> > No problem. The tube CD player simply has an AES/EBU (or S/P-DIF) coaxial
> > digital output. If you want a tube D/A to go with it, that's a separate
> > product.
> > The tube D/A would likely not use oversampling, but rather an 8-pole
> > analog filter.
> > If people want a tube oversampling D/A, that can be a more advanced, larger,
> > and more expensive model.
> I agree with Tony. From an audio point of view, chips vs. valves (tubes,
> for those colonies who've forgotten how to speak English) should make no
> difference except in the analogue sections. On the digital side they have
> no more than old computer technology hack value.
YOu just forgot about the hacking value - the social hacking value.
That's when you sell such a 'All Analogue CD Player' to hifi fanatics.
All tubes (valves or better lets use a rel word: Röhren :) technique !
No Transistors nor computers - all 'golden' tube sound ... and all
digital :)
> [...]
> No DSP required.
> Fun,eh?
Jep, fun, but thats an add on unit ... Remember:
Player GBP 8.000,-
Simple D/A GBP 6.000,-
Oversampling D/A GBP 9.000,-
Super Duper High Quality Using Several D/A And Analogous Loop Storage Devices AD
for now only GBP 15.000,-
And I would not bet against selling that ...
Gruss
H.
PS: There was a show for this kind of freaks last year in munic - our
CD set might have been a real bargain on that show - simple 4 valve
amplifiers (NEW, not classic) where sold for more than 4000 Mark !
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Wed Feb 03 1999 - 08:59:00 GMT