My LC had really poor sound. It's something top do with the electrical contacts. However. just cleaning them didn';yt do any good. It was storing a half ton monitor on top of it for 6 months that forced it to behave... However, I never had feedback, so sounds like yr problem, is different... mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spiritus ex Machina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:59 PM Subject: Re: More questions from a "new" LC owner
> Congratulations on your progress. > > I use amplified (powered) speakers on my LC 475 and use them on my other > Macs when I want to use external speakers. I believe the Mac's sound output > port is comparable to a Wintel "line out" port, not "speaker out" port. > Sound is tolerable, if not symphonic quality. > > >All - > > > >First, thanks for all the responses to my first questions - this is a great > >mailing list/community! > > > >Second, I have made progress with the LC yesterday - replaced the battery > >and added some RAM (x86 RAM does work!). Now, I have a couple of questions: > > > >Why does is the sound so poor? I understand that it's a 8MHz mono soundcard > >going through a speaker, but when I plugged speakers into the jack on the > >back, the sound was at least as bad, if not worse (and no louder). I have > >to have the volume maxed out to hear anything, and there is so much -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
