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

[wa2egp at att.net]

> 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.
> 
>From my understanding of their viewpoint, transistor circuits produce odd order
harmonics which sound "tinny" but vacuum tube amplifiers produce even order 
harmonics which sound "warmer", nothing to do with "digital".  Then I have a tin
ear and can't tell the difference anyway.....
Bob