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Woo Audio WA2 headphone amplifier review

Reviews We don't subscribe to the belief that older is always better in the audio world, or that the only way to enjoy high quality music is from vinyl, through a vintage valve amplifier, with £300 interconnects.

Editor's rating   9

Tags: woo audio, pre, handle, gear

26 November 2008, 15:44 > More matches in Reviews

Games for Windows Live: You've got to admit it's getting better

Crave For example, the recent Fallout 3 patch has its share of problems, but GFW Live requires you to update, or else it will log you out (the same is true of Valve's Steam service, GFW Live's primary competition).

Tags: gaming, xbox, tracking, downloadable

14 November 2008, 10:21 > More matches in Crave

Denon AH-D7000 headphones review

Reviews As such, we've tested these headphones with our usual reference amplifier (coincidentally also a Denon), and a hand-built Woo Audio 2 valve-based headphone amp -- which, actually, is typically more suitable for higher impedance headphones.

Editor's rating   9.3

Tags: denon, headphones, listening, metal

20 October 2008, 16:27 > More matches in Reviews

Obama a gamer? Campaign ads in 'Burnout Paradise'

Crave In the primaries, Valve Software head Gabe Newell contributed $2,300 to Democrat Chris Dodd's doomed candidacy. Campaign ads for Barack Obama popped up in Electronic Arts' high-octane racer game Burnout Paradise last week, according to GamePolitics.

Tags: host, ads, ad, campaign

16 October 2008, 10:03 > More matches in Crave

Photos: Hands-on with the Klipsch Palladium P-39F

Crave Certainly a session in a suitable room would give us a chance to examine the qualities of this speaker more carefully, but for some bizarre reason the pair on demo to us last week were coupled up to an admirable valve-driven amplifier, but also a...

7 October 2008, 11:11 > More matches in Crave

Expert audio quality test: 5th gen iPod vs. iPod classic

Crave The reference equipmentWe've taken the new iPod classic and a 5th gen video iPod (both with the latest firmware), given them Apple Lossless-encoded reference tracks, docked them side-by-side in Arcam rDocks, pumped them through an entirely valve...

Tags: apple, edge, listening, models

17 September 2008, 12:25 > More matches in Crave

Apple iPod classic (2nd gen) review

Reviews PerformanceWe tested the iPod classic with Apple Lossless audio files, going through a £100 Arcam rDock, into a £650 Woo Audio 2 valve-driven headphone amplifer, and into £800 Denon AH-D7000 headphones.

Editor's rating   9.1

Tags: apple, sound quality, high end, capacity

16 September 2008, 10:03 > More matches in Reviews

Hands-on with the Philips MCM772 hi-fi

Crave The flagship Philips MCM906 Heritage series hi-fi will snag the highest price point within the series, but it has two younger, smaller, more affordable siblings. We've just played with the MCM772 -- the model sitting in the middle of this three...

28 August 2008, 14:01 > More matches in Crave

Photos: Hands-on with the Philips MCM906 hi-fi

Crave Not only was it an attractive hi-fi for under £300, but one that had an integrated valve-based pre-amp, solid wooden speaker enclosures, DVD playback, 1080i upscaling and decent performance to boot. Once again this incorporates valve-based pre...

Tags: philips, speaker, fi, model

28 August 2008, 11:06 > More matches in Crave

Fatman iTube 452 review

Reviews Comparing valve-based amps to transistor-based amp is like comparing vinyl to the compact disc -- both have their strengths, and a preference is subjective. TLA Audio's Fatman brand produces valve-based amps, backed up by years of experience...

Editor's rating   9

Tags: fatman, electronic, sound quality, headphone

18 August 2008, 15:30 > More matches in Reviews

Exclusive hands-on with the Fatman iTube 452: Valve chubster

Crave Valve amps are something of a retro choice these days, but they do offer a different type of sound, in the same way that vinyl sounds very different to CD. It's a £1,500 valve amp, with no less than nine heat-pumping valves to drive audio.

28 July 2008, 11:37 > More matches in Crave

Fatman iTube 452: It's a series of tubes!

Crave The iTube 452 is in fact Fatman's uber-stylish new valve amplifier and it comes with the ValveDock for seamless integration with iPods. Valve amps claim to offer a warmer, more natural musical sound than that from today's common transistor-based...

Tags: fatman, whopping, valve, integration

18 April 2008, 11:15 > More matches in Crave

Philips MCD908 review

Reviews On the other, it's a stylish upscaling DVD player with a hi-fi valve preamp, aimed at the audiophile. Of course, one of the most promoted features on offer is the valve preamp which, combined with the class 'D' amplifier, raises the question of...

Editor's rating   7.1

Tags: philips, listening, discs, hdmi

6 February 2008, 11:09 > More matches in Reviews

Electronic Calculator

Downloads Electronic Calculator is far more than just another resistor calculator. It can be used to calculate resistor and capacitor colours and values, convert between resistors and capacitor units (R, K, M, pF, nF, uF, mF), calculate series & parallel...

2 February 2008, 7:01 > More matches in Downloads

Hands-on with the Philips MCD908 home cinema micro system

Crave Do you think valve amps have a place in today's home cinema systems? It claims to be an audiophile system, in part as a result of using a valve-based preamp, and while this is of course fairly gimmicky these days, its combination of neodymium...

Tags: philips, playback, fi, hi fi

1 February 2008, 9:53 > More matches in Crave