3 Feb
1999
3 Feb
'99
12:59 a.m.
> No problem. The tube CD player simply has an
AES/EBU (or S/P-DIF) coaxial
> digital output. If you want a tube D/A to go with it, that's a separate
> product.
> The tube D/A would likely not use oversampling, but rather an 8-pole
> analog filter.
> If people want a tube oversampling D/A, that can be a more advanced, larger,
> and more expensive model.
I agree with Tony. From an audio point of view, chips
vs. valves (tubes,
for those colonies who've forgotten how to speak English) should make no
difference except in the analogue sections. On the digital side they have
no more than old computer technology hack value.
YOu just forgot about the hacking value - the social hacking value.
That's when you sell such a 'All Analogue CD Player' to hifi fanatics.
All tubes (valves or better lets use a rel word: Röhren :) technique !
No Transistors nor computers - all 'golden' tube sound ... and all
digital :)
[...]
No DSP required.
Fun,eh?
Jep, fun, but thats an add on unit ... Remember:
Player GBP 8.000,-
Simple D/A GBP 6.000,-
Oversampling D/A GBP 9.000,-
Super Duper High Quality Using Several D/A And Analogous Loop Storage Devices AD
for now only GBP 15.000,-
And I would not bet against selling that ...
Gruss
H.
PS: There was a show for this kind of freaks last year in munic - our
CD set might have been a real bargain on that show - simple 4 valve
amplifiers (NEW, not classic) where sold for more than 4000 Mark !
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK