Reviews

I bought this Willsenton R-800i last Feb. 2022 instead of the Willsenton R8 on recommendation of Youtube.com reviewers from USA. (Thomas @Stereo and 2 others). While I did not hear the R8 (Thomas did both for his reviews the R-800i is everything Tom's review said it was-- a very good sounding tube amp. I find it easy on the ear for long listening sessions which is MOST important to me. I did have to change out the stock 300b's for new 4300B Guiguang tubes and also the stock 6sn7's for a pair of RCA 6sn7 GTB black latter plate d getter tubes however. These upgrades brought a very good sounding 300b amp with the stock tubes up to a very near perfect one in my view. So again a very rich , clear sounding tube amp with much fidelity and with no listening fatigue whatsoever.

Beautiful amplifier ! Very well built and the set up was very straightforward (the tubes are easy to install, the bias correction only takes seconds). I connected it to my Pro-Ject 2 XPerience turntable via a Tube Box DS phono preamp and used my fathers 30 years old Cabasse Cotre speakers. It was a real resurrection for them, I don t think they ever sounded better ! I always listen to Free 1969 album first, it helps me assess channel separation and bass control. Here, the bass on "I ll Be Creepin " just sounds marvelous, not too overwhelming, even with the KT88s in ultralinear (maybe chosing the PSVANEs helped with that). Thank you to Mr. Yong Lee and his team for making the ordering process very smooth.

The Willsenton arrived lighting quick. I received it within a week (from China to The Netherlands) which is miraculous. I just installed it and it sounds fantastic, right out of the box. It looks very well built too. Excellent customer service from China-Hifi. Highly recommended!

An amazing cable for the price. Clarity, instrument separation, clean top end, and well controlled bass. A big improvement on my previous high end cable.

I ordered the real wood Walnut veneer version of the Sound Artist LS3/5A. The fit and finish is outstanding, with the pair book matched. I was pleasantly surprised that the veneer quality is top notch in appearance and cabinet construction. These are VERY well built speakers! A little experiment with placement and I found pulling them out into the room and spaced 65” apart, provided an expansive sound stage, with depth, height and width that was jaw dropping. The center imaging was excellent and about 3 feet behind the speakers. Voices, were life like, as were drums , piano, guitar. Bass was a little more subdued, not unexpected for a small bookshelf. Make no mistake, these DO play bass, just not the lowest of frequencies, but what they do play is amazingly accurate. That said, I found myself, playing album after album, each one bringing a smile to my face. The Sound Artist LS3/5A’s just disappeared and it was all music, album after album, I just want to keep playing more music. You get a sense of the size of each drum, Acoustic Bass is full and to scale in terms of the sense of the size of the instrument. Piano has depth and personality. Steinway versus Bosendorfer is identifiable in tone, although all of these characteristics are smaller in scale due to the limits of the speaker size itself. I played several genres of music: Rock, Jazz, Classical and all were excellent. Vocals - male or female sound accurate not colored. I highly recommend these speakers. The respect...

Excellent service as usual. Extremely well packaged. Very quick delivery. Great sounding tubes.

Very good sound. Thanks very much!!

This is a beautifully made amp... and a beast. It is very solidly built, fit and finish are exceptional. The sonics are also fantastic, the soundstage in my room is expansive, and the bass and midrange are really warm and inviting. The top end is nice with no etched sound. It did take a few weeks to get to the US, (probably covid related) also I was impatient. It was packed VERY well, and there was no damage or issues. Communication with China Hifi was great and prompt. Sofia was very nice and kind and responsive. I highly recommend the amp and the company.

A well run online process. This looks like an excellent product. I will update when the product arrives.

Purchased and OPEN BOX unit. What I received can best be described as a Brand New unit, double boxed. How can you not love this unit for the money they are asking. Nice clean, quality build. Although I have not paired the unit with the final set of speakers yet, (buchards s400 MKII) I am impressed with the stock tubes it was shipped with. Looking forward to rolling NOS tube. Shipment was as advertised, actually even better, unit arrived in just a couple of days, this deal clearly indicated that this unit was already in the U.S. Gotta love what China is doing to HIFI these days.