that tube will not make the music any better,it's used for the onboard sound(unless you don't want this mobo for use with sfp).a cheap tube circuit sounds no better than a cheap solid state circuit(both sound cheap)and aopen is not known for stellar mobos(although the reviewer liked this one).again i ask,"why?".
Yep, this one totally perplexed me from the moment I saw the announcement (quite a while ago).. apart from anything else, why did they not make a *soundcard* and not a motherboard with a tube circuit built onto it?
Also, do they not realise that any self-respecting audiophile is going to have a digital out -> good DAC -> decent tube amp anyway??
Yep, this one totally perplexed me from the moment I saw the announcement (quite a while ago).. apart from anything else, why did they not make a *soundcard* and not a motherboard with a tube circuit built onto it?
Think about the physical arrangement inside the computer - having a PCI card with a tube on it...well, you wouldn't be able to fit any more cards!
(Unless they can make really small/short tubes nowadays?)
There might also be an issue with available voltages (?)
On 2004-02-04 08:51, dArKr3zIn wrote:
do they not realise that any self-respecting audiophile is going to have a digital out -> good DAC -> decent tube amp anyway??
of course they do.tubes are a marketing gimmick in inexpensive designs.
When I first read about this mobo (2 years ago--the first version?) my initial thought was that any one of my manager at my old job would probably have bought this for in-office 'bragging rights'.
