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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: IIgs audio output
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Date: 30 Nov 89 01:04:56 GMT
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In article <8911292223.AA14413@apple.com> UD182050@VM1.NODAK.EDU (Mike Aos) writes:
>Is the headphone jack a mono, or stereo plug?  I know it's a mono signal,
>but I seem to recall "Walkman-type" (ie stereo) pictured above it.  I have some
>Sony External Stereo speakers, and I can't get EITHER of them to go if I plug
>the jack in all the way, 1 channel at halfway, and both, with a little jiggling
>if I'm real lucky.  It falls out, though.  I figured it was just the mono plug.
>Yesterday, though, a friend brought over a cable w/mini phono-->RCA, and I
>ran it into the Aux on my stereo, with no problems.  Visually, there is no
>difference 'tween the two plugs.  Could it be that the plug on my speakers is
>bad, or do I need a mono-> stereo converter (just a patch to run it to both
>channels).
>
>Mike

	It's a mono signal (as you said) but is routed to both speakers.

	If a program won't let me go to the Control Panel to turn down the 
sound and I forget to do it before hand (or it overrides the control panel
settings), I often just plug in a set of Walkman headphones.  And I sometimes
listen to things that way too because they sound better. It definitely comes
out both speakers.

	Sure seems like if you could (previously) get a stereo card for $30
mail order, it must have cost at most maybe $20 to make, probably less. And
that was from Applied Engineering. With Apple's high volume, I would say
you could probably cut that to $5 per computer or maybe $10.. And it seems
with the high prices that Apple computers are compared to other companies'
computers, they could swallow that amount and give us real stereo output.
That is one of my only (except speed) complaints.  I do not really know the
prices of those things (other than the $30 stereo card that was true), I
am just GUESSING. So if I'm wrong, politely correct me. Thanks.
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