samsung now using tubes!

cstmar01
cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
edited April 2012 in Electronics
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.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,497
    edited April 2012
    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 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,539
    edited April 2012
    http://m.samsung.com/us/video/home-theater/HT-E6730W/ZA#features

    There you go...
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,187
    edited April 2012
    Hahaha this makes Emotiva look very high-end...
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited April 2012
    ^ Coming by soon larry? Still afraid? :wink:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,232
    edited April 2012
    The Apocalypse.
    It begins.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,549
    edited April 2012
    That is so awesome
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited April 2012
    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
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2012
    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?

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • PreCd
    PreCd Posts: 786
    edited April 2012
    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
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited April 2012
    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.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,232
    edited April 2012
    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
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2012
    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


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,232
    edited April 2012
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Tubes Rule gone main Stream...
    I think they were pretty mainstream back in 1932...
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2012
    Then it's come full circle then. :wink:

    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


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,232
    edited April 2012
    check.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited April 2012
    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
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,232
    edited April 2012
    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
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