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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

3980.0. "Sound of Amy coming through Active Speakers" by EEMELI::LINDEN () Wed Aug 01 1990 10:59

    This is technical question.
    
    I have a pair of loudspeakers(active speaker type) which can be
    connected to any earplug (CD, Walkman, etc).
    
    Now I would like to connect them to my Amiga. Do I have to do an amplifier
    between Amiga Audio and the loudspeakers(it has it's own amplifier) or can 
    I just connect it directly to Amiga Audio????
    
    Regards,
    
    	Kari
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3980.1should work if impedance matchesSAUTER::SAUTERJohn SauterWed Aug 01 1990 12:0111
    I believe you can connect it directly to Amiga audio.  I have a setup
    that is similar to yours: I have an 8-channel mixer in which two of the
    channels are the Amiga's audio output.  The speakers plug into the
    mixer's outputs, with no external amplifier.  When the mixer is busy
    elsewhere I have connected the speakers directly to the Amiga, with
    good results.
    
    Note that the Amiga's output is "line level", and that is what my
    speakers expect.  If your speakers are expecting something else you may
    need an impedance matcher.  You won't need an amplifier, though.
        John Sauter
3980.2Not necessary, but there are other advantagesCSC32::D_WHITESun Aug 12 1990 04:3810
    I found that I could not get adequate sound from my A1000 by simply
    connecting the speakers.  As you say, John, there might have been an
    impedance mismatch.  Anyway, I solved the problem by connecting a
    receiver that I picked up cheap.  When I updated to a 2000, I just
    hooked up everything the same way.  The bonus for me is that I can
    listen to the radio if I am mucking about in CLI or doing something
    that doesn't have sound associated with it.  This is a nice feature,
    so I have never tried to connect the speakers to the 2000 directly.
    
    Dave