Sounds nice. I've got speakers that can go into a line-in jack and a mixer. I think the Macbook spearkers are great for VO. The IMac speakers were just too much. I may have to get that one day. Thanks for the review.
On 12/29/07, Darcy Burnard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone. I noticed a lot of people have been talking about the > lack of quality in the MacBook speakers. I don't mind them for VO > myself, but I don't like them for much else. One thing I got that I > really like is the airport express with airtunes. If you've not seen > it, it's a little box that looks a lot like the MacBook's power > brick. In fact, you can use the extension cord for the MacBook on the > airport express if you want. > Anyway, you can use it as a wireless base station, or have it join an > existing wireless network. On the side of the unit, there is an audio > jack which you can plug in to a stereo or powered set of speakers. > When in itunes, you can transmit your music wirelessly to the device. > This is great with a laptop because it means your not tethered to one > spot. Also, I like the fact that I have my music and VO coming out of > different places. > By default, only itunes can send audio to the airtunes. But you can > buy a program called airfoil that can stream anything to the airport > express. Airfoil is made by Rogue Amoeba, the makers of audio hijack > pro. > There are a couple of downsides to the airport express. First and > foremost, it's not cheap. It's about $100 if memory serves. If you > already have a nice sound system to plug in to, this may be worth your > while. Otherwise, it may not. The other drawback is that it won't > play ogg files through itunes, even with the quicktime plugin. If you > have ogg files, it's easy enough to transcode them however. > Anyway, just thought some of you might be interested in this. I got > mine about a week after itunes became accessible, and I consider it > money well spent. > Darcy > > -- John Moore
