Thank you. Keep up the great work 👏🏾 I appreciate the OTL comparison 8:48 I too seek the tubyness, so I purchased a Feliks Euforia
@WooAudioUSA
8 ай бұрын
thank you for the great review. ~ Mike 🙏🏻
@TOOdamnFRANK
8 ай бұрын
For that price it better be your “favorite” or what's the point.
@hermanvisser4034
8 ай бұрын
Probably the most desirable headphone amp at this moment in time, and likely for some time to come. A classic in the making.
@KaneAmaroq
8 ай бұрын
More than the HM1? Doubtful.
@BobbyDazzler888
4 ай бұрын
@@KaneAmaroqyes more. Tubes have romance
@mattbingham1955
8 ай бұрын
This is awesome! I really like your reviewing and it's so nice to see you do a review of this amp. Your intelligent style means I always learn something, even if I already own what you're reviewing - I ended up buying the demo unit of this amp at CanJam SoCal last year because I loved it so much! Still my favorite tube amp I've ever heard. P.S. - your custom Atrium looks super rad!
@dzemoski45
7 ай бұрын
Have you tried the Susvara with it?
@mattbingham1955
7 ай бұрын
Yup! It's the first headphone I listened to on this amp and was what made me want to buy it. Synergy is great with it.
@dzemoski45
7 ай бұрын
@@mattbingham1955 great thank you.
@sjqideez6626
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this Cameron, much appreciated. A comparison against the Feliks Audio Envy Performance Edition would’ve been great though
@mattbingham1955
8 ай бұрын
Envy and the WA-23 are the two tube amps I own. Both are so great, just in different ways.
@dzemoski45
7 ай бұрын
@@mattbingham1955would you mind elaborating on the differences? Thanks.
@garfythecat
8 ай бұрын
I would love to find out more reasons why things are the way they are in audio such as at 4:25 - I often wondered why so many tube amps are single ended and this makes a lot of sense
@phantomplastics6582
8 ай бұрын
Second order distortion makes the signal less correct but often sounds warmer and more natural. Cunning designers like Nelson Pass add it to their designs.
@razisn
7 ай бұрын
I think you're confused (and you are further confusing your audience) between SE vs Push-Pull and SE vs Balanced Differential. The first refers to how the power devices are driven the second refers to the total amp stage topology (Balanced differential requiring 2 complete amp stages per channel, one amplifying each side of the waveform). The traditional terminology is what leads to this confusion. It is a confusing subject so there's no need for more of it.. This particular amp just happens to be SE in both ways. You can have a push pull amp with the amp still being SE in terms of its overall topology. In fact this is how most Class A/B amps (tube or solid state) are designed. Please note that it is very rare to see tube based Balanced differential implementations (not uncommon in Solid State amps) due to the difficulty in implementing these especially due to difficulty in perfectly matching the dual amp stages required for each channel.
@rekire___
8 ай бұрын
For 9 grand Amp that thing better blow something else other than just my mind
@sjqideez6626
8 ай бұрын
Your fuses? ; )
@enjoshi-godrez8775
8 ай бұрын
You keep typing this same comment. Please go to the unemployment office and fix this rut you are in.
@lordmaximus
8 ай бұрын
Owned a few Woo Audio amps and love them. Great team at Woo as well.
@lolilollolilol7773
7 ай бұрын
The 2A3 is one of the best sounding "power" tubes, if not the best one and as such it shines in single ended topology. It has a flea power but it's perfect for headphones. It is one of these refined tubes where the brand really matters.
@rodm1949
8 ай бұрын
What Pre Amp are you using? I have the humble WA3 and it's doing an outstanding job. Can't fault it - drives everything from IEM to planar for an OTL I am impressed.
@BradSiegler
6 ай бұрын
Great video! I realize that this might be applesoranges, but how would you rank/compare the WA23 to the Wandla stack?
@abehaile2659
5 ай бұрын
🙏🏾 Can you please do a head-to-head vs a flagship OTL like the Feliks Euforia. It would be tubular dude 🤙🏾
@jekken333
8 ай бұрын
It'd be nicer if this is going to be headphoneshow's 2023 christmas give away. 😂
@urbenkam
7 ай бұрын
Hey Cameron. Kamran here :P Love your reviews. Honest and to the point with no BS. Can ia sk you a general question( though i know it's relative). I have got focal clear, hifiman xs and HE6se. I like those headphones but i am little treble sensitive. I do listen to rock, pop and other Genres. I am ready to upgrade. Under $2k what would you reckon i should try? My cource for now is bifrost 2OG and Burson soloist 3xp. plzzz
@RavesForDays
8 ай бұрын
I went with a WA7 Firefly myself. Love how it sits on my desk and I don’t have the space for a huge setup right now. Would love to hear your take on the firefly!
