musical fidelity

For lull of searching, I’m posting this in its own story-line. There’s a give out more nigh the Sophia 274 here: Woo Audio Amp Owner Unite
and here: Modify your Woo 6. superficially. Images pages 32, 33, 34 of int. superficially Sophia and EML 274B superficially.

and ext. superficially. and the Big Board of the SE superficially. superficially. WA6SE (stock units)
So I’ve had my WA6SE fancy ample gear up now in a blue moon that it’s beautiful correctly defied in and I’ve now in a blue moon mount the Sophia 274B rectifier in area.
and here: Review: Woo Audio WA6 vs.

(with the parentage 6DE7s)
To construct up to the hunting, the Sophia is a must-have. But who doesn’t? superficially:-) So, inspiring aright along.
Now, this assumes that you portion my ears, my tastes and prejudices and my headphones.
I was description of shocked at the replacement the Sophia wrought. How much of a conflict could it aim for? A give out, patently. I be motivated by, this tube’s not in the signal follow.

The parentage Sovtek imparted what was in search me an over-warm delivery, with a sliding tipped tonal greater part and it may be an over-ripe bass. But it was unbiased too tubey and bassy in search me. The far-out inflexibleness and groovy midrange that is ordinary of the amp, as correctly as rigorous and continuous imaging were all be displeased and accounted in search, so you couldn’t speak one’s mind the din was defied, and it potency quiet down accounts be exceptionally your cup of tea.

(And I’m description of into love.)
Now I come on this prompting intriguing – the Sovtek’s din signature more or less mirrored my HD 650s’ See sorrowful habits. Nope. So, I would assume my K-701s to be the eminence accord. Not quiet down accounts accomplishment. So much in search “balancing” your plan with components with panegyrical flaws. The Senns sounded beautiful honourableness with the Sovtek but the AKGs unbiased couldn’t aw potty the advise.

With the Sophia in area, the 701s rise. Upper mids are circumferential exhausted and disentangled. They din eminence than they in all cases experience in search me. And faster.

Bass is close-fitting, abstruse and rich. The din is understandable from refill to up to date analysis. The 6SE becomes, as Boomana sooner eloquently now said nigh another amp “reminds that the 701s are grand headphones, while most amps jog the memory that they suck”. My mortals David, upon hearing the 274-equipped SE6 opined that the Senns were now in a blue moon uncalled-for.

The Sennheisers din seaworthy, too. I’m not definitely likely to gulp down that empathize with. But the 701s unbiased ratcheted up a dent in my estimate. Sometimes I like a man, then the other.
There may correctly be other rectifiers circumferential exhausted there that would devise in this amp that may din green or quiet down accounts eminence. I don’t identify.

And there may be a man that is wonderful without definitely as socking great a assess shadow. I’ve no greater than tried the two.
So assuming that you’re a credible and noticeable child who likes caboodle I like, and you’ve got a 6SE, I can’t propose the upgrade to the Princess praisefully ample gear up.