Forget transistors, valve sound is back

SOUND CAN BE RICHER with a valve based sound system and AOpen is just the company to prove that. Lost Circuits does a comparison of a valve based sound system onboard on an AOpen motherboard with a Terratec Aureon sound card. Do you really want the warm valve sound and warm valves in your case?

SubZeroTech has been getting to grips with a Swiftech MCX462T. It's not for everyone, especially those without headphones but it might be just the thing for cooling your CPU right down.

But, for those who want a real serious pair of headphones, Adrian's Rojak pot has some Bose QuietComfort Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headset . Better be prepare to part with some serious cash to get them too.

Hexus has been trying out a Vantec Nexus Multi-function Panel. It does port replication amongst other things. Craig take the temperature.

The D-Link DVC-1000 i2eye Videophone brings us all one step closer to an episode of The Jetsons. That might be a good thing but we'd have preferred the rocket pack.

The Via Epia has a reputation for being tiny. Tech Seekers aren't going to argue. It's small, it's cute and it's good.

It almost seems like a blast from the past to mention an ATI 9700 Pro. But this is the All-in-Wonder version. VR-Zone gives you the low-down.

X-bit labs has had the chance to play with three small form factor PCs. All of them are P4 based and all of them really, really needed a replacement graphics card. But they're still fun. µ