woo competition?

[tvrboy]

Cayin makes a ~$900 tube amp, the HA-1A. You can check it out on audiophilechina.com.

 

[Ypoknons]

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Originally Posted by techenvy /img/forum/go_quote.gif thankyou so does elekit sell the tu882, how much? do you know of any tube amps that have 2 way channel speaker outs as well? i gotta simplify, two many preamps, dacs ,argh. cheers oh yea how is the syneergy with the cowon s9 and the triplefi(i own and love) also i been super curious about the etyy's. they are the originals after all

I don't think Elekit sells them direct outside of Japan; if you're in North America see here. As for speaker outs, the designers say it's really not suitable for a headamp to do both speaker (what, 30-100W) and headphone (.5W at most?) at the same time. Some integrated amps do well with headphones through a stepdown stage, but that's another story...

I don't really worry about equipment synergies on portable equipment I guess? I figure the difference won't be that big. The triple.fi sound fine out of an S9... I definitely prefer them to the Etys, I prefer the additional bass response for what I listen to and whilst I'm usually pretty picky about recessed mids, it's not that bad on the triple.fi. The triple.fi rock out pretty well, but never of them really have the detail, dynamics and instrument separation to really shine on female vocals or jazz like big can in a good setup.

 

[sillysally]

If your looking for a tube amp, Woo is second to none. They have the best line up of tube amps there are.

ss

 

[DarKu]

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Originally Posted by sillysally /img/forum/go_quote.gif If your looking for a tube amp, Woo is second to none. They have the best line up of tube amps there are. ss

+1
Changed a lot of amps till Woo's, WA6SE is a keeper, at least for me.

 

[kunalraiker]

I haven't heard them, but I know it is the only one out there that stands out as a tube amps- the Woo Audio amps, save for one

 

[Frank I]

Skylab had the Jade ranked higher than the Woo 3 inn his mini roundup of amps. Just wondering have the two been compared by others as the Jade is more reasonably priced.

 

[Pepsi]

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Originally Posted by techenvy /img/forum/go_quote.gif cool, i will check those out. oh im freakin jealous of your benchmark dac 1,, hows it holdin up? thanks

They are good, but they don't really fit my tastes. Waiting on Antelope to release the Zodiac Gold for auditioning. The Benchmark will be for sale as follows.

 

[dannie01]

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Originally Posted by DarKu /img/forum/go_quote.gif +1 +1 Changed a lot of amps till Woo's, WA6SE is a keeper, at least for me.

I've up-grade to a WA22 from a WA6SE.

 

[David.M]

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Originally Posted by dannie01 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've up-grade to a WA22 from a WA6SE.

nOAAICE

 

[dannie01]

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Originally Posted by David.M /img/forum/go_quote.gif nOAAICE

?????

Can you explain this term, please?

 

[David.M]

'nice' in illiterate language

 

[dannie01]

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Originally Posted by David.M /img/forum/go_quote.gif 'nice' in illiterate language

OIC, thanks. Seems I'm illiterate too.

 

[David.M]

xD

 

[vkung]

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Originally Posted by techenvy /img/forum/go_quote.gif do you know of any tube amps that have 2 way channel speaker outs as well?

Here is an example of connection with speakers

 

[gbacic]

I thought that the Darkvoice 332 competed with the Woo 3 and the 337 competed with the Woo 6 (not special edition).