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

[Gavin Hubbard]

Hi Lads

I was reading a CeBit show report at aceshardware.com and I came across the following picture:

http://www.aceshardware.com/articles/x86/CeBit2003/AopenK8Tube.jpg

Source article:

http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=55000242

Yes - a PC motherboard with an integrated vacuum tube preamp! I thought at first that it had to be a windup, but April 1st is still a week away.

Does anyone else think that integrating high-voltage circuitry into a low-voltage system is just asking for trouble?

Regards,

Gavin