Record breaker: Raphaelite CS30-MKII tube amplifier review and measurements

[EVDavis]

One Pair | 10 Inch Full Range Drivers and Cabinets - Complete Official Speakers | Origin S-10 - Lii Song (Lii Audio), unique speaker, amplfier, quality and cost-saving parts for HiFi DIY

Normally, these speakers are for pre-order and the fabrication would take up to 4 weeks. As the speakers have to be shipped by sea, it normally takes 3 weeks for arriving at US port. In our listening room we use Decware SE84UFO for these and both us and the creator of amplifier, Steve Deckert...

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Those are beautiful speakers. I prefer the darker ones.

 

[GXAlan]

Those are beautiful speakers. I prefer the darker ones.

And if you are in the US

Lii Song Reference Speakers| DECWARE

With the DECWARE Zen Triode amplifier - 2.3 watts of SET Bliss!

www.decwareproducts.com

 

[EVDavis]

And if you are in the US

Lii Song Reference Speakers| DECWARE

With the DECWARE Zen Triode amplifier - 2.3 watts of SET Bliss!

www.decwareproducts.com

I am and I have little room for more speakers, lol. Also, a little rich for me but I'd love to hear them.

 

[computer-audiophile]

I just like the curved shape. It is also good against standing waves inside the cabinet. I first built such speakers 20 years ago and published the story on the Internet.

My picture of an early prototype:

 

[EVDavis]

I just like the curved shape. It is also good against standing waves inside the cabinet. I first built such speakers 20 years ago and published the story on the Internet.

My picture of an early prototype:

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Excellent cabinetry work! I'd love to have the big old speaker behind it

 

[computer-audiophile]

The big speakers in the background were actually original Altec A7 VOTT from the forties. But my own former designs would be much more interesting to me again today. I have already considered buying back a pair. My wife also loves them.

But I have the space problem today too. I don't want to have too much audio stuff sitting around the apartment, no matter how nice it may be individually.

There are a few of my speaker and tube amp creations still in use today by various friends and audiophiles in Europe.
I built those for them after they were delighted with the sound they heard at my place or at scene-meetings.

 

[egellings]

Excellent cabinetry work! I'd love to have the big old speaker behind it

Is that big speaker a Voice of The Theatre by Altec, or a clone of it?

 

[computer-audiophile]

These were originals from the forties, as I already wrote. Unfortunately, I have not found better pictures of it.

 

[egellings]

These were originals from the forties, as I already wrote. Unfortunately, I have not found better pictures of it.

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Thank you. I had not seen your earlier post on the topic. Are those amps home-brewed?

 

[computer-audiophile]

Thank you. I had not seen your earlier post on this subject. Are these amplifiers homemade?

Yes, that was my former "red series" of SET amplifiers with the 300B and 211 triodes that I built 20 years ago.

 

[EVDavis]

Yes, that was my former "red series" of SET amplifiers with the 300B and 211 triodes that I built 20 years ago.

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What's this speaker?

 

[computer-audiophile]

What's this speaker?

Thank you for your kind interest. On the first picture it is a horn loudspeaker from Avantgarde Acoustic. On the second it is an old radio cabinet of a SABA Freiburg radio equipped with 5 pcs of the legendary SABA Greencone speakers. Two tweeters on the sides. I had removed the defective electronics from it and used the whole thing as a speaker room sound box in mono. I had two of these old SABA Freiburg units and also built various full-range speakers especially with Greencones.

 

[EVDavis]

Thank you for your kind interest. On the first picture it is a horn loudspeaker from Avantgarde Acoustic. On the second it is an old radio cabinet of a SABA Freiburg radio equipped with 5 pcs of the legendary SABA Greencone speakers. Two tweeters on the sides. I had removed the defective electronics from it and used the whole thing as a speaker room sound box in mono. I had two of these old SABA Freiburg units and also built various full-range speakers especially with Greencones.

Yes, sorry I meant the older speaker in the second picture. It looks so cool. I'm guessing the midrange is very nice.