N10Cities
SILENCE I Keel You
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Roland, OK
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Re: great
said by novaflare  :said by ifarrell :Na, rumour has it they are going to stop production of CD's and start selling Vinyl Records again  Hell i miss the warmer sound of vinal my self. There are some highly specialized sound cards out there that add this warmness. Theres a paticular mother board that uses a cathode tube to add a warmness to the sound. Ive heard one in use and it is quite nice make most high end sound cards sound like total crap in comparison. Personaly im suprised the record execs havent started creating vinal records to make some cash. There are still a large number of the 30+ crowd my self included who would buy records. Its funny but you can buy serious stereo equipment equiped with things like turntables and even 8 track tape decks (corse they also have cd player tape deck and cd burner and are many 1000s of dolors and are mostly aimed at people looking to make masters or remasterign of new albums.) Here's the link to it:
»www.digit-life.com/articles2/aopentube/
A-Open makes it. Also have posted a pic: |
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fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
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Limbo | NO $%@&#$ WAY! That has to be a joke?
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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| said by fireflier :NO $%@&#$ WAY! That has to be a joke? That board? No, it's not a joke. |
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cableties
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 ·Verizon FIOS
| Does it come with a spare? Do you have to wait for it to warm up prior to use? Man, if those caps blow...
Yeow!
Cool though. My brother rebuilt a Mcintosh tube amp and the thing would crank and blow any speakers we had. Three HUGE transformers...I painted skulls on them for him. Too bad he sold it as now they make speakers thak can handle them.
Tubes. Geeks rule! |
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Anodyzed
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I would have sworn this was all an April Fool's day hoax, if I hadn't gone to the AOpen site:
»usa.aopen.com/Products/mb/ax4b-533tube.htm
As an old tube-tech from radio years ago, I don't see how this triode amp, even if its taking the output off the Cathode, isn't emitting so much RFI inside that computer case it doesn't induce voltages EVERYWHERE on every buss and on every signal cable. Tubes are RFI demons!
John |
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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| reply to cableties
said by cableties :Does it come with a spare? Do you have to wait for it to warm up prior to use? Man, if those caps blow... Yeow! Cool though. My brother rebuilt a Mcintosh tube amp and the thing would crank and blow any speakers we had. Three HUGE transformers...I painted skulls on them for him. Too bad he sold it as now they make speakers thak can handle them. Tubes. Geeks rule! I don't think it comes with a spare, but the print says they make tubes that will replace this one if/when it fails. |
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guitarzan
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Skytop, PA
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said by Cheese :said by fireflier :NO $%@&#$ WAY! That has to be a joke? That board? No, it's not a joke. I would love to try that board.I see not mention of power supply recommended,it also looks like it could be a heat throwing monster. 
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Kompressor
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Huntington Beach, CA | reply to N10Cities
Do they make a sound card that uses a vacuum tube? |
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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| reply to Anodyzed
said by Anodyzed :I would have sworn this was all an April Fool's day hoax, if I hadn't gone to the AOpen site: » usa.aopen.com/Products/mb/ax4b-533tube.htmAs an old tube-tech from radio years ago, I don't see how this triode amp, even if its taking the output off the Cathode, isn't emitting so much RFI inside that computer case it doesn't induce voltages EVERYWHERE on every buss and on every signal cable. Tubes are RFI demons! John That board is a few years old. |
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