WES (2nd gen) Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier

RRP 7,000 USD before taxes / £7,000 after taxes. Our trade-in set price: £5,000

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Woo Audio WES (2nd gen) Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier, dedicated to working with STAX and other upper-end electrostatic headphones, is the upper echelon, a dedicated power horse to help you hear the best from your precious cans. The one we have for sale here came to us as a trade-in, with STAX SR-009D Electrostatic Earspeakers. Both spanking new and used for the review only, and packed since. Hence, the pictures attached are stock ones, but they are a perfect representation of the unit’s physical condition. It comes boxed, with all the standard tubes included. Because it is a Premium parts build (the units like that are not off-shelf, they are always made to order & customer’s demand).

As our unit is the premium build hence it deserves to be used with the premium tubes as well. Wew tried it with the set of Mullard EL34 Pentodes and a premium quad of 6SL7s (drivers), as well as a pair of a pait of premium Mullard 12AU7 phase spliters (loaded from the back) and a pair of Mullard GZ34 rectifiers(loaded from a front to feed a dual mono PS), we can tell you, the difference isn’t small by any meaning. If you aim to hear that amp at its best, it is rather more like A MUST, thay you MAY. Otherwise, you won’t even hear what you own. We tested it with STAX SR-009D Electrostatic Earspeakers, which we also have on sale on a separate ad. Both can be bundled for the best price. The same applies to the set of tubes. For the bundle shopper, we will make a special PREMIUM TUBES DEAL, for the hald of their market value. Ask are for the prices if you are intertested in optaing one of the best Electrostat energisers in the up to 13k RRP.

Check what the company website says about their WES (2nd gen)  below:

Overview

WES (2nd gen) is the ultimate electrostatic headphone amplifier for use with STAX headphones. The new 2nd gen uses a matching quad of output loading chokes utilizing Single Crystal Copper wires (the purest form of copper) with our proprietary winding scheme. The results are a significant improvement in clarity, sound space, dynamic range, and control. WES is a two-chassis system comprising a power supply and a fully balanced amplifier and innovative dual power switch that treats the tubes more gently when starting the unit from cold. Turning on just one of the power switches provides low voltage to the heaters while the WES remains in standby mode. Turning on both power switches allows the unit to operate at full power. WES will reward the listener with reference quality sound without fatigue.