I was listening to my Genisis BluRay last night (Selling England By The Pound) on my Woo WA6. I kept thinking..."has my hearing gone south? Where's the sparkle and air that I know this disc has?"
This morning I pulled out all the tubes I had "curated" to get the most out of this little head amp and went back to the stock tubes that Jack Woo felt good enough to include with the amp. Wow! everything that had been missing returned and I was really happy with my little headamp setup again.
It took a long time for the facts to finally break through the bias so that I actually heard what was going on. Somtimes "upgrades" turn out to really be "downgrades."
Funny how this hobby continues to teach us lessons, especially when we think we're so confident and self assured. And then discover we really aren't.
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McIntosh MA8000; McIntosh MC1502; Canton Vento Reference 1 DC; E.A.T. E-Flat; Soundsmith Paua Mk II; Technics SL 1210 MK5; Audio Technica AT-150 MLX; Tascam BR-20; Teac X1000R; Pioneer RT-707; Oppo UDP 205; Denon DCD A-100; HP All-In-One Touchscreen Server; JRiver MC 28; Woo Audio WA6; Shure SRH 1840; SVS SB 1000; Jolida 502BRC; Jolida JD9; VPI 16.5 RCM; Wireworld Oasis 8 Speaker Cables; Audoquest Columbia 72 DBS IC's; Panamax PM-5400 (source components only)
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