That was one of, if not the only one ever made. It was in the 90's. Notice the PCI and AGP slots.It was also terrible, the valve was prone to interference from the board, and valves make heat, the enemey of computers.
It's just better to have an outboard DAC/amp, which of course could be a tube amp, if that's your jam.
You're not old then. I'm old and have had a multitude of different electronic equipment with different types of tubes in them. From radios to amps to TVs to oscilloscopes.
I really thought vacuum tubes from the back of a TV would explode if I threw them at the back of the garage. I unsuccessfully applied this logic to many areas of early life.
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f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 21d
AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 21d
Okay now that’s just cursed
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 21d
Err, wut?
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 21d
Looks like an amplifier with a tube buffer
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 21d
But it's a motherboard
Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de · 8 pts · 21d
its the audio amp.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 21d
Oh, okay that's sick. I didn't know you could get motherboards with that
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 21d
That was one of, if not the only one ever made. It was in the 90's. Notice the PCI and AGP slots.It was also terrible, the valve was prone to interference from the board, and valves make heat, the enemey of computers.
It's just better to have an outboard DAC/amp, which of course could be a tube amp, if that's your jam.
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 21d
I have friends who roll tubes in their preamps, on otherwise modern sound systems, so yes, I remember yesterday when I was at a friends house.
Nouvellalia@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 21d
Normally I'm not a fan of anything that indiscriminately colors the whole sound stage, but when that color is dripping-sexlicuously, I'm in.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 21d
Sure. I'm looking at four of them from the couch
Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de · 4 pts · 21d
mmh nice , two mono block amps?
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 21d
It's a KAM Lumberjack guitar amplifier serving a Sovtek 4x10 cabinet.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 1 pts · 20d
I see that your child is a propane enthusiast.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20d
Ex child. We broke up
over_clox@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 21d
They work a lot better if you straighten the pins..
jobbies@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 21d
I am old and no, I haven't a fucking clue what those are.
OldGrayDog@fedinsfw.app · 3 pts · 21d
You're not old then. I'm old and have had a multitude of different electronic equipment with different types of tubes in them. From radios to amps to TVs to oscilloscopes.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 4 pts · 21d
I bought a tube headphone amp recently. I kind of wish I had done more research because I didn't realize what a bitch quality tubes are to obtain now.
UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20d
No i dont remember anything
Pudutr0n@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 21d
are those terminator teeth?
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 21d
Yes. Next question.
ccunix@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20d
I have 7 of them in the guitar amplifier next to my desk.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 21d
I really thought vacuum tubes from the back of a TV would explode if I threw them at the back of the garage. I unsuccessfully applied this logic to many areas of early life.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 21d
Thermionic valves. Never used them personally but I know what they are
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 21d
Man, I haven't seen one of those since the last night I spent with your mom