Valves in chain store HTIB?

[AshleyK]

Samsung's latest Blu-ray HTIB (Home Theatre In a Box) features a couple of valves, used in a preamplifier stage driving a "digital" power amp. The top of the range iPod speaker system uses them as well.

http://www.witchdoctor.co.nz/index.php/ ... ng-launch/

Cool? Crazy? Wankery?

In a bizarre twist, the product shots of the DA-E750 iPod speaker system on the media CD show some brand name valves which one would presume are of decent quality, not the made in-house numbers I expected....will verify this when the review unit arrives.

[sirAndy]

I guess it had to happen one day........

[AshleyK]

Gary Steel also had some thoughts on the Samsung launch event:

http://www.witchdoctor.co.nz/index.php/ ... offerings/