Dubstep Girl
Headphoneus Supremus
I have owned all and they all sound the same
I have a pair of 421A western electric and they sound almost the same too. Price is more though cause they cooler looking and slghtly more extended
Just placed an order for a matched pair of these from eBay - relatively low cost upgrade for WA2. Only driver tubes remain stock nowbut they are more expensive to replace. Thanks for all the tube recommendations
Edit: Ended up getting a pair of Amperex Bugleboys too! Dammit DSG!
Hmm the RFT EZ80 listing I bought from says RFT in the item description and photo but the summary says the brand is Tunsgram.... hopefully just a typo
Hello, I have a question for the people who use WA2 with all those great upgraded tubes mentioned in this thread - anyone uses WA2 as a preamp?
How well does it perform as a preamp with UPGRADED tubes? I have HD600 cans but rarely use them, now looking for a powerful preamp with great dynamics to use with my Berning ZH-270. As I have a matched pair of Mullard 6060 at hand, I thought of getting WA2 as a preamp and occasionally using it as a headphone amp (the idea in question is using power tubes in a preamp for greater headroom/dynamics). Any info will be much appreciated.
P.S. I hope my question isn't considered offtopic as it concerns WA2 with tubes upgrades.
Hello, I have a question for the people who use WA2 with all those great upgraded tubes mentioned in this thread - anyone uses WA2 as a preamp?
How well does it perform as a preamp with UPGRADED tubes? I have HD600 cans but rarely use them, now looking for a powerful preamp with great dynamics to use with my Berning ZH-270. As I have a matched pair of Mullard 6060 at hand, I thought of getting WA2 as a preamp and occasionally using it as a headphone amp (the idea in question is using power tubes in a preamp for greater headroom/dynamics). Any info will be much appreciated.
P.S. I hope my question isn't considered offtopic as it concerns WA2 with tubes upgrades.
Hello, I have a question for the people who use WA2 with all those great upgraded tubes mentioned in this thread - anyone uses WA2 as a preamp?
How well does it perform as a preamp with UPGRADED tubes? I have HD600 cans but rarely use them, now looking for a powerful preamp with great dynamics to use with my Berning ZH-270. As I have a matched pair of Mullard 6060 at hand, I thought of getting WA2 as a preamp and occasionally using it as a headphone amp (the idea in question is using power tubes in a preamp for greater headroom/dynamics). Any info will be much appreciated.
P.S. I hope my question isn't considered offtopic as it concerns WA2 with tubes upgrades.
I guess that I'll disagree with the others. I use an upgraded WA2 as a preamp, probably 50% of my listening is through speakers. My WA2 has Blackgates and I'm using GEC 6AS7G, Mullard EZ80, and Phillips E88CC SQ. I use an Emotiva UPA-2 for power and play through PSB Imagine Bs.
I'm very happy with the performance of the WA2 as a preamp. In my system, all of the characteristics that I love about the WA2 and T1s carry over to my speakers. I'm not really good with audio adjectives; but even through speakers, it sounds like a WA2.
also note that you are using fairly decent tubes and the best power tubes for the WA2 (im talking about the mullards and GEC here).
from what ive noticed, everyone who has enjoyed the wa2 as a preamp has also used upgraded tubes. its a pretty big difference in transparency and just overall refinement vs stock wa2 which i don't really like as much.
I guess that I'll disagree with the others. I use an upgraded WA2 as a preamp, probably 50% of my listening is through speakers. My WA2 has Blackgates and I'm using GEC 6AS7G, Mullard EZ80, and Phillips E88CC SQ. I use an Emotiva UPA-2 for power and play through PSB Imagine Bs.
I'm very happy with the performance of the WA2 as a preamp. In my system, all of the characteristics that I love about the WA2 and T1s carry over to my speakers. I'm not really good with audio adjectives; but even through speakers, it sounds like a WA2.
+1
the soundstage isn't huge but its definitely not small.
extended and linear is the best way to describe them for sure!