[mahesvara]

Did you ever try the KR Rectifier?

No, went straight to Takatsuki after Sophia

 

[ThanatosVI]

Does anyone know retailers where you can order the WA33 from Inside the european Union?

Tax and customs would be crazy on this amp.

 

[Steve160k]

If the WA33 was available from EU I would also consider this amp. I have potentially up to £10,000 to invest in the right headphone/amp combination. Lot's of choice out there, and coud easily pick up the Hugo TT2 / Luxman or others for digital solution, Audio Technica HA5050H hybrid SS & tube etc, but this W\A33 seems to be for most the choice to go for TOTL. I have never listened to tube on 2 channel, or headphone amps. It would be good to listen.

 

[Bonddam]

So after listening with the 1266 tc and HEDD I'm enjoying the HEDD more with the psvane power tubes. I was wondering if the 1266 TC would be better with EML 2A3 solid plate. The 1266 is sounding boring on many tracks.

 

[ThanatosVI]

Woo Support seems rather slow.
Wrote them over a week ago and asked if they have partnered retailers in the EU.
No answer yet

 

[Steve160k]

That makes two of us.

 

[Bonddam]

Are there any WA33 using this tube Emission Labs 300B 2. 5V version instead of the 2A3 S? George from TubesUSA said it is compatible with WA33. I'd like to know before buying.

 

[Bonddam]

Hopefully this will be known that George spoke with Jack Woo and the Emission Labs 300B 2. 5V version is good with WA33. So I'll be the guinea pig on this one.

 

[joseph69]

Woo Support seems rather slow.
Wrote them over a week ago and asked if they have partnered retailers in the EU.
No answer yet

That makes two of us.

Very unusual. Mike (@HiFiGuy528 ) always replies very promptly.

Hopefully this will be known that George spoke with Jack Woo and the Emission Labs 300B 2. 5V version is good with WA33. So I'll be the guinea pig on this one.

Very interesting.
I'd like to hear your impressions after sufficient burn in.

 

[Bonddam]

Very interesting.
I'd like to hear your impressions after sufficient burn in.
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I'll post the comparison to EML 2A3 mesh.

 

[mahesvara]

Woo seems to have dealers in Romania and Poland, according to their Support page

 

[ThanatosVI]

Woo seems to have dealers in Romania and Poland, according to their Support page

Unfortunately they don't offer english Websites.

 

[joseph69]

Unfortunately they don't offer english Websites.

Google translate

 

[IPodPJ]

Thanks. I actually spoke with Jack Wu after I posted this and he said that the new WA33 has a phase splitter so that you can convert the single-ended input into a balanced signal, although my own experience has been that transformers work better than phase splitters for this purpose. The very intriguing all vacuum tube phase splitter built into the Woo WES might be an exception to that.

In my custom Beta22 I have Cinemag balancing transformers for the single ended inputs and in my opinion an active conversion would likely sound more accurate. I use my system fully balanced so it’s not an issue for me. If I needed to use the unbalanced inputs for something there’s nothing wrong with the sound; Cinemag makes the best ones, but it’s not quite as linear as active conversion would be.

 

[Bonddam]

Just installed EML 300B 2.5volt version very dynamic. First thing don’t have to turn the volume up as high. Just don’t get confused I’m not running a normal 300B. This tube is a replacement for 2A3 amp. Very powerful tube. So if I switch back to the EML 2A3 m or Psvane 2A3 would be to I don’t know but the latter is more wide and transparent. Both are mesh so Id say they are softer on power.