The problem with the Woo Audio 3ES

[spritzer]

While I was waiting for a flight, I checked out some Chinese sites and found these pics:

This is the HV supply for the opamps and the bias supply.  This is clearly pretty dire but look at the bias supply... it's simply a voltage doubler off the input AC with no trimmer, no voltage divider, no filter at all but there is more fuckery afoot... look at those bias ballast resistors.  Can anybody decode those values?  Hint... they are not 4.7M as they should be.  🙄

[michael]

Just saw this so what is the verdict .I have this amp  3ES and it is working fine . Now because I have never had a headphone amp before are others getting there money back and if this is what has been written is it not a case of fraud . I have spoken to that mike guy and seems apprehensive on other things ive asked .I haven't seen a statement from woo audio .Any suggestions  I mean if others are selling there amps wouldn't whoever is buying them should be notified which would kill any sale of this amp  

[spritzer]

The verdict is that this is an amp that is worse than anything Stax sell, let alone the aftermarket out there but sold at a premium to generate the illusion it is good.  They did claim it was an all tube amp but no idea if they still do.  It was obviously a lie then but this is Woo Audio... that is nothing new. 

[michael]

This is an expensive amp for me .I have contacted woo audio but have not received yet a response and I don't expect one .I'm glad I saw this but wished I seen it before I bought the amp ,I just don't understand how they can get away with this .Thank you for the reply .

[spritzer]

We post about anything like this we can find but you can't post anything like this on Head-fi and it's been that way for close to 20 years.  Those who pay Jude money can get away with most things.  Other forums are not much better.