[kelso]

Anybody tried this soundcard?
Warming pc sound with vacuum tubes

 

[BoardC3]

hahahahahaha SEARCH for PC tube. atleast 15 threads have been made on this motherboard.

 

[Czilla9000]

Quote:

Originally posted by BoardC3 hahahahahaha SEARCH for PC tube. atleast 15 threads have been made on this motherboard.

IT IS NOT THE MOTHERBOARD!


(sorry 'bout that

)


It is a completely new sound card.

 

[Flasken]

Cool.

No, I don't think we've heard of that here before.

 

[grinch]

Quote:

The idea has won both raves and jeers online. Audiophiles and sound engineers in message boards have differed, often bitterly, on whether the tube would make a difference to the sound. Tube amplification gives a "fuzzier" sound, many say, and while that might make it sound "warmer" to some ears, it would lack the precise reproduction of digital signals that a good-quality computer audio codec can provide, critics say.

gotta love it when critics take the time to listen to a product, instead of reading specs or what their grandparents tell them..

still, i find myself intrigued by this. however, i doubt it'd sound better than the external dac i have hooked up to my box now.

 

[andrzejpw]

no, this actually IS the motherboard. The reviewer just screwed up.

 

[lan]

oh i thought you meant like 40 years ago before the transistor

 

[BoardC3]

Czilla this is the motherboard. please check before you try and correct people.

 

[darkclouds]

According to the article:

'Taiwanese components company AOpen, part of the Acer Group, is selling a PC audio card based on a vacuum tube--the same century-old technology that sends electric guitar players and hi-fi aficionados into paroxysms of listening delight.'

Motherboard or "audio card'?

 

[Pepsione1]

Quote:

Originally posted by Flasken Cool. No, I don't think we've heard of that here before.

Actually, I am pretty sure this has been mentioned before for at least 3 times.

 

[grinch]

anyone with a small knowledge of computers can tell that this picture is of a motherboard:

notice the white pci slots in the background? although aopen may be making a line of tube-based pci sound cards (i have no idea), this is not a picture of one at least.

 

[darkclouds]

I had noticed the pic but the written portion seems to say otherwise.

 

[RoninDiesel]

yea that's a mobo pic, but yes they are releasing sound cards for $180-220. 5000 supposedly have been sold.

 

[BoardC3]

damn grinch beat me to it. that is DEFINITELY a motherboard. and yes sometimes i do know what im talkin about Czilla

 

[darkclouds]

BoardC3, you may be wrong in this case.

The pic is of the motherboard, but the article is about the audio card.

So, no, this has never been brought up here.