[geeks] PC motherboards - now with integrated tube preamps!

[Kris Kirby]

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> Very old news.  Seems insane to me.  If you want that sort of quality
> boost, install a high quality digital audio output on the motherboard
> and let the user supply a good external DAC to tube amp combo.

There is no quality boost; they are simply making it sound "warmer".

There is still a bit of animosity out there in the audio world -- too many
old analog guys that don't understand digital and don't fathom that
sampling doesn't equal with MPEG-style compression.

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