peterh_nz
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| LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ? @david_tenJust to make things clear my WA5-LE is a fully upgraded (standard attenuator, not Alps, etc) Mk 1. Whether the upgraded version was worth the money (~$1K), I honestly don't know as this is the only one I've heard! But I do enjoy it and f... | |
| LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ? I've had a pair of Sophia Royal Princess 300B's in my Woo Audio WA5-LE on-and-off for ~7years (more on than off), with no reliability problems whatsoever, maybe the luck of the draw, but so far so good. In fact I tried to by a second pair of the... | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? For me, I went from a Chord Hugo Mk 1, to a Chord Qutest. After 3-4 months I replaced the Qutest with a Denafrips Venus II with a Denafrips Gaia (D to D Converter) using I²S. My system is headphone only, my main amp is an upgraded Woo Audio WA5-L... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? Thoughts from the dark side.Of course it is, why do you even need to ask the question. Just look at the hassle you go through to purchase, maintain and play vinyl. Look at the pain you go through to set up a high end turntable! Then there’s findin... | |
| Sofia Electric Blue 6SN7 I was thinking about buying a pair of these, so I'm definitely interested in what Sophia Electric had to say. I've been using pairs of both their (so called) Mesh Plate 274B's and Royal Princess 300B's for the last few years and no problems. But ... | |
| Having guarantee issues with KR Audio? I'm far less than impressed by BEST300B.com and Franciszek Fikus (aka Frank. I purchased a pair of " 300B Riccardo Kron Limited Series" (July 2020) and they shipped without the normal test certificates, stating tube measurements. When I com... |