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

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 04:24:59PM +0000, Kris Kirby wrote:
> 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".

Hmph.  Warmer crap is still crap.
 
> 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.

I'm not sure what you are trying to say here.  My brain may be slow from
it being a monday though.