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Re: Mockingboard Output: Too Much Bass?



Simon D. Williams wrote:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Michael J. Mahon wrote:


Tempest wrote:

Looks like my best option may be to route the normal sound back through
the Apple internal speaker and leave only the Mockingboard sound
through the speakers.  I never realized how too much bass can really
ruin some great Apple music (I like the start up tune for Pipe Dream
especially).

Too much bass is all the rage these days.  It's hard to stop at
a light without hearing it.  ;-(


I was going to comment that using any sort of "home theatre" amp is
probably not going to work well for Apple II sound. A decent stereo amp,
on the other hand, should do the job nicely... both for Mocvkingboard and
standard Apple sound.

Actually, any good home theater equipment should be able to do
a perfectly neutral job of reproduction.  It's just that most
of them are set up for Jurassic Park.  ;-)

And low-end speakers--especially if they include a subwoofer--are
very likely to be unbalanced one way or the other.  For one thing,
any set including a subwoofer *should* include a subwoofer level
control, since the subwoofer gain can vary by a factor of four
just based on speaker placement (midroom, wall, corner, etc.).

-michael

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