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From: naftoli@aecom.YU.EDU (Robert N. Berlinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac -> stereo
Message-ID: <1602@aecom.YU.EDU>
Date: 4 Feb 88 21:13:04 GMT
References: <1006@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <428@lakesys.UUCP>
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Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
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Summary: High Impedance only

In article <1006@thorin.cs.unc.edu> glassner@unc.cs.unc.edu (Andrew S. Glassner) writes:
>I'd like to hear my Mac on my stereo, but the fellow at the computer
>shop said I should not simply use a cable with the appropriate plugs
>at the two ends (mono 1/8" to 1/4"), though he couldn't justify this
>claim.  He did make doom and thunder sounds should I be foolish enough 
>to ignore his words (okay, too many spooky games!).

That's right.  The point is to use a high impedance input on your stereo only.
What can blow out the Mac is connecting it directly to an 8 ohm speaker -
there's just not enough resistance on the line and it overloads the Mac.
Hooking it to the AUX input of your stereo presents no problem.
-- 
Robert N. Berlinger					naftoli@aecom.yu.edu
Supervisor of Systems Support
Albert Einstein College of Medicine			Compuserve: 73047,741	
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