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From: trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hooking an ST to an amp
Message-ID: <713@stag.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 89 17:52:53 GMT
References: <106@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Reply-To: trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey )
Organization: Mindtools ST Access Group, Plymouth, MN
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In article <106@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dcrevier@jarthur.UUCP (Dan Crevier) writes:
>What is the cheapest and easiest way to hook an ST to an amp?  The monitor's
>speaker is very weak and I would like to get better quality sound.  Is the

One of the first things that I did when I bought my ST was to hook it
into a stereo sound system. I went into the monitor and just pulled
the signal right off of the speaker leads (leaving the internal
speaker still connected, since I don't always turn the stereo on).
right outside of the monitor I split the wire into two RCA plugs, one
of which goes immediately into the left channel of the stereo, the
other going into a $30 reverb box I picked up at Radio Shack (and from
that into the right channel of the stereo). By properly setting the
amount of reverb and depth, you can get some incredible sound out of
the ST. This is actually the same setup I used to use on the 8 bit
Ataris to get the effect of shots echoing off into the distance while
playing Star Raiders...the effect is even more dramatic with all the
digitized sound that games like Death Sword utilize.

  -Todd Burkey