Something New From Woo – The Portable
Visitors to the recent New York show held over this weekend where treated to an extra special helping of portable audio goodness from Woo audio. The company’s designer Jack Woo has already gathered a significant following around his tube-based headphone amplifiers so it was only a matter of time before they made their way into the portable realm.
The new product is fully mobile and still utilizes the tube tech that Woo is known for. The preliminary demo that was on display at the show was still in development with an early phase 3D-printed prototype casing. A more flushed out aluminum chassis should be available by next month’s Rocky Mountain CanJam. Woo let me know that the device can operate in two or three tube configurations and should be ready sometime in 2015. Expect pricing to land somewhere north of $1k. The official name is still TBD.
This concept already exists and is currently in production. Analog Squared Paper – http://www.analog2p.com/product/tur06.html – make the TUR-06 for around 870 USD. It’s an excellent sounding diminutive battery powered tube hybrid headphone amplifier.
Hey Andy. You are correct, this concept is not a new one. There are many portable tube headphone amplifiers currently on the market. You can check out our review of the ALO Pan Am here: https://audio-head.com/the-alo-pan-am-desktop-headphone-amplifier-and-usb-dac-review/ which offers a similar feature set, but with a larger footprint. ALO also had some smaller versions as well in the past. Pretty cool niche sector of the hobby if you as me!
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