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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:19 am
by Music Manic
I wonder if any of you guys have tried aopen's tube motherboards.
Are they still available in UK because I can't find a site that sells them.
Thanks
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:05 am
by Counterparts
Which particular model(s)?
Dabs.com has some.
Royston
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:14 am
by Music Manic
AX4B OR AX4GE TUBE
Cant seem to find it there.Does any other company make them?
Thanks
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:25 pm
by garyb
what help is the tube?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 8:08 pm
by spacef
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:39 pm
by garyb
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?".
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:16 am
by Counterparts
> AX4B OR AX4GE TUBE
(edit: link scrapped)
Sorry, I found the AX4GE MAX, not the TUBE version.
Royston
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:51 am
by darkrezin
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??
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:18 am
by Counterparts
dArKr3zIn wrote:
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 (?)
Royston
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:30 am
by darkrezin
From what I read in the somewhat ridiculous review above, the presence of the tube leads to only having room for 3 PCI slots anyway!
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:38 am
by Counterparts
dArKr3zIn wrote:
From what I read in the somewhat ridiculous review above, the presence of the tube leads to only having room for 3 PCI slots anyway!
Tubes in a PC? Plain daft.
Royston
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:28 pm
by garyb
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:10 pm
by hubird
even my bike has tubes
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:40 am
by valis
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'.