AVault has contacted Aureal's Bob Safir to comment on the S3/Diamond Multimedia merger, and the company says that things are "business as usual." He also hinted at something else by saying, "while we hope the merger with S3 does well for Diamond, it does not affect plans already in motion to provide Vortex2 to new outlets."AVault is taking this (and other comments) to suggest a possible retail move for Aureal, similar to what 3dfx did with their acquisition of STB.