Woo Audio Visits Australia
Woo Audio's front-man Jack Wu, all the way from Queens, New York, visited Australia this month to talk about their new head-fi products. StereoNET had the pleasure of meeting Jack, along with Woo Audio's Australian distributor George Poutakidis, Managing Director of Addicted to Audio and Busisoft, to learn more about the company over a few bottles of red wine and fine Greek cuisine.
Very much a family affair, Woo Audio was started by Jack's father in 2003 shortly after building himself a headphone amplifier to achieve the best possible sound quality from Sennheiser headphones. Dissatisfied with the commercial headphone amplifiers available at the time, Wei Wu knew he had created something special, and together with sons Jack and Zhidong, Woo Audio was now a commercial company.
Wei is the brains behind the designs and responsible for the technical design and aspects of the products, self-taught with now over 40 years experience, each product proudly wears the Woo Audio name. Jack is responsible for pre and post sales, marketing and quality control, while Zhidong oversees all manufacturing processes, to the high quality standard that father Wei has set for the company. Jack is quick to point out however that between the members of the family, they all wear different hats but are hands on in all aspects of the company.
Woo Audio honed in on the high-end head-fi market quite early, and with their product releases in recent years enjoying great support from enthusiasts around the globe are now enjoying success and continued growth.
It's not just all about head-fi though, Woo Audio also produce a small range of amplifiers more than capable of driving loudspeakers, as well as a DAC and CD Transport in the line-up. One thing's for sure, Woo Audio are here to stay and Jack and co. are excited about the future, new products and refining their existing range to enhance the listening experience, whether it be head-fi or hi-fi.
Marc Rushton
StereoNET’s Founder and Publisher was born in England and raised on British Hi-Fi before moving to Australia. He developed an early love of music and playing bass guitar before discovering the studio and the other side of the mixing desk. After writing for print magazines, Marc saw the future in digital publishing and founded the first version of StereoNET in 1999.
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