[acguitar84]

It is a lot of money. It will be nice to read some reviews of generation 2 to see if it's much of an improvement.

 

[groovyd]

It is a lot of money. It will be nice to read some reviews of generation 2 to see if it's much of an improvement.

haha, reviews will be glowing omg amazing improvement as usual... no chance of that slowing anyone down.

 

[HiFiGuy528]

It is a lot of money. It will be nice to read some reviews of generation 2 to see if it's much of an improvement.

 
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/688-woo-audio-wa7-fireflies/
 
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wow, that's about double what I was hoping to spend.  Plus you have to consider shipping and return shipping will add another $60 or so and a couple weeks turn around I imagine.

 
Price is not finalized... The cost would include shipping by insured FedEx Ground (both ways) for CONUS customers with service timeframe of 24 hrs. turnaround. Right now, WA8 Eclipse orders are overwhelming our production staff. A good problem to have I guess. Once we're caught up, we'll open the upgrade option for original WA7 owners in batches.

 

[Digital-Deviant]

I have just spent my first weekend with my new WA7, I am in love!

As an engineer I really appreciate the incredible design/build of the Woo, I'm now in great danger of convincincing myself I need more, WA8, WA234...
I won't try and describe the sound, or compare it to my Mojo - it sounds wonderful to my ear, and I couldn't be happier!
I will comment on the excelent service however, I placed an order on 7th June and it was delivered to my home in the UK on the 10th. The packaging was superb - you may have seen unboxing videos, if not have a search of you tube.

Not much more to say really.
Happy to answer any sensible questions

 

[HiFiGuy528]

I have just spent my first weekend with my new WA7, I am in love!

As an engineer I really appreciate the incredible design/build of the Woo, I'm now in great danger of convincincing myself I need more, WA8, WA234...
I won't try and describe the sound, or compare it to my Mojo - it sounds wonderful to my ear, and I couldn't be happier!
I will comment on the excelent service however, I placed an order on 7th June and it was delivered to my home in the UK on the 10th. The packaging was superb - you may have seen unboxing videos, if not have a search of you tube.

Not much more to say really.
Happy to answer any sensible questions

 
Thank you for sharing your experience. 

 

[John Q Lin]

would wa7 be able to drive the he6 to its potential?
Thanks for the help guys

 

[Jeffersonian]

Price is not finalized... The cost would include shipping by insured FedEx Ground (both ways) for CONUS customers with service timeframe of 24 hrs. turnaround. Right now, WA8 Eclipse orders are overwhelming our production staff. A good problem to have I guess. Once we're caught up, we'll open the upgrade option for original WA7 owners in batches.

If the price is too high, customers are just better off buying an external DAC. I was hoping it would be more like $200 personally.

 

[sheldaze]

I have not heard the upgrade, and too am considering my options. But as I understand it, there are multiple upgrades:
 

1. Power supply for the DAC
2. The DAC itself
3. Improved amplifier section

 
The last improvement would alter the entire sound of the WA7, such that you could not replicate this by simply upgrading to an external DAC.

 

[Jeffersonian]

Is the WA7d not updated?  Just noticed the webpage doesn't list new specs for it.  I have a WA7d + WA7tp.

 

[HiFiGuy528]

  Is the WA7d not updated?  Just noticed the webpage doesn't list new specs for it.  I have a WA7d + WA7tp.

 
There are no plans to update WA7d. This product will remain in our products portfolio. 

 

[HiFiGuy528]

would wa7 be able to drive the he6 to its potential?
Thanks for the help guys

 
no. You need WA5-LE to drive HE-6 effectively. 

 

[Jeffersonian]

There are no plans to update WA7d. This product will remain in our products portfolio. 

Just curious, any particular reason why? The shipping WA7 will sound better than the shipping WA7d. Slightly regretting getting the more expensive model now.

 

[ClintonL]

Hey guys, have the option to buy this as an upgrade for my bottlehead crack + speedball running upgraded tubes. Anyone know if it's going to be worth the upgrade?

 

[groovyd]

  Hey guys, have the option to buy this as an upgrade for my bottlehead crack + speedball running upgraded tubes. Anyone know if it's going to be worth the upgrade?

The original WA7 + tp is a pretty impressive kit so we can only assume the upgraded one will be even better.  Don't know much about the bottlehead but isn't that an OTL?  I'd say that might be better for high impedance cans like the T1 if you don't need a DAC.  Unless you are only running high impedance cans I would say the WA7 kit is going to outperform the crack and include a good DAC so it really depends on what you need.

 

[ClintonL]

I'm running hd800's and already am using a cambridge dac magic plus as a standalone dac.