My Reply follows quote. On 24/10/2002 20:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Liliana Velazco) >Hi > >Apple has made it really darn hard to get a microphone for our macs. most don't >work! why would apple do this? I've tried lots of microphones, whatever >I comeaccross with a mic with the same jack as the mac, I try, but nothing >works. Ihad given up a long time ago since my Mac IIci and the old type of mic >with applelogo [plaintalk perhaps?] (I still have both somewhere) Then after that I >bought my Centris 650 that I still have, the mic didn't work and seeing the >prices ofthe one that worked back then scared me away, so after so many years using >8500s I been trying any microphone I come accross, I tried some PC microphones >from my husbands PCs but none worked. what's so special about the microphone for the >mac? I also tried a mic that comes with some video games for the N64 and >theydidn't work. go figure! > >I've really hesitated to buy an Apple branded mic thinking that someday, >sometimeI'll come accross something that will work, geez my hair is getting gray >from allthe waiting, whew! > >Liliana ---------------- Well, the Apple folks had "a better idea" and made their mic jacks "line level" input capable. That is, you can hook your stereo to the same jack an record sound from your stereo to your Mac. Because of this, a microphone in this jack must be "amplified." So the longer plug on (the newer PlainTalk mic) gets power from a contact deep in the jack to run a small preamplifier built into the mic.
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