[cAsE sEnSiTiVe]

I like the honeycomb design of the grill. Much less diffraction that way. Thanks for the pic. Nice work.

 

[Benno1988]

The CA-1a includes the TI-1a Transformer Interface and cables. For SR1 owners, who already own amps, cables and interfaces, we also offer the CA-1a NAKED (CA-1a ONLY). This saves SR1 owners the expense of buying items you already own.

Sorry if I missed it.

What will I need to run CA1A off a speaker amp?

 

[yyzSB]

I like the honeycomb design of the grill. Much less diffraction that way. Thanks for the pic. Nice work.

I saw the SR1b today (did not listen to it). and it looked nicer than the SR1a though I have no issue with the looks of the SR1a.

 

[deafenears]

What will I need to run CA1A off a speaker amp?

Your own adapter cable, banana/spade/whatever to 4-pin male XLR, into the TI-1a/b. Then from the TA-1a/b the usual 4-pin female XLR (well, not really usual, but usual in the RAAL SR-1a case).

EDIT: Found the post:

We are not offering TRS/XLR or banana/XLR adapters/adapter cables, at least for now.
The former are readily available online for cheaper that what we can make them for, while the latter are falling victim to our divorce with speaker amps, expecting low market pressure to keep those as a product.
It's the same problem like, for example, wanting to drive a Susvara from a speaker amp, where such adapter is not available from the manufacturer.

However, we're won't dismiss any requests and we are ready to respond. It was just not planned, until we see what you guys would need and how frequently.

Please call Danny about that and this will either be made by him, or by me, if it's not too long to wait until our next shipment to The States.

If you wish to make your own, the pinout is the regular Headphone Balanced 4-pin XLR pinout, Pin1: L+, Pin2: L-, Pin3: R+, Pin4: R-.

The provided HP amp to TI-1a interface cable works with an existing XLR->speaker adapter too:

 

[eboleyn]

Your own adapter cable, banana/spade/whatever to 4-pin male XLR, into the TI-1a/b. Then from the TA-1a/b the usual 4-pin female XLR (well, not really usual, but usual in the RAAL SR-1a case).

FYI all, if you want to run the CA-1a or SR-1a/b off of a TI-1a/b, then the sensitivity is roughly in the zone of ~105 db/watt instead of ~90 db/watt with the old amp/ribbon interface box if my calculations were correct.

 

[Benno1988]

Was there something about one of the setups being geared toward the SR1a and the CA1A won't need the same (guessing low end) tweak?

Edit: Seems to be with the other box. So the T1-1a says somewhere 6watt max into the rear? Guessing connecting any speaker amp ok, can't go too loud regardless. It'll be a Benchmark AHB2

 

[deafenears]

Was there something about one of the setups being geared toward the SR1a and the CA1A won't need the same (guessing low end) tweak?

Edit: Seems to be with the other box.

Yeah, the older interface box has the open-baffle compensation / low end tweak built in so will need or should have that modified to bypass it if planning to use it with the CA-1a. The TI-1a and TI-1b has that as optional adapters to place between the DAC and the amp.

 

[seacard]

Will there be any issues running the CA-1a off the HSA-1B?

 

[Aleksandar R.]

Will there be any issues running the CA-1a off the HSA-1B?

None, whatsoever! HSA has a switch to turn off the SR1 Open Baffle Compensation and it is highly compatible, sound-wise.

 

[carboncopy]

As post in the "show your system" topic...the Raal is at home...

 

[Aleksandar R.]

Nice!
Wow, Aries Cerat! Stavros Danos is a good friend and one of my most important clients for tweeters.
Here's our photo with his new speakers with custom RAAL ribbons, especially for those. Dipole ribbons that he always horn-loads them in his special way...

 

[carboncopy]

Nice!
Wow, Aries Cerat! Stavros Danos is a good friend and one of my most important clients for tweeters.
Here's our photo with his new speakers with custom RAAL ribbons, especially for those. Dipole ribbons that he always horn-loads them in his special way...

The world is small If I win a lottery I comission Danos to build a custom amp for the SR1b. Not that I have any problem with the VM1a, but would be intresting to see what he does

Speaking of which, is there a max voltage input for the VM1a? My Heléne has a plus resistor installed to bring it's output level down to somewhere 2-3V. Without this resistor it can put out 10V rms/30V pp. Would that be too much for the VM1a? (Right now the volume is half-way, at noon position when I listen to music. Maybe a bit under).

 

[Dietmar Görtz]

@ Aleksandar R.

I have a FiiO M17.
It has over 3W power.
Can I connect the 4,4mm balanced headphone output of the FiiO M17 to the TI-1a.
This would be a very compact unit.
Would there be any problems?

 

[Benno1988]

@Aleksandar R.

The CA-1A has gaps betwen segments of its pads. Does a gap line up where glasses arms would sit? And if not, can the final version do that? Two birds one stone etc. Imagine!

 

[Sherwood]

I like the design changes on the grille, look very good. Congrats to new owners!