samsung now using tubes!
cstmar01
Posts: 4,424
So yesterday I went to best buy ( I know) to get a movie and walked by their htibs and saw something interesting. Two of samsungs htibs has tubes in them. They have a little window in the front and top to see them but no access in o:sad:rder to tube roll.
Post edited by cstmar01 on
Comments
-
It may be just for show and not actually hooked up, as in the signal path. Lot's of show and no go.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
-
Hahaha this makes Emotiva look very high-end...
-
^ Coming by soon larry? Still afraid?
-
The Apocalypse.
It begins. -
That is so awesome- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
-
I like their claim that the passive radiator design reduces port noise......... new ideas everywhere.:rolleyes:HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable -
That's really interesting, quality aside! It's also interesting where it is coming from? Samsung?
What I did notice in my time in China and some in Japan and Taiwan, was that there are a lot of burgeoning audiophiles in East Asia with extra cash to burn. And a wide variety of home grown tube industries. There is "certainly" an Asian market for this. Asian favorites: Marantz (high end), B&W speakers, Dynaudio, (and even some Polk LSi-here and there). These are the brands you see almost everywhere and then there are the really High End shops which are quite rare and difficult to track down if you're not a native and are not running with the Chinese entrepreneurs (which "I" obviously was not).
Anything that improves audio even slightly is "welcome" in my book.
But our man in the "field" at this point would be Sherardp? What's happening, now?
cnhCurrently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!
Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
[sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash] -
Looks like in the end everything comes full circle. Vinyl is a fast growing audio medium and now a mass producer of audio/visual offering tube gear to the masses. I like it. Way to go Samsung.SDA2BTL
Marantz CD5004
Adcom GFA-545
Bottlehead Quickie Tube Preamp -
I was mostly amazed it was Samsung that was doing this. I did find it interesting that if I put my hand on the unit where the tubes sat it buzzed thru the speakers lol.
I also couldn't find what kind of tube is in it. It wasn't a 6922 as it was shorter and fatter than one. Just found it very interesting. -
well, thanks to a post at AK, we now know the tubes are - ostensibly - JJ 12AU7s.
http://hometheaterreview.com/samsung-introduces-tube-based-audio-products/
source - http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=436403 -
Tubes Rule gone main Stream...
Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15
Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR -
I think they were pretty mainstream back in 1932...disneyjoe7 wrote: »Tubes Rule gone main Stream... -
Then it's come full circle then.
Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15
Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR -
check.
-
I think its great that samsung has put tubes in the htib
I am sure there are many like myself who never even heard of tubes or what they are for. I remember when I joined the forum and heard about a tube integrated and saw a pic and thought ... What the F*** is that. I thought it was some kinda scfi new tech lol. HTIB setups are horrible but thats what I started with and thought they were great
With this samsung htib many other mainstream manufacturers may follow suit and it could be an introduction for new consumers into the world of tubes -
Heh, Pyle beat 'em to it (albeit in the two-channel domain)...
http://www.pyleaudio.com/sku/PT990A
300 watts per channel :-)
AK threads from 2010 and 2011 on two of these... umm... Pyles
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=303638&highlight=pyle+tube
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=395593&highlight=pyle+tube
