7 Sep
2002
7 Sep
'02
3:23 a.m.
Quothe Bob Lafleur, from writings of Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 10:23:43AM -0400:
First off, motherboards don't have built-in
amplifiers beyond the normal
line-level output. Is that what this tube does, amplifies to line-level?
The tube is apparently functioning as a pre-amplifier; even it it's
attached to a power amplifier that uses transistors, it can add some
of that "tube sound" to the final output. Of course, if they were
going for true hi-fi, surely they'd add some extras like a miniature
record player designed to play miniature 33 RPM records, read by a
laser, instead of CDs. Of course, what's the point when people are
going to be listening to streaming audio, and other forms of digitized
(low-fi) audio?
If one wanted tube aplificiation from a regular PC,
they could simply
hook a tube amp up to the line-level outputs of a regular motherboard.
...and if they want something that emphasizes the tube sound, they
could build a TubeHead (from PAIA) pre-amp into a custom PeeCee
cabinet, and use the output from some random sound card as the input,
and it would probably cost less than purchasing that motherboard.
And what about the 5.1 audio? One tube isn't going
to handle all those
Not sure what 5.1 audio is, but a single tube could be a dual triode,
and hence be used for stereo (is there such a thing as a quad triode?)
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