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(Hits - 17) Posted - 12/1/2005 7:51:50 AM - bloodangel



Guru3D: Hey everyone .. Cooler Master Musketeer 3 is a sound quality controller that filters the accurate digital signal of sound to a much more harmonic output in a classical way - Vacuum Tube Technology. With its dial VU meter and cascade volume control at the front panel, Cooler Master Musketeer 3 brings you back to 60's as well as the ancient-restored vacuum light warming your heart. Did somebody at CoolerMaster have loose his mind ? I mean, there's a reason that vacuum tubes were left in history back in the 50's: they kinda suck. However, they might have lost their minds, but they ain't crazy. Tubes have been making a bit of a renaissance comeback lately in audio. Amplifiers using tubes have always been apart of studios, and really, you can't have a rock 'n roll band without some screaming tube amps for the guitars. I would venture to say that every song you hear will have a tube somewhere in audio chain. You see, tubes are really inefficient for audio, requiring lots of voltage, and make a lot of heat. Heat, as we can all testify, is the enemy. Transistors eclipsed them years ago on cost and low distortion. Speaking of distortion, what you may not know, is that when a tube clips its output it produces a softer, even-order harmonic distortion that is not as bad on the ears as odd-order harmonic distortion. This quality alone makes them desirable for audiophiles who want something more musical. "