Re: Stereo board question (SoundMeister in this case)

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Thanks for the suggestion!  The stereo card is definitely something
I'll eventually add to the IIGS.  How different do those same
speakers sound plugged into the SoundMeister versus plugging
the speakers into the headphone port at the back of the IIGS,
by the way?

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>Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com> wrote:
>
>	I definitely think it's worth the $$ and effort to get ahold of a
>stereo board on the IIgs.  I recall the difference back in the day, and
>just a few hours ago when I plugged the board in--more dramatic an
>effect that one would think initially.  I just ran out and got these speakers:
>
>http://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/multimedia/pcworks.htm
>
>	(I have the next larger set in this line hooked to my G3
>currently)...and it sounds super.
>
>	The only difference between what's happening currently with the sound
>output currently with the SoundMeister in my GS vs. what I recall
>happening on my old GS with the MDIdeas SuperSonic is that the IIe
>speaker still outputs Ensoniq sound.  I recall that on the MDIdeas
>board, the IIe speaker outputs IIe sound, but not Ensoniq sound.  No IIe
>sound comes out of the stereo speakers on the MDIdeas board, as I recall
>(nor does it on this board).  I would just like to silence the internal
>speaker from playing Ensoniq sound now.  
>
>bp
>
>Supertimer wrote:
>> 
>> Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >       I just recived a SoundMeister board from the west coast and threw it
>> >down in my IIgs.  Works fine -- nice Ensoniq stereo.  The problem is
>> >that my internal GS speaker still outputs Ensoniq sound (as well as the
>> >old IIe style clicks).  I could disconnect the internal speaker (or plug
>> >a headphone plug with nothing hooked to it into the GS' built in mono
>> >headphone port, according to someone on Delphi chat) to silence it, but
>> >then I'd lose all IIe style sound as the SoundMeister does not output
>> >these sounds.
>> 
>> The Delphi guy is correct and so are you.  Plug something into
>> headphone jack and the speaker gets disconnected.  But you
>> get no IIe sounds.
>> 
>> >       I used to have a MDIdeas SuperSonic way back in '88 when I had my
first
>> >GS and I do not recall this problem.  I think it might have output all
>> >sound to the stereo board's stereo headphone jack.  Any ideas what I can
>> >do here?  Is this normal?
>> 
>> It certainly does not sound normal, but not having a stereo card
>> myself, I can't offer a suggestion.
>> 
>> I use amplified speakers right off the IIGS headphone jack and
>> it works great.  Internal speaker silenced.  Both Ensoniq and
>> IIGS sounds come out the amplified external speakers.