@PantsaBear
8 ай бұрын
There needs to be more reviews on the WA7 from channels with experience with tube amps / not just straight up advertisement videos All Im really able to find on KZitem is Josh Valor who's not experienced with tubes, DMS/Abyss's video which is just marketing and isnt a review, and random smaller channels with no baseline for what theyve heard before
@chungang7037
8 ай бұрын
@@PantsaBear Indeed, I am waiting for reviews as well.
@louis-felixcauchon2515
Ай бұрын
Hi! For someone who is looking for the best of the best, how does it compare to the elite edition of the WA33?
@marcusloo767
8 ай бұрын
Where did you find yourself on the volume knob on the ab1266 when listening to say rock ?
@benjamin_hill
5 ай бұрын
I had the opportunity to listen to this today. A very balanced tuning, but a bit underpowered for Susvaras still. And the idle noise level is unacceptably high for a unit at this price point. I’ll stick with my Bliss for Susvara duties. And after being fortunate enough to A/B this and a Feliks Envy, the Envy was a better match for my Atriums. Possibly one of the most pleasing listening experiences I’ve had.
@bigsamiabs8416
5 ай бұрын
I am opposite here myself. I much prefer wa23 over the Envy. Wa23 has a nice warm and lush presentation that is super pleasing and fun. Envy (with stock tubes at least) has a very solid state like sound. If I want a tube amp I want it to sound well "tubey"
@benjamin_hill
5 ай бұрын
@@bigsamiabs8416 interesting. I was listening to the performance version, not sure if that makes a difference. The WA23 I found was much closer to neutral, with some nice upper harmonics. The Feliks added a lot more low end weight and mids richness. I found the Feliks was a perfect counter balance to the Atrium tuning, whereas the WA still presented as a touch lean down low, but occupied a bigger space in its presentation. To be honest, I was wondering if there was something going on with the tubes in the WA unit I tested, because it was incredibly noisy, and performed a bit under what I was expecting based on reviews.
@ibrahim-alani
7 ай бұрын
I hope you review the Pathos InPol Ear
@chungang7037
8 ай бұрын
Please review the Wa7 3rd gen please!
@glynmatthews678
4 ай бұрын
is this available in the uk ?
@Mastermnd1
8 ай бұрын
Holy crap, that pendulum song made me have to eq the bass and the treble DOWN for the first time in my life xD (-2db shelf at 166 and -1 at 4k). I usually have to do exactly the opposite. Cool song tho.
@Peace_Guard
8 ай бұрын
1) So dynamic heaphones' impedance is non-flat vs frequency even if it's a low impedance headphone, such as 24-32 Ohm? (ISK HD9999, Fostex TH900 MK II, Denon AH-D9200 etc.) 2) Is it correct that for tube amps power output follows impedance output, so is higher for high impedance mode? (maybe thus preference for it also for planars) 2) How's the noise floor lvl for IEMs? 3) Did you overall prefer it over your SS setup? (currently Bliss or something else?)
@eskamobob8662
8 ай бұрын
1) Correct. Simply by the nature of how a dynamic works, it will never have a flat impedence curve 2) this depends on the topology of the amp. Generaly the damping change will play a larger role in the sound change than the powrr one though
@robrider838
8 ай бұрын
I couldn’t have that thing in my house. The huge gold colour knobs make this something only a Saudi princess would like.
@eskamobob8662
8 ай бұрын
Habib, this thing is gorgeous
@robrider838
8 ай бұрын
@@eskamobob8662 haha you Saudi 👸 🙂
@TerraBlacc1
8 ай бұрын
@@robrider838Pictures actually don't do it justice.
@dangerzone007
8 ай бұрын
No problem just marry a Saudi princess and you'll be fine.
@proffessasvids
8 ай бұрын
It's missing the 24carat ak47 details xx
@behemothinferno
8 ай бұрын
The only thing I disklike about the build of the unit is the fact that they used a lower grit blasting media than they should have. Would of given the unit a sleeker look if they hadn't.
