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AOpen Debuts The Funniest Motherboard Ever

Posted by chrisd on from the if-this-is-real-i-will-buy-it dept.

Anonymous Coward X-11 writes "Has AOpen gone flipping nuts by putting vacuum tubes on its motherboards? AX4B-533Tube No, it's not replacing logic ICs with discrete components. The tubes are part of the on board audio. Not sure if they are serious about this. April 1 was two months ago." As an owner of a tube headphone amplifier I applaud AOpen's move to accomodate the high-end audio enthusiast, while simultaneous wondering about the ability of a switched psu to properly drive a tube amplification stage cleanly. There's no way this is for real, right? Right? Here's a link that seems to work pretty well. And this looks pretty, well, real. Update: /. reader Jedi1USA noted that HardOCP has more pics of the board.

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  1. who are they kidding? by hifizen · · Score: 5, Insightful
    As an audiophile and electrical engineer, I can tell you that no serious music (tech) lover will take this seriously. It's common knowledge amongst audiophiles that high quality audio can only be reproduced outside the electrically noisy environment inside a PC case. But more than that, audiophiles are a particular, fussy lot, and they all have their own preferences for this tube type or that.

    Who are you kidding, AOpen? Leave the high-end audio to the specialists, and leave it off your mobo!

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