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From: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac -> stereo
Summary: Why not a dedicated speaker?
Message-ID: <1113@cpocd2.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 88 19:20:40 GMT
References: <1006@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <17000087@clio> <3987@husc6.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman)
Organization: Intel Corp. ASIC Systems Organization, Chandler AZ
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I don't understand why any one wants to hook their Mac up to their stereo,
unless it's to record the noises.  Isn't it easier to have a dedicated speaker
for the Mac?  Virtually ANY decent speaker will GREATLY outperform the
Mac's built-in tiny one.  Reasonable speakers start as low as $10 or $20 NEW.
Used ones should be even cheaper.  For the extra bucks, you get to listen to
your Mac and your stereo at the same time!

Note that only 1 speaker is required for most Macs, since they are mono.

Volume is not a problem.  I'm using an Advent (Henry Kloss design) whose mate
died of ruptured woofer.  I keep the volume at 2 - anything more starts getting
painful.  It's MUCH louder than the Mac's own speaker on 2.  At the other
extreme, I don't have any fear that a Mac + could fry a speaker.  Somehow the
thought of it exceeding 100W RMS is a little laughable ...

Headphones should also be an option, but I haven't tried them.  They might want
an outboard (passive) volume control.

-- 
	Howard A. Landman
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