A Leap of Faith, sort of, thanks to Paul Yoo - The MISHO MYRONOV TUBE WOODENAMP and PREAMP!

Wow! Extremely well said. Thank you so much for your thoughts. I absolutely agree. The gear feels well made and the sum is definitely greater than the whole.

ned said:
Thanks!

I have the full set of Wooden Amps. Very happy to have them. Using them one gets the feeling that every detail has been carefully thought out. The interactions of all the parts carefully optimized to work together in the best way possible. Fine tuned perfectly. Certainly there are other well designed and executed components out there, but many of the commercially produced ones just don't have the same sense of human touch and craft. That's a very intangible thing that might seem rather meaningless but it is a feeling these pieces convey to me anyway.

I think that it comes from the level of refinement. That is usually what anything produced by a highly skilled craftsman has over more production made products. It's the way by which you attain the highest quality. The passion that drove the designer builder to invest whatever time and effort was needed to satisfy the goal. That comes across with these.
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Paul said:
Ned. Do you have an Riaa phono as well ? If so how you like them ?
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I do have the RIAA. So I'm not sure I can really give you as expert of an answer on that because I've only recently put together my TT analog front end. It's a long story but I did not have a TT set up for many years. My main analog source was tape, both cassette and reel. I decided I needed to have a good TT to go dig out my record collection that has been stored pretty much since the 80s. So I haven't had lots of experience with record playback for a while until recently. I haven't been listening and comparing various phono preamps.

What I would say is that the same character of sound you experience from the preamp/power amp continues with the RIAA. I'm also using the Wooden MC step up transformer. I'm still sorting things out a bit on that end. And of course with turntables, cartridges, and SUTs there are many variables as to how they interact together.

At the moment I'm using a Miyajima Shilabe cartridge on a 12" Reed 2g arm, on a Thorens 125 mkII LB turntable. Kind of an odd combination but that's what I have at the moment. Since assessing the sound of a TT front end is so subjective and the interactions of the multiple components so complex and variable from setup to setup, that's one where you would need to try it with your other components to see what you think. Just know that like the other pieces, the design, build and sound are at a very high level.
 
Hello Ned, glad to see you here!

Thanks a lot for your great comment!

You are absolutely right - one watt is a lot of power, even with the avarage sensitivity speakers.
 
Joe, I do have plans to build a speaker, two way, with the wooden horns by the great Master Markus Klug, amns quite unusual bass box. But I need time for it. Have some other plans as well, but again - only two hands.
One day for sure!
 
ned said:
Please don't think 3.5 watts is not enough for "97db" speakers. A number of factors go into the interaction between an amp and a speaker. Going by that one single number will not give you the answer. For example the impedance curve of the speaker is important too. If it is fairly flat or does not have a big drop below 8ohms, that will make a big difference. The amp will drive the speaker to plenty of volume. 97 db from 1 watt is plenty loud...
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thanks so much for this post -- great information and, more importantly, explanation of the underlying factors and interactions at work here. very useful for all of us as we consider components and build systems.
 
Audio-Antiquary said:
Joe, I do have plans to build a speaker, two way, with the wooden horns by the great Master Markus Klug, amns quite unusual bass box. But I need time for it. Have some other plans as well, but again - only two hands.
One day for sure!
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Misho,

I have no doubt that whatever you put your mind and hands to, it will be fantastic.

I’m excited for your future plans. Please keep us (me) updated.
 
All wood gear, nice! I'd dig it if I could get it except, I'm not sure I want tubes, I don't know, maybe.
I'm also really into Steampunk, talk about unobtainium! I'd like a steampunk themed rig some day.
All this is just for giggles of course.
 
The Misho Wooden amp and preamp seem very low maintenance and easy on tubes, like Misho mentioned.

Once you hear them on higher efficiency speakers, you don’t care about anything else but how great they sound.


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Yes, exactly. Designed with the military standards in mind, to be maintenance free and work problemless for many years. Untill tubes replacement and than again :)

The only requirements - DO NOT EVER REPLACE TUBES AT SWITCHED ON AMPS. Valid for any tube amplifier, but since every tube is loaded with transformer - ejecting it while under full plate voltage can damage transformer. Imagine high voltage coil in a car ignition....
 
Hi Misho,

I certainly hope our members are smart enough to realize this but thank you so much for reminding us.

You and your gear are costing me too much sleep. But I love it. I am absolutely hooked on my Wooden combo. Thank you very much.




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Joe. I’m still shaking my head how great they are. They produce the music just music. No artificial flavour added :).


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I’m listening now and so very happy. Game changing gear.
 
joeinid said:
Paul turned me onto the MISHO MYRONOV TUBE WOODENAMP for my Avantgarde Duo XD.

I bought both the preamp and amp from Misho in Bulgaria.

All I can say is wow.The combo is incredible. Dead silent, ZERO hum, wonderful vocals, huge 3D and big sound stage size.

So far, I dare say the best tube combo for my AG Duo and "only" 3.5 wpc.


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Hi Joe
Congratulation with the Wooden amps. For many years I have been looking for Avantgarde Uno or Duo speakers. But always heard that finding the right amp was very impotant and hard to find. Then I found this thread and now I am again on the road to Avantgarde .... if I may ask.. do you use the Bricasti M1 together with the Wooden amps or do you only use turntable ?
 
Hi Joe
I am getting hooked for those Wooden Amps after have reading this thread ����
which cables do you use for interconnects and speaker cables ? And what kind of cables will you suggest ? To the warm side or neutral
 
Hello Michael,

The Misho Wooden combo is absolutely wonderful.

My friend Paul and I are using Belden 8402 interconnects, he is using Duelund speaker cables and I am using Audioquest Rocket 88 for now. For my taste, cables on the warmer side of neutral work best.

I have a pair of Cardas Clear RCA that I plan on trying between the amp and preamp.
 
Gravlund said:
Hi Joe
Congratulation with the Wooden amps. For many years I have been looking for Avantgarde Uno or Duo speakers. But always heard that finding the right amp was very impotant and hard to find. Then I found this thread and now I am again on the road to Avantgarde .... if I may ask.. do you use the Bricasti M1 together with the Wooden amps or do you only use turntable ?
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I have vinyl but no turntable. I am too lazy :)

I am using the Bricasti M1SE with a Lumin U1mini as well as a modified Sonus via RCA SPDIF.
 
Sounds great��. I think I will have to change my hole system and start all over if I go the Avantgarde way ☺️
 
I think as long as you are not exceeding the total power delivery of the power conditioner, I am sure it’s fine. I would think the amp/preamp combo consumes maybe a few hundred watts at most.

The beauty of my Misho Wooden combo is the power output is not astronomical, still feels and sounds powerful yet oh so musical and very natural.

The amp is 3.5wpc and the combo is perfectly setup for Avantgarde and high efficiency speakers. They are dead quiet, no hum whatsoever, have very natural vocals, depth, layering and tremendous 3D. It’s truly a marriage made in heaven.
 
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