MasonStorm
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Oh I just now understood your screen name! Growing up, that was one of my favorite shows. I'll start looking out for friends with screen names, "CmdrAdama" and/or "StrikeCaptainApollo."
Woo's New Flagship WA33
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ColSaulTigh
Headphoneus Supremus
So say we all!Oh I just now understood your screen name! Growing up, that was one of my favorite shows. I'll start looking out for friends with screen names, "CmdrAdama" and/or "StrikeCaptainApollo."
MasonStorm
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The remake was good, granted - but I was thinking of the 1978 original w/actor Lorne Greene (and Terry Carter playing Tigh)!
ColSaulTigh
Headphoneus Supremus
Yep, big fan of the original myself. But the 2003 remake really allowed for the development of the characters, and Tigh is a wonderfully flawed person(?) Michael Hogan plays him perfectly. Sadly, he's suffering some major health issues resulting from hitting his head after a fall.
Tubes really takes times to settle and opens up nicely, after underwhelming initial impression with new KR 2A3 HP, KR 274B HP and WE417A now after almost a month, the sound is impressive! No more harshness, piercing high, and flat bass. Now is just pure joy to listen to, very happy doing the upgrade.
I'll be 100% honest, I find my tubes changing their sound characteristics while continuously using them for years.
By all means I'm not saying tubes take this long to settle/burn in, but this is just my findings. This is why I dint go crazy buying different tubes until years later even though I find myself tempted to do so every now and then.
ThanatosVI
Headphoneus Supremus
I was once told "tubes continue to improve until they die "
Guess that matches somehow with your findings
anyone tried using the Woo adaptors that come with the Raytheon driver tubes with WE417a tubes? any issues?
anyone tried an elrog 5U4G rectifier in their WA33? i'm going to into the next few weeks
ColSaulTigh
Headphoneus Supremus
No, but I run them in my WA5-LE and WA6-SE. Best I've ever run - full bodied, strong, and plenty of room to breathe. Plus they're extremely bright!
kwilkins
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Has anyone heard the WA33 with the new dCS Lina system? Also interested in comparisons with the Rossini if anyone had heard both. Thanks.
pippen99
Headphoneus Supremus
dCS has always been careful to maintain a distinct performance differential between it's various models. In this case the Lina does not have the improved mappers that the Bartok recently received. The Bartok has the 2.0 mappers that the Rossini has had for several years. This year the Rossini(and Vivaldi) received the Apex Ring DAC hardware upgrade that neither the Lina or Bartok have. I had the original Rossini for about a year before upgrading to the Apex Ring DAC. Kudos to dCS for designing the Apex upgrade so that it can be retrofitted to older Rossinis. The upgrade is noticeable to a remarkable degree. The soundstage is wider and deeper with consequential instrumental separation a revelation. I have not heard the Lina or Bartok but simply on a design and software level the order of performance would be Lina<Bartok<Rossini. Of course this does not take in to account any cosmic synergy that might take place. With my WA33 EE plus Rossini Apex(Master Clock is essential) I am in audio nirvana.
I'm selling my WA33 Elite. https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/woo-audio-wa33-elite.36302/
I really like the amp and the tube rolling options. But, I have been experimenting with speaker amplifiers with headphones and like the results I'm getting there so will be using this sale to fund the purchase of a dedicated preamp and go from there.
I really like the amp and the tube rolling options. But, I have been experimenting with speaker amplifiers with headphones and like the results I'm getting there so will be using this sale to fund the purchase of a dedicated preamp and go from there.
rivonlol
New Head-Fier
Does anyone have tube rolling recommendations for the WA33 with R2R?
I usually keep my headphones plugged into the wa33. I've had no issues with doing this since I got the wa33.
recently, after turning on the amp and right after it gets itself ready for listening (led light steady, post flashing sequence), I get a rather loud "click click" sound in my L and R channels. it's loud enough to startle me. doesn't happen all the time, but more often than not.
is this a sign of some tubes going bad? or something else?
recently, after turning on the amp and right after it gets itself ready for listening (led light steady, post flashing sequence), I get a rather loud "click click" sound in my L and R channels. it's loud enough to startle me. doesn't happen all the time, but more often than not.
is this a sign of some tubes going bad? or something else?
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