@barneyrubble9309
8 ай бұрын
compare to Felix Audio Amps??
@eskamobob8662
8 ай бұрын
It's a fairly different sonic goal than the envy but I also think it's pretty comfortably more technical tbh. The tubes for it are always way cheaper which is nice, but it has less gain than envy
@islaymmm
8 ай бұрын
+1 for Pendulum
@adrianlim2904
8 ай бұрын
1:50 Depends on the type of honey as well. Manuka honey has a high resistance and is overrated.
@Michael_mki233
8 ай бұрын
This is one of the amps that I'd like to get in to try. Especially now that I have an AIC-10.
@dzemoski45
7 ай бұрын
AIC-10 is on a much higher level.
@TC-dg5pm
8 ай бұрын
Why make a tube amp in the first place or pursue a tube amp if not for the tube sound? I am so puzzled at why tube amp makers would even make something "like solid state". Like, why?
@enjoshi-godrez8775
8 ай бұрын
Watch his wa33 video to find out
@gurratell7326
7 ай бұрын
This is weird. I just watched your tutorial on room treatment, and then go on watching this. First one was very objective, while this was all subjective. You use lots or random audiophile buzzwords that could mean almost anything. Warm, lush, forward sounding, slow, fast, skull cracking slammy yadda yadda. Not sure what to think about this channel yet since you sometimes have really high quality content and other times you have just words.
@bdsattern
2 ай бұрын
Wow, and only $8,999?! You should do stand up 😂
@user-vm4zy9yp9r
7 ай бұрын
for 1266, aic10 or this which is better?
@dzemoski45
7 ай бұрын
I would go for the AIC-10.
@user-vm4zy9yp9r
7 ай бұрын
@@dzemoski45 Between these two amplifiers, the performance gap can be noticeable?
@patrickblum2456
8 ай бұрын
well Try the new Allnic HPA 10000 you will be amazed
@GROW_YT_VIEWS_151
8 ай бұрын
you can tell he works hard on these..
@aceofspades6667
8 ай бұрын
Wow your favorite over WA33 elite, trafomatic primavera , and viva egoista 845.
@kirtmcmaster9979
8 ай бұрын
I have the Elite and the 23... Elite has everything the 23 has... but more... more holo... more slam.
@hemispherecompensation
4 ай бұрын
wait where did GS try the Viva. I haven't seen him comment about it 😮
@carminedesanto6746
8 ай бұрын
GM ☕️from Toronto . The moment I saw this on the Abyss site …it was love at first sight…is it perfect..no …but damn close. Oh, btw, sending my LCDX to get ready-tuned to make it a good less “wonky” 😎
@RoseLove1412
4 ай бұрын
What you mean ready tuned
@carminedesanto6746
4 ай бұрын
@@RoseLove1412I was going to send my LCDX to be retuned…sorry .
@RoseLove1412
4 ай бұрын
@@carminedesanto6746 can you tell me more details. Why would you want a retune. Audeze is willing to retune the headphones for you?
@willielast
8 ай бұрын
I thought you shouldnt be using planar headphones with tube amps?
@hiraksarma3068
8 ай бұрын
That suggestion is only for OTL tube amps like Dark Voice or Bottlehead Crack, this is an OTC (Output Transformer Coupled) tube amp which is perfectly fine for Planars, in fact this one and other OTC tube amps like Feliks Envy, Trafomatic Primavera etc are pretty much end game for Planar headphones.
@michaellazaar1838
7 ай бұрын
The build quality is not 100% though. Play with that very loose power button, considering the cost of this thing, this is not good enough.
@one-rv2bx
5 күн бұрын
It just needs some vajazzles on it
@DroidLocks6971
8 ай бұрын
Ain't No Damn Way .
@soulfulfool
8 ай бұрын
price is rly for rich snobs
@Izlude99
8 ай бұрын
A bit sad to see this reviewer doing infomercials on niche and luxury items. I can’t be the only who missed his interesting digital related videos…
@enjoshi-godrez8775
8 ай бұрын
These are the same videos hrs always made. You diagreeing with his conclusions on a product doesnt make it a infomercial.
@catcrusher3033
8 ай бұрын
It's so ugly
@dangerzone007
8 ай бұрын
If you need tubes to make your music sound good you're listening to the wrong music.
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