VACUUM TUBE Motherboard by AOpen!!!

[gplanet]

http://www.aopen.com/products/mb/Pax4b-533tube.htm

 

[Adul]

repost

 

[paralazarguer]

Definitely repost. Very old news indeed.

 

[BD231]

Can someone clue me in as to why this board is anything special? There is nothing but a picture......

 

[TNTrulez]

Where's the tube?

 

[MazerRackham]

Originally posted by: TNTrulez
Where's the tube?

Upper left portion of mobo. You can only see the top of the tube

 

[Wingznut]

The tube is sitting verticle in the middle of the white things on the left side of that pic. It's designed for high-end audio quality, and I guess those "in the know" use tube-based hardware. But since I'm not much of an audiophile, I certainly can't predict how good or successful this platform would be.

 

[CrazySaint]

Uh, they replaced 2-3 perfectly good PCI slots with freakin' audio tube. Sounds like somebody needs whapped with a ClueBat(TM).

 

[cmdrdredd]

Tube amps are ONLY good for musical instruments. Things like guitar amps. When it comes to reliable solid power for DJ equipment and stage/ampitheater sound NLy solid state amps will do. You cannot afford a blown tube when pushing 1000+ watts through ONE set of speakers. Tubes produce better tones and higher fidelity, but more power comes from solid state and is more reliable.

ONLY the highly trained ear can hear the difference as minute as it is.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

This is just a motherboard for ubergeeks with no understanding of what makes audio good...

 

[kursplat]

This is just a motherboard for ubergeeks with no understanding of what makes audio good...

still.....a little somthin' extra for the window mod

 

[gplanet]

of course this motherboard is a really, really dumb idea. it's something interesting htat should be built a few prototypes of and nothing else. The cost is about $120 more than the non-tube motherboard, and that tube output is like the bare minimum/worst tube audio. and it still goes through the onboard DAC which is probably no better than most onboard audio's DAC.

only somebody serious in audio would want the tubes. they should get a sound card with straight digital output (not converted to analog and back to digital, resampled, etc) - $150 is a good amount to spend here so you get a good analog out if needed - and then build a tube DAC & tube amp

 

[Blain]

How can you water cool that tube?

 

[LiLxJohnny]

Originally posted by: Blain
How can you water cool that tube?

ROFL

 

[ShadowDJ]

Originally posted by: Blain
How can you water cool that tube?

Overclock that DAC too.

 

[CraigRT]

That's pretty sweet, I'd buy that. and it might even throw off enough light to light up the PC when it's dark.. haha