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Woo Audio - Best headphone amps ever?

Hi Everyone,

Hopefully starting a good debate. I've had a chance to listen to a dozen or so headphone amps at shows. Nothing has ever come close to the Woo Audio. Pono actually was close, the Ayre designed output stage is among my favorits, but still, Woo is what I would have at my office if I had an office! :)

What do you all think? Are there better headphone amps?

Best,

E
erik_squires
erik_squires OP
16,147 posts
 
Hi Jeffery!

Any particular tubes you'd like to recommend in the Liquid Glass?

Best,

E
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lwin
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Hi Erik: We all have different opinions as to what we like. I remember a well known critic raved some much about a dac that I went out and purchased one. Fortunately, I had 30 days to try it. I returned it within the week. One of my audiophile buddies agreed with me that in my system it was awful.
333jeffery
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Erik, I like the USN CEP 6922 tubes the best with headphone amps. They pop-up on Ebay occasionally. If you want something a bit more interesting, and less expensive, get some adapters and use 6F8G tubes in the Cavalli. They are quite a treat, though they can be noisy. Very sweet sounding tubes.
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ufoextraterrestrial
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Cavalli Audio now out of business! https://www.head-fi.org/threads/cavalli-audio.862917/
333jeffery
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Sad to see Cavalli go, they made excellent headphone amps. I am trying an Apex Teton amp out now and it is phenomenal with the Focal Utopia 'phones. It may even beat the Stellaris.
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