Article: Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies

[FiFinder]

There are some head-scratchers in this review.

 

Woo Audio hasn't been around for "several" years — the company started a dozen years ago, in 2004.

 

The owner's name isn't "Jack Woo." Woo is the name of the company, but the founders' family name is Wu.

 

The model number for the tubed power supply isn't WA7 (that's the amplifier unit), but WA7tp.

 

What does "the interception of new and old" mean? What is being intercepted? Perhaps the reviewer means "intersection"?

 

"The mirrored round knob on the front of the power supply..." No such thing. Both units are available in brushed steel or black. Not a single part on either unit, in either finish, is "mirrored."

 

Cheers,

 

FF

[FiFinder]

Woo Audio asked us to name the product WA7 without the letters tp appended to the name for this review. The review originally called the product WA7tp.

 

 

Go to the current product page for the WA7:

Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies headphone amplifier with built-in USB 24/384K Digital-to-Analog Converter

 

Direct quote:

 

"The WA7tp (left) is a vacuum tube external linear power supply utilizing two 12AU7 tubes as rectifiers"

[FiFinder]

Oh, I believe you, although I don't understand to what end Jack would've made his request. I'm only saying that the official name of the tubed power supply is the WA7tp, and that remains so today. The WA7 is the amplifier unit.