For anyone in the UK who just might possibly not know, read "valves" for "tubes".
Yes, a warm sound indeed, LOL! In fact the mic pre-amp attached to this speaker has a valve, um, "tube" in it's front end. I'm old enough to remember valve equipment and we weren't sorry to see it go by and large as it tended to be unreliable. Space might be a bit of an issue, but I imagine mounting within slots sideways in the printed circuit board an internal card wouldn't present a real problem. External cards don't raise an issue here. Ray djdoctorp wrote: High once again, I don't know how true this is, but I hear that Sound Blaster is coming out with a card that uses a pare of 12AX7 tubes for the line out, and a pare of 12AU7 tubes for the line and mike ins. Word has it that this card will be out some time next year. If that happens, then I won't need a preamp that has tubes to get that warm sound transferred from my old records and cassettes. I am wondering 2 things. For starters, how will the card with tubes and all fit in to any desktop computer? And how much will it cost? My best regards! John. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bue Vester-Andersen" <bva_li...@vester-andersen.dk> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:18 PM Subject: SV: Hi-fi soundcard Hi John, Thanks for the advice. I must admit that I discarded the Sound blaster cards in advance. I suppose the digital connections will be ok, since a bit is a bit. However, their d/a-converters don't have a very good reputation with me. Maybe they have improved, or maybe I am just prejudiced, but I was originally going for a more high-end solution. Do Sound blaster actually make high-end cards, or is is it just gaming and surround stuff, like I thought it was? Are there any good alternatives? Best regards Bue -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af djdoctorp Sendt: 31. oktober 2009 20:17 Til: PC Audio Discussion List Emne: Re: Hi-fi soundcard Hello, All of the sound cards made by sound blaster can and will do what you need them to do. Check them all out at: http://www.soundblaster.com my best regards to you! John. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bue Vester-Andersen" <bva_li...@vester-andersen.dk> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:01 PM Subject: Hi-fi soundcard > Hi. > > Can anyone help me? > I need a high-end hi-fi soundcard with an accessible configuration > interface and that is compatible with Windows 7. It is going to sit in > my hi-fi pc, so I don't really need surround sound or 64 channels.. > All i really need is stereo analogue and digital inputs and outputs > and a card that will do the job and do it really well. > > Best regards > Bue > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4561 (20091031) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4561 (20091031) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4561 (20091031) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
