True! I’m a sucker for industrial design, and think the red October looks great. I heard it sounds wonderful too. I don’t regret the WA22 in the slightest, in fact, I’m making a list of tubes I want to pick up for it lol

I almost started with a Kenzie, but when I went to buy it, the price jumped by a significant amount, and I didn’t see a proper justification for it, so started looking at others. Then ended up with the WA22

The red October has been on my radar for a little while, did you get a chance to demo it?

Beautiful! I can’t tell cause it’s dark, what tubes?

To be fair , 5 watts will still get it to 110db I believe, which would make you deaf anyways lol

I calculated that when I first saw them, almost S$%^ my pants :smile:

If you can audition it that easily, I would absolutely give it a go. It is still my favorite, and I only sold it as I was offered what I paid for it, so no loss to me. Still miss it TBH.

My signature shows the luck I've had with topping and similar, so unfortunately if this was true, I personally would not go that route. I am sure I am in the minority there, and is probably bad luck/bad seller on Amazon, but is enough for me to ignore those brands from now on. As far as...

I've always wanted to audition the HPA4, it's the shipping back and forth that kills it for me as my preferred dealers wont carry them (not enough margin) and the dealers that do, are the "Professional" recording gear big box chains. They are horrible to deal with in Canada. But my V550 is...

Using the ones I got as we speak :gs1000smile:

I need to adjust this statement. I noticed weird sound out of my V550, and upon cleaning my XLR cables, sound is back to normal. And, as an aside, I no longer find it "blunted". It is exceptionally quiet, and I find it to be extremely neutral in presentation. I do not find extra warmth, nor any...

"Little" is relative :wink: https://www.violectric.de/en/products/headphone-preamps/violectric-hpa-v550-pro 290mm x 80 x 248

That's totally fair, I was asking as SS reference is still something I like to have as well as the WA22.

I didn't get Tung-Sol, but these have worked out rather quite nicely. Couldn't find the T/S when I was looking. https://vintagetubeservices.com/product/7236-5998-6as7g-cetron-output-tube/

My library has no streaming services, so just my lossless files. But like @Promee said, you can access all your EQ's, and library remotely, without specialized hardware required for processing, just an end point the is Roon compatible, which there are many now. I used to use Foobar2000, but...