Raphaelite CS30-MKII 300B Vacuum Tube Single-Ended Integrated Amplifier & Power Amplifier with Remote

[Music] hello friends my name is steve guttenberg this is the audiophiliac daily show i assure you it is that's what it is and i'm in a particularly good mood because this review was so much fun the bayou range a50 mark iii stereo integrated amplifier was just it just pressed all the right buttons on me first of all it's a tube amplifier second of all it's a 300b tube amplifier third the price is right it's 799 dollars in the u.s with free shipping and but let me step back a second it's a 300b amplifier now the 300 b2 is the holy grail for many many two loving audio files strangely though the tube wasn't originally designed as a audiophile tube it was designed and came out in 1938 by western electric and it was used to amplify phone line signals and in the 80s some very smart audiophiles in japan and a couple in the united states said hey this is a good audio tube and they started build