RMAF 2015
RMAF 2015: CanJam round up
Hitting the CanJam at RMAF is a highlight for me, and an instant reminder of the health and vibrancy of (at least one corner) of the high-end audio industry. This year, there were too many […]
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RMAF 2015
RMAF 2015: MrSpeakers, the Ether, and some Woo
Back in March, Dan Clark launched a revolutionary new headphone under his MrSpeakers brand — the Ether. What was revolutionary about a planar-magnetic headphone? Well, the fact that MrSpeakers was doing one — their earlier […]
Headphones
Review: Woo Audio WA5LE v2 vacuum tube headphone amplifier
Woo Audio offers a remarkably deep bench for those headphonistas interested in vacuum tube amplifiers. But when it comes to the 300b, arguably the finest audio tube the world has ever known, Woo Audio has only a couple […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: Woo Audio
by Joshua Emmons If you walk into a room at AXPONA, and it’s noticeably 3–4 degrees warmer than the hallway, you know it’s chock full of really tasty amplifiers. So it is with Woo Audio: […]
AXPONA 2015
AXPONA 2015: MrSpeakers
by Josh Emmons If I have one goal at AXPONA, it’s to map the extremities of the law of diminishing returns as it applies to the world of hifi. When I started this journey a […]
Headphones
Review: Woo Audio WA22 headphone amplifier
I’m willing to put up with a lot of ugly in my audio – the various Nextel-painted Tannoy DMTs that have graced my living room attest to this – but my personal hierarchy tends to […]
CanJam SoCal 2015
CanJam SoCal 2015, Part 3: Amplification
By Lee Shelly Schiit Audio The first stop I made (pre- show!), was to the Schiit booth. When I got there, Jason Stoddard was fighting with his flagship system … no sound was coming out … […]
Headphones
Review: MrSpeakers Alpha Dog Prime
It’s time for me to stop claiming that I’m not really that into headphone listening. Oh, I listen to loudspeakers more, it’s true. It’s easier to log a lot of hours listening when you’re not […]
Audio-Life
Updates from the bench
Thanksgiving is a weird holiday. Here in the US, it’s tied up with some Good Samaritan myths around the charity shown the settlers by the natives. Somewhat strangely, given the name of the holiday, […]
RMAF 2014
RMAF 2014: Staring into the Abyss
I got to meet Joe Skubinski of JPS Labs and Abyss Headphones at RMAF this year, which was fun after spending so much time this year with his flagship headphones, the Abyss AB-1266. I was […]
New York 2014
New York 2014: Woo Audio creates audio oasis, hints at portable
My buddy Michael Liang of Woo Audio ushered me right over to the lucite case. “See?” he said. “We’re going portable.” In the case was a blank, a white plastic mock-up of what might someday be called […]
CAF 2014
CanMania 2014: Woo Audio sings with many voices
What do you think of when someone says Woo Audio? Me, I think “tubes”. Not any particular vacuum tube, actually, but tubes. You know. Generally. Oh, and headphones. Headphones and tubes. More properly, headphone amplifiers that are built […]
CAF 2014
Newport Beach 2014
Newport 2014: Big Bad Woo Audio
Woo Audio, the New York-based company focusing on the high-end of the “personal audio” space, is renowned for creating something of an oasis at regional audio shows. It’s a bit of a cheat, really, since Woo […]
AXPONA
AXPONA 2014: Woo Audio, joy inside the fishbowl
Woo Audio had the room almost directly under the escalators, with a giant glass wall fronting it. Sonically, it would probably be best described as “catastrophe”. Well. If it was something other than a headphone […]
Headphones
Audio360.org Digs the Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies
A syndicated article from Audio360.org by amos barnett, warren chi, michael liang, kevin venable & ethan wolf Remember your first kiss, a new puppy wagging its tail at you, the opening notes of your favorite song, […]
Headphones
Woo Audio WA5 300B Amplifier
by Frank Iacone Woo Audio is a family business founded by Wei Wu and his two sons and the company has been making amplifiers in New York for the past 10 years. Wei has been designing […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Diving into // The Abyss
What a great name for a pair of headphones! You also have to have a big pair of brassy ones, too, to pull it off — there’s just too many literary and pop culture references […]
RMAF 2013
RMAF 2013: Woo Audio goes insane?
I’ve been hearing about this combo all weekend, and I’ll say it now, the hype totally undershot the awesomeness of the Woo Audio 234 monos driving the big Abyss headphones. Effortless, airy, thunderous and altogether […]
Headphones
Woo Audio WA6-SE Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier
–by Brian Hunter Anyone who has spent time with the headphone community has undoubtedly crossed paths with Woo Audio at some point. Jack Wu has been producing quality amplifier pieces on both the loudspeaker and […]