Comments on Profile Post by direstraitsfan98

  1. Torq
    Torq
    Woo Audio WA234 MK2 MONO - which is my primary amp.
    Jul 12, 2018
  2. spwath
    spwath
    $16,000????
    Jul 12, 2018
  3. Torq
    Torq
    Indeed.

    At least until you start going after suitable tubes; which can get just as, perhaps even more, silly.
    Jul 12, 2018
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  4. m17xr2b
    m17xr2b
    Torq, you have to listen to the Stellaris with proper tubes. I'll bet it will beat the woo.
    Jul 12, 2018
  5. Torq
    Torq
    Sigh ...

    Why do people here think I'd drop that sort of money on something without properly investigating the alternatives?

    Both the Stellaris and the EC Studio were better than the Woo when it was running 2A3 tubes. With 300B, the Woo beats both of them for me (with the benefit that I can run 2A3s as well, when I want to, without another amp cluttering up the place).
    Jul 12, 2018
  6. atomicbob
    atomicbob
    Let me add my grumpy response. I never have liked the oversimplified sports concept applied by many that one audio component beats another. All have strengths and weaknesses. And listeners have preferences. Matching the appropriate strengths / weaknesses to preferences results in auditory happiness. The sports concept is faulty.
    Jul 12, 2018
  7. Xecuter
    Xecuter
    I've heard wa234 V1 with WE 300b (nos). I would say studio mops the floor with it.

    Unless wa234 V2 is far more resolving than V1 and actually has extension in highs I wouldn't even put the wa234 in the running.

    Wa33 for me was definitely on the same level though. Very resolving with wonderful extension and amazing bass.

    Did you compare the stock wa33 to the wa234 V2?
    Elite was worse imo
    Jul 12, 2018
  8. Torq
    Torq
    WA234 Mk2 is significantly more resolving than the Mk1 (which I'd not heard originally; have since). Different front end, different signal tubes (13EM7 instead of 6SN7), etc. No lack of extension at either extreme. Also, easily the quietest tube amp I've heard.

    WA33 => WA234 Mk2 (2A3).
    WA234 Mk2 (300B) > WA33.

    A WA33 to WA33 Elite comparison eliminated the Elite, so other comparisons were to the standard WA33.
    Jul 12, 2018
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  9. Torq
    Torq
    Other amps compared to include the EC Studio, Aficionado (NF) and Balancing Act, DNA Stratus and Stellaris, Apex Pinnacle, Viva Egoista (845 and 2A3), and a few pre-power (speaker) 300B (and other) configurations.

    300Bs used included original, NOS, WE 300B, Takatsukis, KR, etc. 2A3s included NOS RCA CR mono-plate, black-plate, and KR.
    Jul 12, 2018
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