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From: adam@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Stereo Sounds?
Summary: I don't think the mac can do it... can it?
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Date: 30 May 90 03:15:57 GMT
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ralphm@portia.Stanford.EDU (Ralph Melton) writes:
> The Mac SE/30 and above has have a stereo output jack.
>
> When I plug in headphones to the jack, I can hear the sound in both
> ears. I'm looking for sounds that have true stereo separation.

I haven't poked around inside my II enough, but I was under the
impression that while the jack was indeed two-channeled, they were
hard-wired together. That is to say, there's no way to do true stereo
sound on the mac without expensive external hardware.

What's the story?

Adam
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