Whazzzup
Headphoneus Supremus
Ok heard from the retail store, looks like they will personally drive and drop off wa33 elite this Saturday… plus bringing a few complimentary cd,s for my antipodes to rip.
Just got a wa33 as well noticed what a few other people mentioned - it sounds good off the bat but it sounds a bit better once the tubes are fully warmed up ~ 20-30 min in.right off the bat, shhhhhiiieeeet. no warm up, its intimate, bass is scrumptious yet smooth wide and dynamic range pops up the fr charts as well. first tune no less. ill spin around the collection, like listening for the first frigghin time.
I’m using EML 2a3s power tubes but after some test with a lot rectifier my preferences goes for mesa 5u4g, that is a Chinese tube but highly selected. I try eml, kr, Sophia rectifier tube, I think that rectifier tube must be choice in conjunction with the power tubes and personal preference@Rhodey my post that you liked was from 01/23. The Elrog got very noisy a couple months after that but Elrog refused warranty replacement because it was used in a Woo WA33. So I just kept using it waiting for it to burn out and here it is at 13 months still going. If anything it has gotten quieter and become a better performer after all this time. I still do not believe it better than the Tak 274B with the Tak being more dynamic and tighter. I would put it #2 on my list of rectifiers rolled. Surprisingly considering I believe that the rectifier has less effect on SQ than the other tubes I have rolled more rectifiers than any other tube. Never tried the EML rectifier as I along with others encountered severe warranty issues with EML.
@Whazzzup if I had gotten a Psavane 5U4G as a stock rectifier I might not have gone down the path rolling all these rectifiers. My stock rectifier was a 5U3C of unknown origin(no brand name) that just was not very good.
Very interested in this. I am tempted to get an Elrog as well. But I also have the option to pick an EML too (used).So I recently picked up a Elrog 5U4G with about 80hrs, but it wouldn’t surprise me if this had less time than that. This is kinda off topic because I don’t have a WA33 anymore and I’m using it with a DNA Stellaris, but this thread has a lot of Elrog 5U4G users so thought I’d ask.
The Elrog seems fairly warm from what I’ve read about. I have a EML mesh 5U4G and it’s as warm if not less than the Elrog atm. Feel the Elrog isn’t as open as it should be. Seems off, Idk?
In my Woo WA5-LE, the Elrog 5U4G's have been my sole rectifiers for about 2 years now. I only swap them when I pick up new tubes to play with (like my recent EML 300B-Mesh). I can't speak for how they sound in the WA33, but they are great in my WA5. Having said that, they do suffer from the occasional 'ringing' issue. That can be rectified (pardon the pun) with a light tap. But it does happen from time-to-time. YMMV.Very interested in this. I am tempted to get an Elrog as well. But I also have the option to pick an EML too (used).