia princess. Does anyone know where a good place is to purchase one or a good place to purchase some others. Thanks for any help

This thread will give you some good ideas:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/694525/dubstep-girls-massive-5ar4-5r4-5u4g-rectifier-review-comparison-rectifer-tube-rolling-thread
 
The Sophia Princess was the first rectifier I bought for my WA6 about one year ago. I have since built a collection of others and the SP sits unused. Lots of great choices for similar or much less money. The SP is best for looks but you can do better sound wise. If you buy a new SP Woo Audio is a reliable source. 

 

[joseph69]

Hello all,

I just purchased a wa6 and am pretty new to tube amps. I have looked through this post but there is A LOT of info here lol. I am looking for rectifier tube recommendations. I have read a lot about the Sophia princess. Does anyone know where a good place is to purchase one or a good place to purchase some others. Thanks for any help

Congratulations.
The SP is a nice tube IMO/IME matched with the right power/driver tubes but most don't really care for it but I like the warmth that it adds to my RS1i. Buy a Brimar 5Z4G from (HERE) under "common valves" is an excellent tube for the price/performance ratio. Also the United Electric USAF-596 is an excellent tube which is sometimes hard to come across being it is out of production. The 596 also requires an adapter to use with the WA6 which you can purchase from @2359glenn. PM him and ask if he will make you one.

 

[loonacy]

Congratulations.
The SP is a nice tube IMO/IME matched with the right power/driver tubes but most don't really care for it but I like the warmth that it adds to my RS1i. Buy a Brimar 5Z4G from [COLOR=FF0000](HERE)[/COLOR] under "common valves" is an excellent tube for the price/performance ratio. Also the United Electric USAF-596 is an excellent tube which is sometimes hard to come across being it is out of production. The 596 also requires an adapter to use with the WA6 which you can purchase from @2359glenn
. PM him and ask if he will make you one.

Thank you so much!! Do you know how long shipping takes to the US from the site you listed?

 

[joseph69]

Thank you so much!! Do you know how long shipping takes to the US from the site you listed?

Your welcome.
Shipping was faster than ordering something from the West Coast to the East Coast which is where I live in the U.S. I takes about 1-week (or less) to get to me from Langrex.

 

[ravenswood]

I just recently got into headphones, music was always played through speakers. With a little one on the way, I ventured down the next hole. I have two sets of cans now, HD650 and Focal Spirit classics. I recently bought the WA6(December sometime), then I found a used WA6SE with the Sophia already. I jumped on that! So I have some playing to do!
 
 
I would agree that the two are similar in sound characteristics, but SE does it with more power and does slightly sound better all around. But that is with limited comparing at the moment.
 
 
I will post some pictures once I get past the hump on posts.
 
 
Thanks for the great reading folks!

 

[ravenswood]

I know with adaptors I can run SN on the WA6, can I run them now on the SE?

 

[joseph69]

  I know with adaptors I can run SN on the WA6, can I run them now on the SE?

6SN7???
If so, Woo says no, but @2359glenn makes adapters for the WA6-SE so they could be used.

 

[ravenswood]

Yes, sorry 6SN7, I just read your post just above that at the time Glenn wasn't making them. I was just looking for some clarification.
 
Thanks joseph!

 

[joseph69]

Your welcome.

 

[Bitten by Bug]

WA6SE shipped and should arrive next week. Yay! A Tube noob here.  I understand it will take 150+ hours for amp break-in, but I seem to have missed a suggested time frame concerning tube break-in.  If it is a lesser time, this will be a good opportunity to break-in stock tubes and also alternatives.  Any ideas on tube break-in times?  Thanks.

 

[joseph69]

 

WA6SE shipped and should arrive next week. Yay! A Tube noob here.  I understand it will take 150+ hours for amp break-in, but I seem to have missed a suggested time frame concerning tube break-in.  If it is a lesser time, this will be a good opportunity to break-in stock tubes and also alternatives.  Any ideas on tube break-in times?  Thanks.

Congratulations.
Pretty much depends on the tube.
Tubes I've used in my WA6 have taken anywhere between 40-100+hrs but I'm sure there are others that take longer.

 

[Bitten by Bug]

  Congratulations.
Pretty much depends on the tube.
Tubes I've used in my WA6 have taken anywhere between 40-100+hrs but I'm sure there are others that take longer.

Thank you. It is important to have proper expectations and I appreciate your response.   Think I will get the Brimar 5Z4G you suggested to someone else and with the break-in times, it may be a couple of months for best results.  Cheers.